hield

English

Alternative forms

• heeld, heald
• heild, hild, hyld, held, helde (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English heelden, helden, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.

Verb

hield (third-person singular simple present hields, present participle hielding, simple past and past participle hielded)

1. (transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
2. (transitive) To pour out; pour.
3. (transitive) To throw; cast; put.
4. (intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
5. (intransitive) To decline; sink; go down.
6. (intransitive) To yield; give way; surrender.

Related terms

• hade
• heel

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English held, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).

Noun

hield (plural hields)

1. An inclination; a cant.
2. (UK dialectal) An incline; slope.
3. A decline; decrease; wane.

Anagrams

• Delhi, Diehl, hidel, hidle

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ilt

Verb

hield

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of houden