v. (pp.)
WA past hild, pp. hild, hilded
'covered, concealed' (Modern English hill)
PGmc Ancestor
*xuljan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
hylja 'to hide, cover'
(ONP hylja (2) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far hylja, Icel hylja, Norw hylja, Dan hylle, Sw hölja
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
C1a
First attested in the mid 13c., this v. is widespread in ME. In MnE, it is recorded from N/EM dial.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 1397; WA 146, 1010, 3450 etc.
The D MS of WA reads <hold> at 1010.