heald

See also: Heald and -heald

English

Noun

heald (plural healds)

  1. Alternative form of hield
  2. (weaving) heddle

Verb

heald (third-person singular simple present healds, present participle healding, simple past and past participle healded)

  1. Alternative form of hield

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology 1

From or related to Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (bent, inclined). Distantly related to Etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd]

Noun

heald n

  1. hold, guardianship, protection, rule
Declension
Derived terms
  • ġeheald n (holding, observing, keeper, guardian)
  • healdnes f (holding, keeping, observance)
  • healdsum (protective)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *halþ, from Proto-Germanic *halþaz.

Adjective

heald

  1. bent, inclined
Declension
Derived terms

References

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