FromMiddle Low Germanhelt(“hero”) orGermanHeld(“hero”), fromProto-Germanic*haliþaz(“hero”).

• IPA^(key):/hɛlˀt/,[ˈhɛlˀd̥]

helt c (singular definitehelten,plural indefinitehelte)

1. hero(a person who shows great courage and carries out extraordinary deeds)
2. hero(a person who helps other selflessly)
3. hero(a rolemodel)
4. hero(the protagonist in a narrative)

• “helt,1” inDen Danske Ordbog

FromOld Danishhielth, possibly derived fromProto-Germanic*heltą(“hilt”).

• IPA^(key):/hɛlˀt/,[ˈhɛlˀd̥]

helt c (singular definitehelten,plural indefinitehelt)

1. whitefish(especially the speciesCoregonus lavaretus).

• “helt,2” inDen Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• IPA^(key):/heːˀlt/,[ˈheˀld̥]

helt

1. neutersingular ofhel

helt

1. completely,altogether,quite,fully,totally,absolutely
2. quite,fairly

• “helt,3” inDen Danske Ordbog

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helt

1. inflection ofhellen:
   1. second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (archaic)pluralimperative

FromOld Norseheill.

helt

1. neutersingular ofhel

helt

1. completely,altogether,quite,fully,totally,absolutely,wholly
2. quite,fairly

FromMiddle Low Germanhelt(“hero”).

helt m (definite singularhelten,indefinite pluralhelter,definite pluralheltene)

1. ahero (person of great bravery)
2. ahero (main protagonist)

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

• heltinne

• hela,helet(of hele)
• hellet(of helle)

helt

1. pastparticiple ofhele (Etymology 4)
2. pastparticiple ofhelle

• “helt” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromMiddle Low Germanhelt.

• IPA^(key):/hɛlt/

helt m (definite singularhelten,indefinite pluralheltar,definite pluralheltane)

1. ahero (person of great bravery)
2. ahero (main protagonist)

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

• heltinne

• “helt” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

helt

1. inflection ofhalda:
   1. first-personsingularpastindicativeactive
   2. third-personsingularpastindicativeactive

• IPA^(key):/heːlt/

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helt

1. indefiniteneutersingular ofhel

helt (notcomparable)

1. entirely,absolutely,wholly,completely

FromEnglishhealth.

helt

1. health

• hulth

FromMiddle Englishhelen, fromOld Englishhelan, fromProto-West Germanic*helan.

• IPA^(key):/hɛlt/,/hʊlt/

helt (past participlehole)

1. covered,buried,interred

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page46