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Old English · suffix

-heald

Part of speech
suffix
IPA
/xæ͜ɑld/
[hæ͜ɑɫd]
Syllables
xæ͜ɑld (1 syllable)
Modern English
slopinginclined

Meaning

  1. bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping toward

    niþerheald

    bent downwards

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“inclined”). Akin to Old Frisian -hald, Old High German -hald, Old Norse -hallr, Old English heald (“bent, inclined toward”), Old English hielde (“slope”).

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