holden

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English holden, from Old English healden, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan. By surface analysis, hold +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊldən === Verb === holden (archaic) past participle of hold === Anagrams === held on, hondel, onheld == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish haldæn, from Old Norse haldinn, = the past participle of halda (“to hold”). Compare German gehalten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhʌlən] === Adjective === holden (neuter holdent, plural and definite singular attributive holdne) well-to-do, prosperous == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔldən === Verb === holden inflection of hollen: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive == Dutch Low Saxon == === Verb === holden to hold == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === holden inflection of hold: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural == Middle English == === Alternative forms === halden, halde, halt === Etymology === From Old English healdan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔ̝ːldən/ IPA(key): /haːld/ (Northern) === Verb === holden (third-person singular simple present holdeth, present participle holdynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative held, past participle holden) to hold to consider ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== biholden upholden ==== Descendants ==== English: hold Geordie: ha'd Scots: hald, hauld, haud, had Yola: houle ==== References ==== “hōlden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.