title: Cild
text: # Cild
  
  Cild, literally meaning "child", is an Old English title borne by some Anglo-Saxon nobles and typically denotes a man of high rank. As a cognomen, it may refer to:
  
  * Ælfric Cild (fl. AD 975-985), ealdorman of Mercia
  * Eadric Cild, also known as Eadric the Wild, (fl. 1068-70), Anglo-Saxon magnate who led English resistance to the Norman Conquest
  * Wulfnoth Cild (died c. 1014), South Saxon thegn and probable grandfather of King Harold Godwinson
  