different between helm vs unhelmed

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?lm, IPA^(key): /h?lm/
• Rhymes: -?lm

Etymology 1

From Middle English helm, helme, from Old English helma, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”). Compare German Holm (“beam”).

Noun

helm (plural helms)

1. (nautical) The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.

   Synonyms: tiller, wheel

2. (maritime) The member of the crew in charge of steering the boat.

   Synonym: helmsman

3. (figuratively) A position of leadership or control.
4. One at the place of direction or control; a guide; a director.
5. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A helve.

Derived terms

• at the helm
• take the helm

Translations

Verb

helm (third-person singular simple present helms, present participle helming, simple past and past participle helmed)

1. To be a helmsman or a member of the helm; to be in charge of steering the boat.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine

     A wild wave […] overbears the bark, / And him that helms it.

2. (by extension) To lead (a project, etc.).
   • 2014, Malcolm Jack, John Grant with the Royal Northern Sinfonia review – positively spine-tingling, The Guardian, 1 December 2014:

     I wanted to change the world, but I could not even change my underwear,” sings John Grant at the piano, in a luxuriant baritone croon as thick and healthy as his beard. It’s hard to reconcile the guy who once struggled to so much as put on clean pants back in the bad old days – well-storied, not least through his own songs – with the one warmly and gracefully helming this complex, prestigious production – the penultimate date on a tour of packed concert halls, backed by an orchestra.

   • 2021, Jill Colvin, Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback, AP News, 20 January 2021

     But Trump retains his iron grip on the Republican base, with the support of millions of loyal voters and allies still helming the Republican National Committee and many state party organizations.

Derived terms

• helmer

Etymology 2

From Middle English helm, from Old English helm (“helmet”), from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *?elmos, from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover; hide; protect”); Compare West Frisian helm, Dutch helm, Low German Helm, German Helm, Danish, Norwegian hjelm.

Noun

helm (plural helms)

1. (rare, poetic) A helmet.
2. (heraldry) A helmet.
3. A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Derived terms

• behelm

Etymology 3

Noun

helm (plural helms)

1. Alternative form of haulm (a straw)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch helm.

Noun

helm (plural helms)

1. helmet

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *hal(i)m, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to cut (off)”). Cognate to Old High German scalmo (“plague, pestilence”), Welsh claf (“sick”).

Noun

helm m (indefinite plural helme, definite singular helmi, definite plural helmet)

1. poison

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lm/, [???m], [h??m], [???.l?m], [?h?.l?m]
• Hyphenation: helm
• Rhymes: -?lm

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare West Frisian helm, Low German Helm, German Helm, Danish hjelm.

Noun

helm m (plural helmen, diminutive helmpje n)

1. helmet
2. (heraldry) helmet

Derived terms

• blauwhelm
• bouwhelm
• fietshelm
• gevechtshelm
• helmdoek
• helmkroon
• helmteken
• integraalhelm
• krijgshelm
• mijnhelm
• mijnwerkershelm
• motorhelm
• oorlogshelm
• pothelm
• racehelm
• ridderhelm
• ruiterhelm
• soldatenhelm
• strijdhelm
• toernooihelm
• valhelm
• wapenhelm

Descendants

• Afrikaans: helm

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

helm f or n (uncountable)

1. European beachgrass, Ammophila arenaria

Derived terms

• helmgras

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch helm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?m]

Noun

helm (first-person possessive helmku, second-person possessive helmmu, third-person possessive helmnya)

1. helmet (protective head covering)

Ludian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish helma.

Noun

helm

1. hem

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz.

Alternative forms

• helme, hælm, halm, healm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?lm/

Noun

helm (plural helmes or helmen)

1. A helmet; a piece of armoured headgear.
   • 1275, Layamon's Brut

     Luken sweord longe, leiden o þe helmen.

     (They drew their swords and put on their helms.)

   • 1475, An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wycliffe

     Þe helm of hel and þe swerd of þe Spirit.

2. (figuratively) Any kind of protection or safeguarding.
3. (figuratively, rare) A soldier; a fighting-man.
4. (rare, biblical) The crown of thorns that Jesus wore.

Related terms

• helmen
• helmet

Descendants

• English: helm
• Scots: helm
• ? Welsh: helm

References

• “helm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Etymology 2

Noun

helm

1. Alternative form of helme

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *?el- (“to cover, to hide”). Compare Old Frisian helm, Old Saxon helm, Old High German helm, Old Norse hjalmr, Gothic ???????????????????? (hilms).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xelm/, [he?m]

Noun

helm m (nominative plural helmas)

1. helmet
2. protection, defense
3. covering, crown
4. summit, top (of trees)
5. protector, lord

Declension

Derived terms

• b?nhelm (“helmet, shield”)
• b?rhelm (“helmet with the image of a boar”)
• behelmian (“to cover over”)
• cynehelm, cynehealm (“diadem, royal crown; royal power.”)
• cynehelmian (“to crown”)
• gr?mhelm (“helmet (with visor)”)
• g?þhelm (“helmet”)
• hæleþhelm, heoloþhelm (“helmet which makes the wearer invisible”)
• h?ahhelm (“loftily crested”)
• helmberend (“helmeted warrior”)
• helmian, hilman, hylman (“to cover, crown; provide with a helmet”)
• hilman (“helmet, cover”)
• irsenhelm, ?senhelm (“iron helmet”)
• l?afhelmig (“leafy at the top”)
• leþerhelm (“leathern helmet”)
• lyfthelm (“air, mist, cloud.”)
• misthelm (“covering of mist”)
• nihthelm (“shades of night.”)
• oferhelmian (“to overshadow”)
• sceaduhelm (“darkness”)
• sundhelm (“covering of water, sea”)
• wæterhelm (“covering of ice”)
• wuldorhelm (“crown of glory”)

Descendants

• Middle English: helm
  • English: helm

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare Old Saxon helm, Old English helm, Old Norse hjalmr, Gothic ???????????????????? (hilms).

Noun

helm m

1. helmet

Descendants

• Middle High German: helm
  • German: Helm
    • Polish: he?m
  • Luxembourgish: Helm

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English helm.

Noun

helm f (plural helmau, not mutable)

1. helmet

   Synonym: helmed

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “helm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Verb

unhelmed

1. simple past tense and past participle of unhelm

Adjective

unhelmed (not comparable)

1. Not helmed; not wearing a helm.