Old English · noun

hieltu

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong īn-stem
IPA: /ˈxi͜yl.tu/
[ˈhi͜yɫ.tu]
Syllables: ˈxi͜yl · tu (2 syllables)
Modern English: lameness crippled

Meaning

Lameness; the state of being crippled.

Declension

Declension of hieltu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hieltu	hieltu hielte
Accusative	hieltu hielte	hieltu hielte
Genitive	hieltu hielte	hielta
Dative	hieltu hielte	hieltum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haltī, from Proto-Germanic *haltį̄; equivalent to healt + -u. Compare Old Frisian strumphelte (“lameness from mutilation”), Old Saxon spurihelti (“lameness (of horses)”), Old High German sērhelzī (“powerlessness”), Old Norse helti (“lameness”), and Old Swedish hælti (“lameness”).

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