healdan

== Old English == === Alternative forms === haldan — Anglian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”). Cognate with Old Frisian halda (West Frisian hâlde), Old Saxon haldan (Low German holen), Old Dutch haldan (Dutch houden), Old High German haltan (German halten), Old Norse halda (Swedish hålla, Danish holde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn] === Verb === healdan (West Saxon) to keep watch over (cattle etc.) Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 4:9 to hold fast, to grasp to contain to possess c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord" to keep, hold, preserve something in a specific position or state to keep to, maintain, observe a custom or habit c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year (intransitive) to maintain one’s position against an enemy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: holden, halden, halde, haltEnglish: holdGeordie: ha'dScots: hald, hauld, haud, hadYola: houle === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “healdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.