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hield

The English word “hield” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
  2. To pour out; pour.
  3. To throw; cast; put.
  4. To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
  5. To decline; sink; go down.
  6. To yield; give way; surrender.

noun

  1. An inclination; a cant.
  2. An incline; slope.
  3. A decline; decrease; wane.

Etymology

From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden…

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