held

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛld/

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• Rhymes: -ɛld

held

1. simple past and past participle of hold

From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian Bokmål hell, Norwegian Nynorsk hell.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlˀ]

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

1. luck, fortune

• lykketræf
• lykke
• succes

• uheld

• heldig
• heldigvis
• held i uheld
• held og lykke

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛlt/

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• Hyphenation: held
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)

1. hero

• Negerhollands: helt

• IPA^(key): /hɛlt/

  Rhymes: -ɛlt

held

1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

• huld (West Midlands)

held

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of holden

held

1. alternative form of helde (“slope”)

held

1. alternative form of helde (“favour, loyalty”)

held

1. present of halda

held m

1. alternative form of hyld

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

1. hero

• heldinne

• “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011