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hild

Pronunciation: /xild/

“hild” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. battle, war

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)).

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