held

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See also: Held

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛld/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

held

  1. simple past and past participle of hold

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian Bokmål hell, Norwegian Nynorsk hell.

Pronunciation

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

  1. luck, fortune

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).

Pronunciation

Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)

  1. hero

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Descendants

  • Negerhollands: helt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

held

  1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

  1. present of halda

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.

Noun

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

  1. hero

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Further reading

  • “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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