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heald

heald noun: heddle. Also the alternative form of hield.

Noun

heald (plural healds)

  1. Heddle.

Proper noun capitalized: Heald

Heald (plural Healds)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

heald is also the alternative form of hield.

Forms of heald

Noun
pluralhealds
Verb
third-person singular presenthealds
present participlehealding
past participlehealded
pasthealded
Proper noun
pluralHealds

Origin of heald

English surname, from the Old English noun hielde (“hill, slope”) (see -heald).

Words formed from heald

Questions about heald

What does heald mean?
Heald means heddle.
What part of speech is heald?
Heald can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of heald?
The plural of heald is healds.

Words near heald in the dictionary

  1. healable
  2. healall
  3. healand
  4. healands
  5. Healaugh
  6. heald
  7. Heald Green
  8. healded
  9. healding
  10. healds
  11. Healdsburg

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