heald

== English == === Noun === heald (plural healds) Alternative form of hield. (weaving) Heddle. === Verb === heald (third-person singular simple present healds, present participle healding, simple past and past participle healded) Alternative form of hield. === Anagrams === Dahle, haled == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From or related to Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“bent, inclined”). Distantly related to Etymology 2 below. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd] ==== Noun ==== heald n hold, guardianship, protection, rule ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ġeheald n (“holding, observing, keeper, guardian”) healdnes f (“holding, keeping, observance”) healdsum (“protective”) === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *halþ, from Proto-Germanic *halþaz. ==== Adjective ==== heald bent, inclined ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== -heald === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.