# helden
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦɛl.dən/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hel‧den
* Rhymes: -ɛldən
* Homophone: Helden

### Noun

helden
* plural of held

### Verb

helden
* inflection of hellen:
** plural past indicative
** (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

### Anagrams

* helend, hendel

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *helden, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan.

### Verb

helden
* to incline, to lean

#### Descendants

* Dutch: hellen
* Limburgish: hèlle

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “helden (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* hielden, heleden, hælden, healden, halden, hulden

### Etymology

From Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheːldən/, /ˈhɛːldən/

### Verb

helden
* (transitive) to pour, to pour out (something)
* (transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out
* (intransitive) to pour forth
** a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
    My blyssyng o ble sall be blendyng, / And heldand fro harme to be hyndande, / My body in blys ay abydande / Vne[n]dande withoutyn any endyng.The blessing of my countenance will be a suffusing, / And, where it pours forth, will shield from harm, / My body forever abiding in bliss, / Unending without any ending.
* (transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)
* (intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)
* (intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))
* (intransitive) to yield, to give way
* (intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)
* (intransitive) to fall, to go down
** a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290:
    Fra heuen are we heledande on all hande, / To wo are we weendande, I warande.We are falling from heaven on all sides; / We are heading for woe, I warrant.
* (intransitive, of ships) to sink
* (intransitive, of the sun) to set
* (intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away
* (intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade
* (intransitive) to move, to go

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) helden, helde | (to) helden, helde |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | helde | helded, helde |
| 2nd-person singular | heldest | heldedest, heldest |
| 3rd-person singular | heldeth, helt | helded, helde |
| subjunctive singular | helde | helded, helde |
| imperative singular | helde | — |
| plural$^1$ | helden, helde, helt | heldeden, heldede, helden, helde |
| imperative plural | heldeth, helde | — |
| participles | heldynge, heldende | helded, held, yhalden, yholden, yheld |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: hield, heel
* Yola: hyle

#### References

* “hēlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## West Frisian
### Noun

helden
* plural of held