Plural form of 'chield'; multiple children, young people, or fellows in Scottish dialect.
The plural of the Scottish variant 'chield,' formed by adding the regular English plural suffix '-s' to the base form.
When you see plurals of dialect words, you're watching how regional English maintained its own grammar rules separately from standard English—Scottish speakers had their complete language systems with regular pluralization patterns.
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