ahealdan

== Old English == === Etymology === From ā- +‎ healdan (“to hold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/, [ɑːˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn] === Verb === āhealdan to hold to preserve, keep ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “á-healdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.