held

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See also: Held

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛld/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb[edit]

held

  1. simple past and past participle of hold

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Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse heill (omen, happiness), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (whole, sound) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian Bokmål hell, Norwegian Nynorsk hell.

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Noun[edit]

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

  1. luck, fortune

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (hero, man, warrior), from Old Dutch helt (man), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (man, hero).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).

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Noun[edit]

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)

  1. hero

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Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: helt

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

held

  1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

held

  1. present of halda

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (man, hero), further etymology unknown.

Noun[edit]

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

  1. hero

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Further reading[edit]

  • held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011