bihaldan

== Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan. Equivalent to bi- +‎ haldan. === Verb === bihaldan to keep, to hold to retain to rescue ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: behoudenDutch: behoudenAfrikaans: behou, behoueNegerhollands: behou, houLimburgish: behaaje ==== Further reading ==== “bihaldan (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”). Equivalent to bi- +‎ haldan. === Verb === bihaldan to keep, conceal to hold, occupy, retain to behold ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: beholden Plautdietsch: behoolen German Low German: beholen, behollen Bentheimisch, Dortmunder, Sauerländisch, East Frisian Low Saxon, Westmünsterländisch: behollen Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: behaulen → Norwegian: beholde → Swedish: behålla → Danish: beholde