healdsum

Old English

Etymology

From heald +‎ -sum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑld.sum/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫd.sum]

Adjective

healdsum

1. protective

Declension

Declension of healdsum — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healdsum	healdsumu, healdsumo	healdsum
Accusative	healdsumne	healdsume	healdsum
Genitive	healdsumes	healdsumre	healdsumes
Dative	healdsumum	healdsumre	healdsumum
Instrumental	healdsume	healdsumre	healdsume
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healdsume	healdsuma, healdsume	healdsumu, healdsumo
Accusative	healdsume	healdsuma, healdsume	healdsumu, healdsumo
Genitive	healdsumra	healdsumra	healdsumra
Dative	healdsumum	healdsumum	healdsumum
Instrumental	healdsumum	healdsumum	healdsumum

Declension of healdsum — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healdsuma	healdsume	healdsume
Accusative	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsume
Genitive	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsuman
Dative	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsuman
Instrumental	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsuman
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsuman
Accusative	healdsuman	healdsuman	healdsuman
Genitive	healdsumra, healdsumena	healdsumra, healdsumena	healdsumra, healdsumena
Dative	healdsumum	healdsumum	healdsumum
Instrumental	healdsumum	healdsumum	healdsumum

Derived terms

• ġehealdsum (“keeping, sparing, frugal”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “healdsum”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.