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Definitions and meaning of helm
helm
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: hĕlm, IPA(key): /hɛlm/
Rhymes: -ɛlm
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Middle Englishhelm, helme(“tiller of a ship”), from Old Englishhelma(“helm, tiller”), from Proto-Germanic*helmô(“handle; helm, tiller”), either from Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-(“to cover”) or from the same source as haulm and helm(“bentgrass, straw”) (see below), Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂-m(on)-(“reed, hollow stalk”), one form of which then developed a specialized meaning “handle” in Germanic.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
helm (pluralhelms)
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.
(by extension)
(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.
Synonym:(rare)helmsperson
Something used to control or steer; also (obsolete), a handle of a tool or weapon; a haft, a helve.
(figuratively)
A position of control or leadership.
One in the position of controlling or directing; a controller, a director, a guide.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
helm (third-person singular simple presenthelms, present participlehelming, simple past and past participlehelmed)(transitive)
(nautical) To control the helm (noun sense 1) of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel).
(figuratively) To direct or lead (a project, etc.); to manage (an organization).
Conjugation
Derived terms
helmer
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishhelm(“helmet; crown of thorns of Jesus; warrior; inn or shop sign”)[and other forms], from Old Englishhelm(“helmet”), from Proto-West Germanic*helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz(“protective covering”), probably from Proto-Indo-European*ḱelmos, from the root *ḱel-(“to cover”). Doublet of helmet.
Noun
helm (pluralhelms)
(archaic or poetic) A helmet.
(heraldry)Synonym of helmet(“the feature above a shield on a coat of arms”)
(by extension)
(Northern England) A shelter for cattle or other farm animals; a hemmel, a shed.
(Northern England (Cumberland, Westmorland)) A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain, especially one associated with a storm.
(obsolete)
(except British, dialectal) The crown or top of something.
(alchemy, chemistry) The upper part or cap of an alembic or retort.
Derived terms
behelm
helmed(adjective)
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishhelmen, helmi(“to provide with a helmet; (figuratively) to cover; to protect”), from Old Englishhelmian(“to cover”), ġehelmian(“to cover with a helmet; to crown”), from (ġe-(prefix with an intensifying effect, or forming nouns or verbs denoting processes or results) +) helm(“helmet”) (see further at etymology 2) + -ian(suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).
Verb
helm (third-person singular simple presenthelms, present participlehelming, simple past and past participlehelmed)
(transitive, archaic or poetic) To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
Synonym:behelm
Translations
Etymology 4
The noun is possibly:
a variant of haulm; or
from its etymon Middle Englishhalm, helm, Early Middle Englishhealm(“straw, stubble; stalk (?); handle of a tool or weapon”)[and other forms], from Old Englishhealm(“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw, stubble”) or an unattested variant *helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz (see Proto-West Germanic*helm) or *halmaz(“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*ḱelh₂-(“to prick, stab, stick”).
The verb is either derived from the noun, or is possibly a variant of yelm.
Noun
helm (countable and uncountable, pluralhelms)
(countable) A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
Synonyms:(bundle of straw for thatching)thatch, yelm
(uncountable)Alternative form of haulm(“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”)
(uncountable, obsolete)Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
Translations
Verb
helm (third-person singular simple presenthelms, present participlehelming, simple past and past participlehelmed)
(transitive) To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
Translations
References
Further reading
helmet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
helmsman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ship's wheel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
tiller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
helm (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Joseph Wright, editor (1902), “HELM, sb.1”, in The English Dialect Dictionary:[…], volumes III (H–L), London: Henry Frowde,[…], publisher to the English Dialect Society,[…]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 136, column 2.
Joseph Wright, editor (1902), “HELM, sb.2”, in The English Dialect Dictionary:[…], volumes III (H–L), London: Henry Frowde,[…], publisher to the English Dialect Society,[…]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 137, column 1.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchhelm.
Noun
helm (pluralhelms)
helmet
Albanian
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly a formation in -më. Several hypotheses have been proposed:
Akin to Old High Germanscalmo(“plague”) (GermanSchelm).
Connection with Ancient Greekχάλιμα(khálima) can only be justified as a borrowing from it.
Akin to Sanskritआल(āla, “poison”).
Akin to Ancient Greekσκάλμη(skálmē, “Thracian knife”).
