helt

From Middle Low German helt (“hero”) or German Held (“hero”), from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“hero”).

• IPA^(key): /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helte)

1. hero (a person who shows great courage and carries out extraordinary deeds)
2. hero (a person who helps other selflessly)
3. hero (a rolemodel)
4. hero (the protagonist in a narrative)

• “helt,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Danish hielth, possibly derived from Proto-Germanic *heltą (“hilt”).

• IPA^(key): /hɛlˀt/, [ˈhɛlˀd̥]

helt c (singular definite helten, plural indefinite helt)

1. whitefish (especially the species Coregonus lavaretus).

• “helt,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /heːˀlt/, [ˈheˀld̥]

helt

1. neuter singular of hel

helt

1. completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely
2. quite, fairly

• “helt,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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helt

1. inflection of hellen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

From Old Norse heill.

helt

1. neuter singular of hel

helt

1. completely, altogether, quite, fully, totally, absolutely, wholly
2. quite, fairly

From Middle Low German helt (“hero”).

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural helter, definite plural heltene)

1. a hero (person of great bravery)
2. a hero (main protagonist)

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

• heltinne

• hela, helet (of hele)
• hellet (of helle)

helt

1. past participle of hele (Etymology 4)
2. past participle of helle

• “helt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German helt.

• IPA^(key): /hɛlt/

helt m (definite singular helten, indefinite plural heltar, definite plural heltane)

1. a hero (person of great bravery)
2. a hero (main protagonist)

• folkehelt
• nasjonalhelt

• heltinne

• “helt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

helt

1. inflection of halda:
   1. first-person singular past indicative active
   2. third-person singular past indicative active

• IPA^(key): /heːlt/

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helt

1. indefinite neuter singular of hel

helt (not comparable)

1. entirely, absolutely, wholly, completely

From English health.

helt

1. health

• hulth

From Middle English helen, from Old English helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan.

• IPA^(key): /hɛɫt/, /hʊɫt/

helt (past participle hole)

1. covered, buried, interred

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46