helve

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
2. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Verb

To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Concepten

steel

Synoniemen

haft

handle

hilt

shaft

helve-hammer

grip

stem

stock

shank

stalk

pedicel

peduncle

petiole

quickset

scape

slip

stipe

caudex

hand lever

manubrium

podetium

having a handle

tilt-hammer

arm

shaft of an axe

axis

bail

cutting

graft

gripe

handgrip

head

holder

keeper

Vertalingen

impugnatura

gambo

manico

mettere il manico

çembil

Stiel

destik

ansa

agafador

قَبْضَة

στηλιάρι

στυλιάρι

helvelle

manient

ξύλο πελέκεως

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɛlv/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: helfe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hielfe

In summary

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.