hieltu

Old English

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Alternative forms

helto, hylto

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haltī, from Proto-Germanic *haltį̄;^[1] equivalent to healt +‎ -u.

Compare Old Frisian strumphelte (“lameness from mutilation”), Old Saxon spurihelti (“lameness (of horses)”), Old High German sērhelzī (“powerlessness”), Old Norse helti (“lameness”), and Old Swedish hælti (“lameness”).^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxi͜yl.tu/, [ˈhi͜yɫ.tu]

Noun

hieltu f

(hapax legomenon) Lameness; the state of being crippled.^[3]

Declension

Strong īn-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hieltu	hieltu, hielte
accusative	hieltu, hielte	hieltu, hielte
genitive	hieltu, hielte	hielta
dative	hieltu, hielte	hieltum

References

^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (1963) [1934], “hieltu f.”, in Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old English Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →OCLC, page 154.
^ Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie (1988), “sêrhelzî”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN
^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hyltu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

[1] Holthausen, Ferdinand (1963) [1934], “hieltu f.”, in Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old English Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →OCLC, page 154.

[2] Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie (1988), “sêrhelzî”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN

[3] Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hyltu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

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