unhold

== English == === Alternative forms === un-hold === Etymology === From Middle English unholden, equivalent to un- +‎ hold. === Verb === unhold (third-person singular simple present unholds, present participle unholding, simple past unheld, past participle unheld or unholden) (transitive) To unhand, release from one's grasp, let go of. (transitive, telephony) To remove from a "hold" or "on hold" state. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === unholde === Etymology === From Old English unhold, from Proto-Germanic *unhulþaz. === Adjective === unhold unfriendly; hostile == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *unhulþaz. === Adjective === unhold unfriendly, hostile ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: unhold === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “un-hold”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.