† i-haldi-holdv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To hold, maintain, observe, keep, preserve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > continue (an action) [verb (transitive)]
i-haldOE
to hold fortha1325
sustainc1325
containc1330
continuea1340
maintainc1385
carrya1393
keepc1425
to keep upa1535
to stick by ——1551
to hold on1568
to hold out1595
to carry on1609
subsist1633
to keep at ——1825
the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > observe or carry out a promise, law, etc. [verb (transitive)]
behold971
i-haldOE
yemec1000
usec1300
observec1391
savea1393
conservec1425
keep1479
the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep, maintain, or preserve
holdc1000
i-haldOE
keepc1175
withholdc1200
keepa1325
maintaina1375
preservea1393
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > maintain [verb (transitive)]
i-haldOE
sustainc1300
keepc1315
maintainc1390
conservea1425
continuec1460
entertain1490
persevere1502
uphold?1523
containa1538
petrifya1631
conservate1647
to keep on1669
to keep up1670
preserve1677
support1696
fix1712
ossify1800
fossilize1848
OE Beowulf 2620 He [ða] frætwe geheold fela missera.
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) cxviii[i]. 101 Þæt ic þine word mihte wel gehealdan.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 21 Se stranga gewæpnud his cafertun gehealt.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 65 Hwenne ic i-halde þa ibode.
a1200 Moral Ode 56 in Lamb. Hom. Giue hies [= he it] for godes luue, þenne deþ hes wel ihalden [Jesus Coll. MS. iholde].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2745 [He] wolde aȝen king Belin feht ihalden [c1300 Otho fihte and holde].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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