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hield

verb

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.

  1. derived from *kel-✻
  2. inherited from *halþijaną✻
  3. inherited from *halþijan✻
  4. inherited from hieldan
  5. inherited from heelden

Definitions

  1. To bend

    To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.

  2. To pour out

    To pour out; pour.

  3. To throw

    To throw; cast; put.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. To bow

      To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.

    2. To decline

      To decline; sink; go down.

    3. To yield

      To yield; give way; surrender.

    4. An inclination

      An inclination; a cant.

    5. An incline

      An incline; slope.

    6. A decline

      A decline; decrease; wane.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA