healdan
Old English
Alternative forms
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
Verb
healdan (West Saxon)
- to keep watch over (cattle etc.)
- to hold fast, to grasp
- to contain
- to possess
- (intransitive) to maintain one’s position against an enemy
Conjugation
Conjugation of healdan (strong class 7)
infinitive | healdan | healdenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | healde | hēold |
second person singular | hielst, hieltst | hēolde |
third person singular | hielt | hēold |
plural | healdaþ | hēoldon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | healde | hēolde |
plural | healden | hēolden |
imperative | ||
singular | heald | |
plural | healdaþ | |
participle | present | past |
healdende | (ġe)healden |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “healdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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