Held
Meaning
- (masculine,weak) hero
- (masculine,weak) protagonist
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/hɛlt/
Etymology
From Middle High German helt (genitive heldes), from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“hero”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old Saxon helið (Dutch held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld). Outside of Germanic, possibly also related to Ancient Greek κέλωρ (kélōr), Tocharian B kālyśke (“boy”).
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