† to-hieldv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To cause to incline, lean, bend, or fall over; to push or pull down.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > push or pull down
to-hieldc1275
to bear downc1330
to shove downc1400
rivea1425
reach1483
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 570 Ane burh swiðe stronge To-hælde [c1300 Otho to-haled] weoren þe walles.
2. intransitive. To incline, heel over, bow down, fall, give way.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > overbalance
to-hieldc1275
tip1530
tipple1847
overbalance1861
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3750 Þat þe helm to-hælde [c1300 Otho þat hit in wende].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13381 Þer me iseon mihte sorȝen inoȝe. sceldes scenen scalkes fallen. halmes to-hælden.
3. intransitive. To bend one's course to, turn to, to approach.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > be bound for or head for
drawc1275
to-hieldc1275
roama1375
pretend1481
pursue1488
to make forth1508
to be in gate to1548
to make to ——a1568
to make unto ——1593
to be for1606
to set one's face for (from, to, towards)1611
steer1667
head1880
hit1889
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7358 Bruttes heom after..& heom to-heolden [c1300 Otho to-heolde] in æchere hælue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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v.c1275- to make block
- to make blood boil
- to make boards
- to make boast
- to make boggle
- to make bold
- to make bones about
- to make bones about formerly also at
- to make bones about formerly also in
- to make bones about formerly also of
- to make bones about formerly also to do
- to make book
- to make boot
- to make boot of
- to make both ends meet
- to make break a vow
- to make bricks without straw
- to make buckle and tongue meet
- to make busy, good, hard shift
- to make but one word
- to make butter and cheese of
- to make butter with one's tail
- to make buttons
- to make camp
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