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  • noun obsolete A warrior; hero; man.

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From Middle English heleth, from Old English hæleþ ("man, hero, fighter"), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz, *haluþaz (“man, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“youth, son”). Cognate with West Frisian held ("hero"), Dutch held ("hero"), German Held ("hero"), Danish helt ("hero"), Swedish hjälte ("hero"), Norwegian hold ("hero"). Compare hathel.

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