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Old English · adjective

hold

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/xold/
[hoɫd]
Syllables
xold (1 syllable)
Modern English
graciouscarcassholddeadloyal

hold1 · adjective

Senses

  1. gracious, loyal, kind

    Swā hold is God mancynne ðæt he hæfþ ġeset his englas us to hyrdum.

    God is so gracious to mankind that he has appointed angels as our guardians.

  2. friendly

    ...and behēt þæt hē wolde him hold bēon eallum...

    ...and promised that he would be friendly to them all...

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

Declension

Strong declension of hold
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative holdholdhold
Accusative holdneholdehold
Genitive holdesholdreholdes
Dative holdumholdreholdum
Instrumental holdeholdreholde
Plural
Nominative holdeholdaholdehold
Accusative holdeholdaholdehold
Genitive holdraholdraholdra
Dative holdumholdumholdum
Instrumental holdumholdumholdum
Weak declension of hold
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative holdaholdeholde
Accusative holdanholdanholde
Genitive holdanholdanholdan
Dative holdanholdanholdan
Instrumental holdanholdanholdan
Plural
Nominative holdanholdanholdan
Accusative holdanholdanholdan
Genitive holdraholdenaholdraholdenaholdraholdena
Dative holdumholdumholdum
Instrumental holdumholdumholdum

hold2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. dead body; carcass

    Swā swā grǣdiġe ræmmas ðār ðār hī hold ġesēoþ.

    Like greedy ravens when they see a corpse.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of hold
SingularPlural
Nominative holdhold
Accusative holdhold
Genitive holdesholda
Dative holdeholdum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *holþ, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare Old English heald, hieldan). Cognates include Old Frisian hold, Old Saxon hold, Old High German hold (German hold), Old Norse hollr (Danish huld, Swedish huld), Gothic (hulþs).

From Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognates include Old Norse hold (“flesh”) (Icelandic hold, Swedish hull), and (from Indo-European) Old Irish colainn, Welsh celain.

Descendants

hold

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