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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hildiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hildr f (genitive hildar, dative hildi, plural hildar)
- battle
- verse 155 of the Hávamál (1908 translation by Olive Bray)
und randir ek gel / en þeir með ríki fara / heilir hildar til / heilir hildi frá / koma þeir heilir hvaðan- I sing 'neath the shields, / and they fare forth mightily / safe into battle, / safe out of battle, / and safe return from the strife.
Declension
Declension of hildr (strong ijō-stem)
References
- “hildr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press