helve
pronunciation
How to pronounce helve in British English:
UK [helv]
How to pronounce helve in American English:
US [hɛlv]
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- Noun:
- the handle of a weapon or tool
Word Origin
- helve (n.)
- Old English helfe, hielfe "handle of an axe" or other tool or weapon, from Proto-Germanic *halb- (cognates: Old Saxon helvi, Middle Dutch helf, Old High German halb "handle of an axe," Old High German helmo "tiller"); related to halter and helm (1), from PIE *kelp- "to hold, grasp." In Middle English, to holden the axe bi the helve (c. 1200) meant "to take something by the right end."
Example
- 1. You should consider other choices rather than throw the helve after the hatchet .
- 2. Rather throw the helve after the hatchet , and leave your ruins to be repaired by your prince .
- 3. But since the nineteen eighties , researchers have been concerned about the helve health of these valuable pollinators .