"helden" meaning in Middle English

See helden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈheːldən/, /ˈhɛːldən/
Etymology: From Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hieldan}} Old English hieldan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*halþijan}} Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*halþijaną}} Proto-Germanic *halþijaną Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} helden Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|held|3s2=helt|class2=de|p3=helt|p_part3=yhalden|p_part4=yholden|y=p2}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], helden [infinitive], to helden [infinitive], helde [infinitive], helde [first-person, present, singular], helded [first-person, past, singular], helde [first-person, past, singular], heldest [present, second-person, singular], heldedest [past, second-person, singular], heldest [past, second-person, singular], heldeth [present, singular, third-person], helt [present, singular, third-person], helded [past, singular, third-person], helde [past, singular, third-person], helde [present, singular, subjunctive], helded [past, singular, subjunctive], helde [past, singular, subjunctive], helde [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], helden [plural, present], helde [plural, present], helt [plural, present], heldeden [past, plural], heldede [past, plural], helden [past, plural], helde [past, plural], heldeth [imperative, plural, present], helde [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], heldynge [participle, present], heldende [participle, present], helded [participle, past], held [participle, past], yhalden [participle, past], yholden [participle, past], yheld [participle, past], hielden [alternative], heleden [alternative], hælden [alternative], healden [alternative], halden [alternative], hulden [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to pour, to pour out (something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-rXgQgedQ
  2. (transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-HfD5m0IT
  3. (intransitive) to pour forth Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-QUiaNSPr
  4. (transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-0wn01xVv Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 15 4 4 5 5 7 27 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 3 3 4 4 5 36 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 5 6 33 7 3 4 4 18 2 2 6 2 3
  5. (intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on) Tags: intransitive, reflexive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-i9HjT061
  6. (intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone)) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-QZ17MQd7
  7. (intransitive) to yield, to give way Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-EB-XEBmz
  8. (intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-Tuhf8GSC
  9. (intransitive) to fall, to go down Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-xlsfyPMF
  10. (intransitive, of ships) to sink Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-5e9onepY
  11. (intransitive, of the sun) to set Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-9wwAd2r4
  12. (intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb--Y0TeFe4
  13. (intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-pZAc~8oi
  14. (intransitive) to move, to go Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-helden-enm-verb-fYEp7-Xa

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hield",
            "3": "heel"
          },
          "expansion": "English: hield, heel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: hield, heel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "hyle"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: hyle",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: hyle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hieldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hieldan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*halþijan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *halþijan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*halþijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halþijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English hieldan, from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to helden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heldende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "helded",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "held",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yhalden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yholden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yheld",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hielden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heleden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hælden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hulden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "helden",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "held",
        "3s2": "helt",
        "class2": "de",
        "p3": "helt",
        "p_part3": "yhalden",
        "p_part4": "yholden",
        "y": "p2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to pour, to pour out (something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-rXgQgedQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "pour",
          "pour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to pour, to pour out (something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to shed, give forth, distribute out"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-HfD5m0IT",
      "links": [
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "forth",
          "forth"
        ],
        [
          "distribute",
          "distribute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pour forth"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-QUiaNSPr",
      "links": [
        [
          "pour",
          "pour"
        ],
        [
          "forth",
          "forth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to pour forth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 4 4 5 5 7 27 3 3 4 3 6 2 2 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 3 3 4 4 5 36 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 5 6 33 7 3 4 4 18 2 2 6 2 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-0wn01xVv",
      "links": [
        [
          "bend",
          "bend"
        ],
        [
          "push",
          "push"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ],
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-i9HjT061",
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ],
        [
          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-QZ17MQd7",
      "links": [
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ],
        [
          "figuratively",
          "figuratively"
        ],
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
        ],
        [
          "affection",
          "affection"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to yield, to give way"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-EB-XEBmz",
      "links": [
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ],
        [
          "give way",
          "give way"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to yield, to give way"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-Tuhf8GSC",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to#Middle_English"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ],
        [
          "obey",
          "obey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with to or transitive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We are falling from heaven on all sides; / We are heading for woe, I warrant.",
          "roman": "Fra heuen are we heledande on all hande, / To wo are we weendande, I warande.",
          "text": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall, to go down"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-xlsfyPMF",
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fall, to go down"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to sink"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-5e9onepY",
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of ships) to sink"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of ships"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to set"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-9wwAd2r4",
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of the sun) to set"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the sun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to slope downward, to fall away"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb--Y0TeFe4",
      "links": [
        [
          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ],
        [
          "fall away",
          "fall away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of terrain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to decline, to deteriorate, to fade"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-pZAc~8oi",
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "deteriorate",
          "deteriorate"
        ],
        [
          "fade",
          "fade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to move, to go"
      ],
      "id": "en-helden-enm-verb-fYEp7-Xa",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to move, to go"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈheːldən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛːldən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helden"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "hield",
            "3": "heel"
          },
          "expansion": "English: hield, heel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: hield, heel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        "2": "ang",
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        "present",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
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        "past",
        "singular",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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        "past",
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        "past",
        "singular",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "helden",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "helt",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "heldeden",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "heldede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "helden",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "helde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "heldynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "heldende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "helded",
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "held",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "yhalden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yholden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yheld",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "hielden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "heleden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hælden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
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      "form": "hulden",
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        "alternative"
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
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      "name": "head"
    }
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        "3s2": "helt",
        "class2": "de",
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    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pour, to pour out (something)"
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          "pour",
          "pour"
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        "(transitive) to pour, to pour out (something)"
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    {
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        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shed, give forth, distribute out"
      ],
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          "give"
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          "forth"
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        "(transitive) to shed, give forth, distribute out"
      ],
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to pour forth"
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      "links": [
        [
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          "pour"
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          "forth"
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        "(intransitive) to pour forth"
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "bend"
        ],
        [
          "push",
          "push"
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        [
          "down",
          "down"
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        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
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        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
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        "(transitive) to bend (something), especially to bend or push down; to bow, to incline (something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
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        [
          "stoop",
          "stoop"
        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
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        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
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        [
          "on",
          "on#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive or reflexive) to bow, to stoop, to lean, to incline oneself (+ on: to lean on)"
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "reflexive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ],
        [
          "figuratively",
          "figuratively"
        ],
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
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        [
          "affection",
          "affection"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to incline figuratively, to have an inclination or affection (+ to: to (doing something) or for (someone))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to yield, to give way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ],
        [
          "give way",
          "give way"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to yield, to give way"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to#Middle_English"
        ],
        [
          "submit",
          "submit"
        ],
        [
          "obey",
          "obey"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with to or transitive) to submit to, to obey (a person, command, desire, etc.)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with to or transitive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We are falling from heaven on all sides; / We are heading for woe, I warrant.",
          "roman": "Fra heuen are we heledande on all hande, / To wo are we weendande, I warande.",
          "text": "a. 1450, The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer in The York Plays, as recorded c. 1463–1477 in British Museum MS. Additional 35290",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fall, to go down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ],
        [
          "go down",
          "go down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to fall, to go down"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of ships) to sink"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of ships"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of the sun) to set"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the sun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slope downward, to fall away"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slope",
          "slope"
        ],
        [
          "downward",
          "downward"
        ],
        [
          "fall away",
          "fall away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of terrain) to slope downward, to fall away"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of terrain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to decline, to deteriorate, to fade"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "deteriorate",
          "deteriorate"
        ],
        [
          "fade",
          "fade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to decline, to deteriorate, to fade"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to move, to go"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to move, to go"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈheːldən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɛːldən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helden"
}

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