helen

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === helen (plural helens) (anatomy) Either of a pair of curved, spine-like appendages on some hyoliths. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: he‧len Rhymes: -eːlən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch hêlen, from Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną. Doublet of healen. ==== Verb ==== helen (ergative) to heal Synonyms: genezen, healen 1805, IJsbrand van Hamelsveld (tr.), Jeremiah 46, 11, De Bijbel, uit het Hebreeuwsch. Het Oude Testament, Johannes Allart (publ.), page 908. (Marco Borsato – Wereld Zonder Jou) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: heel === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch hēlen, from Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“hide, conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti. The modern sense is probably a semantic loan from German hehlen. ==== Verb ==== helen (obsolete, transitive) to conceal, hide (transitive) to accept (and sell) stolen goods; to fence ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti. ==== Verb ==== hēlen to hide, to conceal, to keep secret, to keep quiet ===== Inflection ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ===== Derived terms ===== behēlen ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: helen === Etymology 2 === From Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną. ==== Verb ==== hêlen to heal, to make better to fix, to mend, to repair to make whole ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== heilen (Limburgish) ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: helen Limburgish: heile === Further reading === “helen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 “helen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “helen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “heelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page heelen == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛːlən/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English hǣlan, from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”). ==== Alternative forms ==== helien, healen, hælen, hæliȝe, ȝele, heilen, haile ==== Verb ==== helen (third person singular simple present heleþ, simple past and past participle held) (transitive) to cure, heal (intransitive) to heal, get better to reform ===== Descendants ===== English: heal→ Dutch: healen Scots: heal ===== References ===== “hēlen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === A merger of Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and [Term?] (“to conceal”), both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hely, helie, helye, helien, helyen, hel, heyle, hellen, heole, heolen ==== Verb ==== helen (simple past heled or hal, past participle heled or hole) to cover to clothe to roof (cover with a roof) to embrace to conceal, hide to shelter, protect to be silent, keep a secret ===== Descendants ===== English: hele, heel Middle Scots: heild Scots: heil, heal Yola: helt, hulth (preterite) ===== References ===== “hēlen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== helen plural of hele (“concealment”) ===== Alternative forms ===== helan (Early Middle English) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== helen plural of hele (“heel”) ===== Alternative forms ===== helan