▪ I. † heild, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 6 held.
[Var. of hele v.2, due to phonetic reduction of -ld to -l (cf. heel v.2), and consequent writing of -ld for original -l.]
1. trans. To cover; to shield, protect; to hide.
| 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 14, I was heildit with hawthorne, and with heynd leveis. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. v. 140 His schulderis heildit with new fallin snaw. Ibid. x. xiii. 102 Thai cast dartis thikfald thar lord to held. 1550 Lyndesay Sq. Mel. 378 Ane quaif of gold, to heild his hair. |
2. intr. for refl. To take shelter.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 598 Ane passage wes that tyme quhair he micht heild. |
Hence † heilding (heildyne), vbl. n., covering.
| 15.. Barbour's Bruce xvii. 598 Stalwart heildyne aboyne it haid. |
▪ II. heild
see heal, hele, hield, hold.