hild

See also: Hild

English

Verb

hild

1. Obsolete form of held.

Middle English

Verb

hild

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

Verb

hild

1. Alternative form of held: simple past of holden (“to hold”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hildr.

Noun

hild f (definite singular hilda, uncountable)

1. battle (only used in given names)

   Synonyms: strid, (name element) gunn

Related terms

Female given names:

• Alvhild
• Arnhild
• Audhild
• Bekkhild
• Berghild
• Bjarnhild
• Bodvild
• Borghild, Borghilda
• Bothild, Bothilda
• Brynhild, Brynhilda
• Domhilda
• Dyrhild
• Gauthild
• Geirhild
• Grimhild
• Gunnhild, Gunnhilda
• Hilda
• Hildebjørg
• Hildefrid, Hilderid
• Hildegjerd
• Hildegunn
• Hildesiv
• Hildeve
• Hjalmhild
• Jodhild
• Kopphild
• Kårhild
• Logvilda
• Magnhild, Magnhilda
• Ormhild
• Ragnhild, Ragnhilda
• Raumhild
• Rimhild
• Rodhild
• Sighild
• Signhild
• Skurhild
• Steinhild
• Svanhild
• Sæhild
• Tjodhild
• Torhild
• Ulvhild, Ulvhilda
• Unnhild
• Venhild
• Yngvild
• Ægihild
• Økshild
• Åshild, Åshilda

 

Male given names:

• Hilde
• Hildebjørn
• Hildebrand
• Hildegeir
• Hildeglum
• Hildegram
• Hildegrim
• Hildemar
• Hildemund
• Hildetor
• Hilding
• Hildolv, Hildulv

 

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hildi.

Cognate with Old Saxon hild, Old High German hiltia, Old Norse hildr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κόλος (kólos), Latin clādēs, Old Irish coll (Breton claza), Proto-Slavic *kolti (Russian коло́ть (kolótʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xild/, [hiɫd]

Noun

hild f

1. (poetic) battle, war

   Synonym: gūþ

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hild	hilde, hilda
accusative	hild, hilde	hilde, hilda
genitive	hilde	hilda
dative	hilde	hildum

Declension of hild (strong i-stem)

Derived terms

• hildebord
• hildedēor
• hildelēoma
• hilderǣs
• hildewǣpen