beholde

English

Verb

beholde (third-person singular simple present beholdes, present participle beholding, simple past behelde, past participle behelde or beholden)

1. Obsolete spelling of behold.

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ holde (“to hold”). After Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀə]

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, infinitive at beholde, present tense beholder, past tense beholdt, perfect tense beholdt)

1. to keep, retain, maintain

   Synonym: holde

   Antonym: forære

Conjugation

Conjugation of beholde

active passive infinitive beholde beholdes present beholder beholdes past beholdt beholdtes imperative behold — participle present beholdende past (have / havde) beholdt gerund beholden

Derived terms

• beholdning

References

• “beholde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “beholde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

beholde

1. alternative form of biholden (“to behold”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

beholde

1. alternative form of biholden (“beholden”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

be- +‎ holde, after Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, present tense beholder, passive beholdes, simple past and past participle beholdt, present participle beholdende)

1. to keep, retain

See also

• behalda, behalde (Nynorsk)

References

• “beholde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.