behealdan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === bihealdan === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”). Equivalent to be- +‎ healdan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/, [beˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn] === Verb === behealdan to hold, occupy, retain to do, perform to look upon, behold Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: biholden, beholde, bihold, bi-hold, biholde, byholde, bi-halden (Early Middle English), bihelde (Kent), behald, be-hald, behalde (Northern)English: beholdMiddle Scots: behaldScots: behaud ⇒ Middle English: biholden, beholde, biholde, be-hold, be-holde, beholdyn, byholdyn (Late Middle English), bihalden (Northwest Midland)English: beholdenMiddle Scots: behaldinScots: behauden, behadden, behudden