hilt

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɪlt/ Rhymes: -ɪlt === Noun === hilt (plural hilts) The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand. Synonym: haft Holonym: sword Meronyms: grip, guard, crossguard, quillons, pommel The base of the penis. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted) (transitive) To provide with a hilt. (transitive) To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis). === Anagrams === -lith, Lith., lith, lith- == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== hilt alternative form of hilte (“hilt”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hilt alternative form of hiled: past participle of hilen (“to cover”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō. === Noun === hilt m or n hilt, handle ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hilte, helte, heolte, hilt, hilta, hult, hulte, hylt, hylteEnglish: hiltScots: hilt