held
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held
- simple past and past participle of hold
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From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailzą, from the adjective *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel). Compare Norwegian Bokmål hell, Norwegian Nynorsk hell.
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held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)
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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).
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held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)
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- heldendaad
- heldendicht
- heldendom
- heldenmoed
- heldhaftig
- heldin
- held op sokken
- krijgsheld
- oorlogsheld
- superheld
- volksheld
- zeeheld
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- Negerhollands: helt
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held
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held
West Frisian edit
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From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.
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held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)
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Further reading edit
- “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011