heild
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heilt/
- Rhymes: -eilt
Noun
heild f (genitive singular heildar, nominative plural heildir)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | heild | heildin | heildir | heildirnar |
| accusative | heild | heildina | heildir | heildirnar |
| dative | heild | heildinni | heildum | heildunum |
| genitive | heildar | heildarinnar | heilda | heildanna |
Related terms
- heill (“whole, complete; healthy”)
Middle Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Early Scots helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”).
Verb
heild
Further reading
- “held(e, heil, v.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.