"Hild" meaning in Old English

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Proper name

IPA: /xild/, [hiɫd]
Etymology: From the common noun hild. Head templates: {{ang-proper noun|f}} Hild f
  1. a female given name Tags: feminine
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      "name": "ang-proper noun"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\n⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.\nAnd in the same year Abbess Hild died in Whitby.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Hild-ang-name-pLhOhtoi",
      "links": [
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          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xild/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hiɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hild"
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  "etymology_text": "From the common noun hild.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Hild f",
      "name": "ang-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        "Old English female given names",
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        "Old English given names",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English proper nouns",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\n⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.\nAnd in the same year Abbess Hild died in Whitby.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/xild/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hiɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Hild"
}

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