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Old English
Etymology
From genitive plural of hæleþ + plural of bearn. Has a parallel in Old Saxon helithō barn, possibly stemming from a Proto-West Germanic *haliþō barnu, with a possible analog in Old Norse hǫlda synir.
Noun
hæleþa bearn n pl (nominative plural hæleþa bearn)
- (poetic) "sons of heroes"
- w:Beowulf, verses 1188a-1190a]:
Hwearf þá bí bence þaér hyre byre waéron
Hréðríc ond Hróðmund ond hæleþa bearn
giogoð æt gædere- Then she turned by the bench where were her sons, Hrethric and Hrothmund, and sons of heroes, youths all together.
Declension
Declension of hæleþa bearn (strong a-stem)