different between held vs handshape

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld

Verb

held

1. simple past tense and past participle of hold

Derived terms

• land-held

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse heill (“omen, happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *hailz?, derived from the adjective Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, sound”) (Danish hel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?]

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

1. luck, fortune

Synonyms

• lykketræf
• lykke
• succes

Antonyms

• uheld

Related terms

• heldig
• heldigvis
• held i uheld
• held og lykke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch helt, helet (“hero, man, warrior”), from Old Dutch helt (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, hero”).

Cognate with Old English hæleþ (English health), Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, h?lðr (Norwegian hold).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lt/
• Hyphenation: held
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n, feminine heldin)

1. hero

Derived terms

• heldendaad
• heldendicht
• heldendom
• heldenmoed
• heldhaftig
• heldin
• held op sokken
• krijgsheld
• oorlogsheld
• superheld
• volksheld
• zeeheld

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?lt/

  Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

held

1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

1. present tense of halda and halde

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *heleth, from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ (“man, hero”), further etymology unknown.

Noun

held c (plural helden, diminutive heldsje)

1. hero

Derived terms

• heldinne

Further reading

• “held”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

hand +? shape

Noun

handshape (plural handshapes)

1. (sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.

References

• “handshape” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.