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hield

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A variant of heeld.

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  • verb transitive To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
  • verb transitive To pour out; pour.
  • verb transitive To throw; cast; put.
  • verb intransitive To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
  • verb intransitive To decline; sink; go down.
  • verb intransitive To yield; give way; surrender.
  • noun An inclination; a cant.
  • noun An incline; slope.
  • noun A decline; decrease; wane.

Etymologies

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From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan ("to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down"), from Proto-Germanic *halþijanan (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Middle Dutch helden ("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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  • flannagan commented on the word hield

    1. to incline, to be favorable. 2. to decline or droop. 3. to yield. 4. to turn away.

    July 30, 2007