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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Held(e, Heild, v.² Also: heyld. [Later var. of Hele v.¹]

1. tr. To cover or protect. 1513 Doug. iv. v. 140.
Hys schulderis heildit with new fallyn snaw Ib. viii. iv. 202.
[They] heldit his hed with skug Herculyane 1535 Stewart 16759.
Small wandis will vpspring And heild mair erd nor the tre quhen it stude c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 378.
Ane quoif of gold to heild his hair (a1570-86 Kennedy) Maitl. F. cxxxi. 29.
Fra tyme thow haue no hair to heild Thy heid fra dolour ?1438 Alex. ii. 4643.
I am heildit with my sheild ilk deill

2. reflex. and intr. To take cover; to conceal, hide (oneself). 1513 Doug. xii. i. 132.
Quhilk goddes … Was wont to … heild hir self also in schaddowis vayn 1535 Stewart 38514.
Ane passage wes that tyme quhair he micht heild, Richt narrow wes

3. tr. To conceal, keep secret. 1603 Bk. O. Edinb. C. VI. 104.
I … sall not heild nor conceill thair skaith in oniewayes 1616 Dalyell Darker Superst. 264.
She wald gif hir sum thing, gif she wald heild it, that wald do hir guid