helde - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

hē̆lde n.(1)

Forms	hē̆lde n.(1) Also hẹ̄lde, hilde, hulde. Pl. hēldes & hēlden.
Etymology	OE; WS hylde, A *hælde.

(a) Ground sloping downward, a hill; ~ wei, hill path, sloping path; (b) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.242].

a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)347 : Hie muȝen lihtliche cumen mid þare niðer helde [Eg(1), Eg(2): hulde; McC: helde]..to one bare felde.
c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12867 : Ȝeond wudes & ȝend feldes, ȝeond hulles & ȝeond heldes.
a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)22 : Al swo is in heuene heȝ, in eorþe beo þin wille, holi drichte swete & dreȝ, in heldes & in hulle.
?a1300 St.Eust.(Dgb 86)18 : He rod on hunting on a day On hert he founde, þer he lay Wel faire ounder on helde.
c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3274 : Þai token the heiȝe held, And passed wele anouȝ.
c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3442 : We wil hem mete wiþ spere & scheld, At þe narwe paþe bi-tven þe held [F munz; Cai: feelde].
c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3543 : Þe helden [F munz] þai nimeþ about strongliche & þe Cristen aseyl stalworþliche.
c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 45233 : Ovyr Myldune to the hole westward; than to the lytel hyldewey, fro the wey to Lonsburugh.
(?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.22 : But neepis loueth heldis [L deuexo] sondy, drie, And thynne.