Definitions For Hield

Alternative forms

heeld, heald heild, hild, hyld, held, helde {{qualifier, obsolete}}

Etymology 1

From Middle English heelden, helden, from {{inh, en, ang, hieldan}}, heldan, , to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down, from {{inh, en, gmw-pro, halþijan}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *halþijaną, , to bend, incline, pour, empty}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *kel-, , to tilt, tip, incline}}. Cognate with {{cog, nl, hellen, , to incline}}, {{cog, nds, hellen, , to incline}}, {{cog, gmh, helden, , to incline}}, {{cog, da, hælde, , to tilt, lean, slant, slope}}, {{cog, sv, hälla, , to tilt, pour}}, {{cog, is, halla, , incline, lean sideways, heel over}}, {{cog, is, hella, , to pur}}. See also heel.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel. (transitive) To pour out; pour. (transitive) To throw; cast; put. (intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over. (intransitive) To decline; sink; go down. (intransitive) To yield; give way; surrender.

Related terms

hade heel

Etymology 2

From Middle English held, from {{inh, en, ang, hielde, , slope, declivity}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, halþijōn}}, *halþijō, , inclination, slope, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *kel-, , to tilt, tip, incline}}. Cognate with {{cog, de, Halde, , slope}}, {{cog, da, hæld, , an incline, slope}}.