helzt
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Superlative of an adjective corresponding to Old High German halto (“much”), from the comparative heldr. Related to Old English hold (“pleasant, favourable, kind”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adverb
helzt
- most, most of all, especially
- Sigrdrífumál / Völsunga saga, chapter 21. trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Walter Scott Press, London, 1888
- Þik vil ek helzt eiga, þótt ek kjósa um alla menn
- Thee would I fainest choose, though I had all men's sons to choose from.
- Sigrdrífumál / Völsunga saga, chapter 21. trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Walter Scott Press, London, 1888
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
helzt
- second-person singular past indicative active of halda
References
- “helzt”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press