hield

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HIELD heelden, helden, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HIELD hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#HIELD *halþijan, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HIELD *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HIELD *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”).

Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.

Verb

hield (third-person singular simple present hields, present participle hielding, simple past and past participle hielded)Category:English lemmas#HIELDCategory:English verbs#HIELDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HIELDCategory:Pages with entries#HIELDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIELD

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HIELD) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
  2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HIELD) To pour out; pour.
  3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#HIELD) To throw; cast; put.
    Synonyms: fling, hurl; see also Thesaurus:throw
  4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HIELD) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
  5. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HIELD) To decline; sink; go down.
  6. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#HIELD) To yield; give way; surrender.

Etymology 2

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#HIELD held, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Old English#HIELD hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#HIELDCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#HIELD *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#HIELD *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).

Noun

hield (plural hields)Category:English lemmas#HIELDCategory:English nouns#HIELDCategory:English countable nouns#HIELDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HIELDCategory:Pages with entries#HIELDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIELD

  1. An inclination; a cant.
  2. (UKCategory:British English#HIELD dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#HIELD) An incline; slope.
  3. A decline; decrease; wane.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hieldCategory:Dutch non-lemma forms#HIELDCategory:Dutch verb forms#HIELDCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#HIELDCategory:Pages with entries#HIELDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIELD

  1. singular past indicative of houden

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

hieldCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#HIELDCategory:Old English verb forms#HIELDCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#HIELDCategory:Pages with entries#HIELDCategory:Pages with 3 entries#HIELD

  1. imperative singular of hieldan
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