hyldu

• heldu, hyldo

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hulþī; equivalent to hold +‎ -u. Cognate with Old Saxon huldi, Old High German huldī (German Huld), Dutch hulde, Old Norse hylli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyl.du/, [ˈhyɫ.du]

hyldu f

1. kindness, affection, goodwill
2. favor, grace
3. loyalty, devotion

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: helde, held, ylde (poetic)

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HYLDU”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HYLDU supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.