holden
See also: Holden
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊldən
Verb
holden
- (archaic) past participle of hold
- Holland
- Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk.
- 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:
- The court of sweinmote is to be holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein-mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- She was pale and trembling. He came to her relief with a fixed despair of himself, which made the interview unlike any other that could have been holden.
- Holland
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
holden
Dutch Low Saxon
Verb
holden
- to hold
German
Adjective
holden
- inflection of hold:
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English healdan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.
Verb
holden
Conjugation
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Conjugation of holden (strong class 7)
infinitive | (to) holden | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | holde | held(e) |
2nd person singular | holdest | helde(st) |
3rd person singular | holdeþ | held(e) |
plural | holdeþ, holden | helden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | holde | helde |
plural | holden | helde |
imperative | present | |
singular | hold(e) | |
plural | holdeþ | |
participle | present | past |
holdende, holdinge | (y)holden |
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