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healdan

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