Holde(n)

, Hold , Hald(e) , v. trans. to hold, keep, guard; po e , have; regard as, think; II 295 (inf. dep. on se 289), 495, IV a 52, 95, V 145, 280, 322, VI 94, 130, X 31, XI b 186, XIV b 37, .; refl. keep (oneself), remain, VIII a 194, IX 279, XIV d 15, XV h 10 ( holdyn , pres. pl.); think oneself, IV b 12, V 273, XVI 325; intr. keep, remain, II 95, X 57. Held(e) , pa. t. II 94, VII 21, .; 2 sg. subj. if you kept, V 61; Holdyn , pa. t. pl. VII 50; Halden , pp. V 29, 209; Holde(n) , VII 38, XI b 45, XII introd. , .; Yhold , II 31. Held in hond , ruled, II 488; holde vp her hertis , keep up their spirits, ( or sustain them), VIII a 208; holde with , have to do with, VIII a 54; holde it for , treasure it as, VIII a 206; hold none slyke , reckon none like (her), XVII 233; holde (to) , beholden (to), XII introd. ; holden , bound, under obligation, VIII a 88, XI b 298, 300. [OE. háldan .] See Bihold.