held

See also: Held

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛld/

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• Rhymes: -ɛld
• Homophone: helled

Verb

held

1. simple past and past participle of hold

Derived terms

• hand-held
• land-held
• lapheld
• unheld

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian hell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlˀ]

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

1. luck, fortune

Declension

Declension of held

neuter gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	held	heldet
genitive	helds	heldets

Synonyms

• lykketræf
• lykke
• succes

Antonyms

• uheld

Related terms

• heldig
• heldigvis
• held i uheld
• held og lykke

References

• “held” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “held” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛlt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: held
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, female equivalent heldin)

1. hero

Derived terms

• held op sokken
• heldendaad
• heldendicht
• heldendom
• heldenmoed
• heldhaftig
• heldin
• krijgsheld
• oorlogsheld
• superheld
• volksheld
• zeeheld

Descendants

• Negerhollands: helt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlt]

  Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

held

1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• huld (West Midland)

Verb

held

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of holden

Etymology 2

Noun

held

1. alternative form of helde (“slope”)

Etymology 3

Noun

held

1. alternative form of helde (“favour, loyalty”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

1. present of halda

Old English

Noun

held m

1. alternative form of hyld

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.

Noun

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

1. hero

Derived terms

• heldinne

Further reading

• “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011