Old English Dictionary Entry

Hilde

Part of speech: an; Related words: 293, 25. Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418, 25, 33. [v.

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1 hilde

f. A slope, declivity :-- 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. N. E. D. hield. O. H. Ger. halda; f. clivus. Cf. Icel. hallr; m. a slope.]

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᛚᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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