hild

See also: Hild

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hildiz, from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, kill”). Cognate with Old Saxon hild, Old High German hiltia, Old Norse hildr. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κόλος (kólos), Latin clādēs, Old Irish coll (Breton claza), Slavic *koltī (Russian колоть).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hild/

Noun

hild f

  1. (poetic) battle, war

Declension
Declension of hild (strong i-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hild hilde, hilda
accusative hild, hilde hilde, hilda
genitive hilde hilda
dative hilde hildum

Derived terms
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