held

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛld/ Rhymes: -ɛld === Verb === held simple past and past participle of hold ==== Derived terms ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian hell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛlˀ] === Noun === held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form) luck, fortune ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== lykketræf lykke succes ==== Antonyms ==== uheld ==== Related terms ==== heldig heldigvis held i uheld held og lykke === References === “held” in Den Danske Ordbog “held” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɛlt/ Hyphenation: held Rhymes: -ɛlt === Noun === held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin) hero ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: helt == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛlt/ Rhymes: -ɛlt === Verb === held first-person singular present indicative of halda == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Alternative forms ==== huld (West Midland) ==== Verb ==== held first/third-person singular past indicative of holden === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== held alternative form of helde (“slope”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== held alternative form of helde (“favour, loyalty”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === held present of halda == Old English == === Noun === held m alternative form of hyld == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown. === Noun === held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje) hero ==== Derived terms ==== heldinne ==== Further reading ==== “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011