-heald

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“inclined”). Akin to Old Frisian -hald, Old High German -hald, Old Norse -hallr, Old English heald (“bent, inclined toward”), Old English hielde (“slope”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd] === Suffix === -heald bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping toward niþerheald ― bent downwards sċyteheald ― bent to shoot downwards, precipitous, oblique, steep fæstheald ― firmly fixed, secure frēondheald ― friendly, amiable sūþheald ― sloping toward the south