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hilde

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hilde, an; f.
A slope, declivity
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  • Helde, burhsteall

    clivium (cliuium, ascensus singularis uiae,

    • Ld. Gl. H.

    s.v. glebum) i. discensum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72
    • .
  • On Owunes hyldan ufewyrde,

    • C. D. v. 293, 25
    • .
  • Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan,

    • iii. 418, 25, 33
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. hield.
O. H. Ger. halda; f. clivus.
Cf. Icel. hallr; m. a slope.
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Similar entries
v. heald.
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v.  holde helde.
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