helzt

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Superlative of an adjective corresponding to Old High German halto (“much”), from the comparative heldr. Related to Old English hold (“pleasant, favourable, kind”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

helzt

  1. most, most of all, especially
    • Sigrdrífumál / Völsunga saga, chapter 21. trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Walter Scott Press, London, 1888
      Þik vil ek helzt eiga, þótt ek kjósa um alla menn
      Thee would I fainest choose, though I had all men's sons to choose from.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

helzt

  1. second-person singular past indicative active of halda

References
  • “helzt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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