Hield Definition

verb

To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.

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To pour out; pour.

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To throw; cast; put.

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(intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.

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(intransitive) To decline; sink; go down.

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noun
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(UK dialectal) An incline; slope.

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Other Word Forms of Hield

Noun

Singular:
hield
Plural:
hields

Origin of Hield

  • From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.

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  • From Middle English held, from Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).

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