hjalt

From Old Norse hjalt.

• IPA^(key): /çal̥t/
• Rhymes: -al̥t

hjalt n (genitive singular hjalts, nominative plural hjölt)

1. hilt (of a sword)

From Old Norse hjalt.

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta or hjaltene)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

• “hjalt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hjalt.

• IPA^(key): /jalt/, [jɐ̞l̥t]

hjalt n (definite singular hjaltet, indefinite plural hjalt, definite plural hjalta)

1. hilt (of a sword)
2. guard between blade and hilt of a sword
3. knob at the end of a sword hilt

• hjolt

• “hjalt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *heltą. Akin to Modern English hilt.

• IPA^(key): /hjɑlt/, [çɑlt]

hjalt n (genitive hjalt, plural hjǫlt)

1. knob at the end of a sword hilt
2. guard between hilt and blade

• Icelandic: hjalt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjalt, hjolt
• Swedish: hjalt
• Danish: hjalt(e)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hjalt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive