Feminine

Huld

Meaning

  1. (dated, feminine, no-plural) favor; goodwill; benevolent regard (to a subject, from someone higher up in social hierarchy)
  2. (dated, feminine, no-plural) grace (free and undeserved favour, especially of God; divine assistance in resisting sin)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/hʊlt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German hulde, hülde, from Old High German huldī (“friendliness”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulþī. Cognate to Dutch hulde, Icelandic hylli.

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