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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Held(e, Heild, n. [ME. (north.) on held stooping (c 1460); ME. held(e (a 1200–c 1420) and OE. helde a slope.] a. On heild, in a leaning or stooping posture. b. A piece of sloping ground. — 1513 Doug. xii. viii. 112.
Æneas hovit still … Bowand hys howch and stude a litill on held [R. on heild] — 1568 Prot. Bk. J. Foulis 61 b.
Fra the ovirgat to the eist end of the heidrig of the heildis, and vp the heildis as the pittis ar cassin
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