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ldan
V
HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain
Source:
Ringe 2014
:184,
https://bosworthtoller.com/18398
Attested
in
Ætherlwold's Reforms
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
)
in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
Paradigms