held
Meaning
hero
Concepts
hero
protagonist
heroine
role model
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛlt/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”). Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian Nynorsk hauld).
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