heald

See also: Heald and -heald

English

Noun

heald (plural healds)

1. Alternative form of hield
2. (weaving) heddle

Verb

heald (third-person singular simple present healds, present participle healding, simple past and past participle healded)

1. Alternative form of hield

Anagrams

• Dahle, haled

Old English

Etymology 1

From or related to Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“bent, inclined”). Distantly related to Etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd]

Noun

heald n

1. hold, guardianship, protection, rule

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heald	heald
accusative	heald	heald
genitive	healdes	healda
dative	healde	healdum

Derived terms

• ġeheald n (“holding, observing, keeper, guardian”)
• healdnes f (“holding, keeping, observance”)
• healdsum (“protective”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *halþ, from Proto-Germanic *halþaz.

Adjective

heald

1. bent, inclined

Declension

Declension of heald — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heald	heald	heald
Accusative	healdne	healde	heald
Genitive	healdes	healdre	healdes
Dative	healdum	healdre	healdum
Instrumental	healde	healdre	healde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healde	healda, healde	heald
Accusative	healde	healda, healde	heald
Genitive	healdra	healdra	healdra
Dative	healdum	healdum	healdum
Instrumental	healdum	healdum	healdum

Declension of heald — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healda	healde	healde
Accusative	healdan	healdan	healde
Genitive	healdan	healdan	healdan
Dative	healdan	healdan	healdan
Instrumental	healdan	healdan	healdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healdan	healdan	healdan
Accusative	healdan	healdan	healdan
Genitive	healdra, healdena	healdra, healdena	healdra, healdena
Dative	healdum	healdum	healdum
Instrumental	healdum	healdum	healdum

Derived terms

• -heald

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heald”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.