Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: hellen
• Limburgish: hèlle

Alternative forms

• hielden, heleden, hælden, healden, halden, hulden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːldən/, /ˈhɛːldən/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#HELDEN

Verb

heldenCategory:Middle English lemmas#HELDENCategory:Middle English verbs#HELDENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HELDENCategory:Pages with entries#HELDENCategory:Pages with 4 entries#HELDEN

1. (transitiveCategory:Middle English transitive verbs#HELDEN) to pour, to pour out (something)
2. (transitiveCategory:Middle English transitive verbs#HELDEN) to shed, give forth, distribute out
3. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) 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:

     My blyssyng o ble sall be blendyng, / And heldand fro harme to be hyndande,^{[sic – meaning hydande]} / My body in blys ay abydande / Vne[n]dande withoutyn any endyng.

     The blessing of my countenance will be a suffusing, / And, where it pours forth, will shield from harm, / My body forever abiding in bliss, / Unending without any ending.

     Category:Middle English terms with quotations#HELDEN

4. (transitiveCategory:Middle English transitive verbs#HELDEN) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)
5. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN or reflexiveCategory:Middle English reflexive verbs#HELDEN) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)
6. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))
7. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) to yield, to give way
8. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN with to or transitiveCategory:Middle English transitive verbs#HELDEN) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)
9. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) 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:

     Fra heuen are we heledande on all hande, / To wo are we weendande, I warande.

     We are falling from heaven on all sides; / We are heading for woe, I warrant.

     Category:Middle English terms with quotations#HELDEN

10. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN, of ships) to sink
11. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN, of the sun) to set
12. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away
13. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade
14. (intransitiveCategory:Middle English intransitive verbs#HELDEN) to move, to go

Noun

heldenCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#HELDENCategory:Middle English noun forms#HELDENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#HELDENCategory:Pages with entries#HELDENCategory:Pages with 4 entries#HELDEN

1. plural of helde (“slope, hill”)