Old English · noun
hild
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /xild/[hiɫd]
- Syllables
- xild (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- battle
Meaning
-
battle, war
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hildi. Cognate with Old Saxon hild, Old High German hiltia, Old Norse hildr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κόλος (kólos), Latin clādēs, Old Irish coll (Breton claza), Proto-Slavic *kolti (Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
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