Possibly akin to halbë(“scab, scale on the skin”), halë(“bone”), hell(“skewer, pike”), dialectal helmë(“ax edge”). These would make the original sense “(poisoned) weapon”, only later becoming “poison”.
Noun
helmm (pluralhelme)
poison; venom
Synonym:zeher
something very bad
great sorrow, grief
Synonyms:hidhërim, pikëllim, hall, nevojë
Adjective
helm (femininehelme)
very bitter
Synonym:i hidhur
very sad, sorrowful, grievous
Synonyms:i hidhëruar, i pikëlluar
Derived terms
References
Further reading
“helm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][6] (in Albanian), 1980, page 665ab
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “helm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 144f.
From Middle Dutchhelm, from Old Dutch*helm, from Proto-West Germanic*helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz. Compare West Frisianhelm, Low GermanHelm, GermanHelm, Danishhjelm.
Noun
helmm (pluralhelmen, diminutivehelmpjen)
helmet, protective headwear
(heraldry) helmet above a shield
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: helm
→ Papiamentu: hèlmu
→ Virgin Islands Creole: helum
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic*helm; cognate with Low Germanhelm, Englishhelm(“bentgrass, straw”). Further related to halm(“haulm”); compare English haulm, halm.
Noun
helmf or n (uncountable)
marram, European beachgrass, Ammophila arenaria
Synonym:helmgras
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch*helm, attested in helmstoc. Akin to Englishhelm.
Noun
helmm (pluralhelmen, diminutivehelmpjen)
A tiller on a vessel's rudder.
The handle on a pounder to crush fibers in a paper mill.
“helm” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*hëlma, borrowed either from Baltic or from Germanic. Cognates include Finnishhelma.
Noun
helm
hem
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishhelm, from Proto-West Germanic*helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz.
Alternative forms
helme, hælm, halm, healm
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hɛlm/
Noun
helm (pluralhelmesorhelmen)
A helmet; a piece of armoured headgear.
1475, An Apology for Lollard Doctrines, Attributed to Wycliffe
(figurative) Any kind of protection or safeguarding.
(figurative, rare) A soldier; a fighting-man.
(rare, biblical) The crown of thorns that Jesus wore.
Related terms
helmen
helmet
Descendants
English: helm
Scots: helm
→ Welsh: helm
References
“helm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Etymology 2
Noun
helm
Alternative form of helme
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz(“helmet”), from Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-(“to cover, to hide”). Compare Old Frisianhelm, Old Saxonhelm, Old High Germanhelm, Old Norsehjalmr, Gothic𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃(hilms).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /xelm/, [heɫm]
Noun
helmm
helmet
protection, defense
covering, crown
summit, top (of trees)
protector, lord
Related terms
helma
Declension
Derived terms
bānhelm(“helmet, shield”)
bārhelm(“helmet with the image of a boar”)
behelmian(“to cover over”)
cynehelm(“crown”)
cynehelmian(“to crown”)
grīmhelm(“helmet (with visor)”)
gūþhelm(“helmet”)
hæleþhelm, heoloþhelm(“helmet which makes the wearer invisible”)
hēahhelm(“loftily crested”)
helmberend(“helmeted warrior”)
helmian(“to cover, crown; provide with a helmet”)
hilman(“helmet, cover”)
īrenhelm(“iron helmet”)
lēafhelmig(“leafy at the top”)
leþerhelm(“leathern helmet”)
lyfthelm(“air, mist, cloud.”)
misthelm(“covering of mist”)
nihthelm(“shades of night.”)
oferhelmian(“to overshadow”)
sceaduhelm(“darkness”)
sundhelm(“covering of water, sea”)
wæterhelm(“covering of ice”)
wuldorhelm(“crown of glory”)
Descendants
Middle English: helm
English: helm
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*helm, from Proto-Germanic*helmaz. Compare Old Saxonhelm, Old Englishhelm, Old Norsehjalmr, Gothic𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃(hilms).
Noun
helmm
helmet
Derived terms
siguhelm
Descendants
Middle High German: helm
German: Helm
Polish: hełm
Luxembourgish: Helm
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Englishhelm.
Noun
helmf (pluralhelmau, not mutable)
helmet
Synonym:helmed
Further reading
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “helm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies