helden

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛl.dən/ Hyphenation: hel‧den Rhymes: -ɛldən Homophone: Helden === Noun === helden plural of held === Verb === helden inflection of hellen: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive === Anagrams === helend, hendel == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *helden, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan. === Verb === helden to incline, to lean ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: hellen Limburgish: hèlle === Further reading === Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “helden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== hielden, heleden, hælden, healden, halden, hulden ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈheːldən/, /ˈhɛːldən/ ==== Verb ==== helden (transitive) to pour, to pour out (something) (transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out (intransitive) to pour forth a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290: (transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something) (intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on) (intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone)) (intransitive) to yield, to give way (intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.) (intransitive) to fall, to go down a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290: (intransitive, of ships) to sink (intransitive, of the sun) to set (intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away (intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade (intransitive) to move, to go ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: hield, heel Yola: hyle ===== References ===== “hēlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== helden plural of helde (“slope, hill”) == West Frisian == === Noun === helden plural of held