-heald

See also: heald

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“inclined”). Akin to Old Frisian -hald, Old High German -hald, Old Norse -hallr, Old English heald (“bent, inclined toward”), Old English hielde (“slope”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd]

Suffix

-heald

  1. bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping toward
    niþerheald ― bent downwards
    sċyteheald ― bent to shoot downwards, precipitous, oblique, steep
    fæstheald ― firmly fixed, secure
    frēondheald ― friendly, amiable
    sūþheald ― sloping toward the south
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