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heolde

to keep.subj.pst.3sg

Attested in Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia

Lemma: healdan 'to keep' (oe-subj-past-3sg)

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)
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