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V

HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain

Source: Ringe 2014:184, https://bosworthtoller.com/18398

Attested in Ætherlwold's Reforms, Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia ("heolde")

originates from: PWGmc *haldan "to keep, to protect" (haldan > hældan > healdan) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:184)
Inflected forms
heolde "to keep.subj.pst.3sg" (oe-subj-past-3sg)

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