hield
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An inclination; a cant.
Etymology
From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- British usage
Inflected Forms
hields (present, singular)
hielding (participle, present)
hielded (participle, past)
hielded (past)
heeld (alternative)
heald (alternative)
heild (alternative)
hild (alternative)
hyld (alternative)
held (alternative)
helde (alternative)
hields (plural)