hield

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US /hild/ UK /hiːld/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to incline, bend, or slope (archaic/dialectal)

The old roof seemed to hield toward the garden under its own weight.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to incline, bend, or slope... incline slope bend lean tilt slant

Etymology

From Old English hieldan ('to incline, bend, slope'), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną ('to tilt, lean'); now archaic or dialectal.

hieldan Old English *halþijaną Proto-Germanic

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