helzt

Old Norse

Etymology

Superlative of an adjective corresponding to Old High German halto (“much”), from the comparative heldr. Related to Old English hold (“pleasant, favourable, kind”)

Adverb

helzt

  1. most, most of all, especially
    • Þik vil ek helzt eiga, þótt ek kjósa um alla menn (Sigrdrífumál / Völsunga saga, chapter 21. "Thee would I fainest choose, though I had all men's sons to choose from." trans. William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Walter Scott Press, London, 1888)

References
  • helzt in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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