helden

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛl.dən/

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• Hyphenation: hel‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛldən
• Homophone: Helden

helden

1. plural of held

helden

1. inflection of hellen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• helend, hendel

From Old Dutch *helden, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan.

helden

1. to incline, to lean

• Dutch: hellen
• Limburgish: hèlle

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “helden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

• hielden, heleden, hælden, healden, halden, hulden

From Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːldən/, /ˈhɛːldən/

helden

1. (transitive) to pour, to pour out (something)
2. (transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out
3. (intransitive) to pour forth
   • a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:

     My blyssyng o ble sall be blendyng, / And heldand fro harme to be hyndande,^{[sic – meaning hydande]} / My body in blys ay abydande / Vne[n]dande withoutyn any endyng.

     The blessing of my countenance will be a suffusing, / And, where it pours forth, will shield from harm, / My body forever abiding in bliss, / Unending without any ending.

4. (transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)
5. (intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)
6. (intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))
7. (intransitive) to yield, to give way
8. (intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)
9. (intransitive) to fall, to go down
   • a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:

     Fra heuen are we heledande on all hande, / To wo are we weendande, I warande.

     We are falling from heaven on all sides; / We are heading for woe, I warrant.

10. (intransitive, of ships) to sink
11. (intransitive, of the sun) to set
12. (intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away
13. (intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade
14. (intransitive) to move, to go

• English: hield, heel
• Yola: hyle

• “hēlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

helden

1. plural of held