hilte

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English hilt, from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“handle, hilt”).

Noun edit

hilte (plural hiltes)

hilt (handle of a sword)

Alternative forms edit

hilt, hylt, hylte, hilta, hult, hulte, helte, heolte

Descendants edit

English: hilt
Scots: hilt

References edit

“hilt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

hilte

Alternative form of hiled: past participle of hilen (“to cover”)

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