-heald

See also: heald

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halþaz (“inclined”). Akin to Old Frisian -hald, Old High German -hald, Old Norse -hallr, Old English heald (“bent, inclined toward”), Old English hielde (“slope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑld/, [hæ͜ɑɫd]

Suffix

-heald

1. bent; inclined toward, tending toward; sloping toward

   niþerheald ― bent downwards

   sċyteheald ― bent to shoot downwards, precipitous, oblique, steep

   fæstheald ― firmly fixed, secure

   frēondheald ― friendly, amiable

   sūþheald ― sloping toward the south