helde
- inflection ofhellen:
- singularpastindicative
- (dated or formal)singularpastsubjunctive
Inherited fromOld Englishhylde,hielde, fromProto-West Germanic*halþijā, fromProto-Germanic*halþijǭ.
- IPA(key): /ˈheːld(ə)/,/ˈhɛːld(ə)/
helde (pluralheldes orhelden)
- incline,slope
- peak,hill
Inherited fromOld Englishhyldu,held, fromProto-West Germanic*hulþī, fromProto-Germanic*hulþį̄.
helde (uncountable)(poetic)
- favour,grace,beneficence
- loyalty,allegiance,homage
Inherited fromOld Englishhelde, of unknown origin.
helde (uncountable)
- (rare)tansy(plants of the genusTanacetum)
- Synonym:tanesie(more common)
Uncertain.[1]
helde f
- tansy(plants of the genusTanacetum)[2]
- (possibly)estragon(Artemisia dracunculus)[3]
Weakn-stem:
- ^Holthausen, Ferdinand (1963) [1934], “helde f.”, inAltenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old English Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd edition,Heidelberg:Carl Winter Universitätsverlag,→OCLC, page154: “unbek. Herk.”
- ^Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “helde”, inDictionary of Old English: A to Le
, Toronto:University of Toronto,→OCLC. - ^“helde”, inDictionary of Old English Plant Names, edited by P. Bierbaumer, H. Sauer, et al.,2007–2025