-heald

Old English

Etymology

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"

Suffix

-heald

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

   niþerheald "bent downwards"

   scyteheald "bent to shoot downwards, precipitous, oblique, steep"

   fæstheald "firmly fixed, secure"

   frēondheald "friendly, amiable"

   sūþheald "sloping toward the south"