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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/, [ˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”). Cognate with Old Frisian halda (West Frisian hâlde), Old Saxon haldan (Low German holen), Old Dutch haldan (Dutch houden), Old High German haltan (German halten), Old Norse halda (Swedish hålla, Danish holde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*haldan}} Proto-West Germanic *haldan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*haldaną||to watch, look after}} Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”), {{cog|ofs|halda}} Old Frisian halda, {{cog|fy|hâlde}} West Frisian hâlde, {{cog|osx|haldan}} Old Saxon haldan, {{cog|nds|holen}} Low German holen, {{cog|odt|haldan}} Old Dutch haldan, {{cog|nl|houden}} Dutch houden, {{cog|goh|haltan}} Old High German haltan, {{cog|de|halten}} German halten, {{cog|non|halda}} Old Norse halda, {{cog|sv|hålla}} Swedish hålla, {{cog|da|holde}} Danish holde, {{cog|got|𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} healdan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|healdan<s7>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], healdan [infinitive], healdenne [infinitive], healde [first-person, present, singular], hēold [first-person, past, singular], hielst [present, second-person, singular], hieltst [present, second-person, singular], hēolde [past, second-person, singular], hielt [present, singular, third-person], hēold [past, singular, third-person], healdaþ [plural, present], hēoldon [past, plural], healde [present, singular], hēolde [past, singular], healden [plural, present], hēolden [past, plural], heald [imperative, past, present, singular], healdaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], healdende [imperative, present], healden [imperative, past], ġehealden [imperative, past]
  1. to keep watch over (cattle etc.) Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-edx2rnSA
  2. to hold fast, to grasp Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-NsqbQOAb Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Saxon Old English Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 25 41 3 2 2 26 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 41 3 2 2 25 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 43 1 1 2 26 1 Disambiguation of West Saxon Old English: 25 41 3 2 2 26 2
  3. to contain Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-o5GOj7qj
  4. to possess Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-P1Opml4L
  5. to keep, hold, preserve something in a specific position or state Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-SsjcFNUk
  6. to keep to, maintain, observe a custom or habit Tags: West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-fZgjtoPf
  7. (intransitive) to maintain one’s position against an enemy Tags: West-Saxon, intransitive
    Sense id: en-healdan-ang-verb-pSU2tN2k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haldan [Anglian]
Derived forms: æthealdan, anhealdan, behealdan, forhealdan, oferhealdan, ofhealdan, tōhealdan, ymbhealdan, āhealdan, ġehealdan, ōþhealdan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "æthealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "anhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "behealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "oferhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ofhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tōhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ymbhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "āhealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġehealdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ōþhealdan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "holden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: holden, halden, halde, halt\nEnglish: hold\nGeordie English: ha'd\nScots: hald, hauld, haud, had\nYola: houle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: holden, halden, halde, halt\nEnglish: hold\nGeordie English: ha'd\nScots: hald, hauld, haud, had\nYola: houle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *haldan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haldaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to watch, look after"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "halda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian halda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hâlde"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hâlde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon haldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "holen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German holen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch haldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "houden"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch houden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "haltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German haltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "halten"
      },
      "expansion": "German halten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hålla"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hålla",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "holde"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish holde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”).\nCognate with Old Frisian halda (West Frisian hâlde), Old Saxon haldan (Low German holen), Old Dutch haldan (Dutch houden), Old High German haltan (German halten), Old Norse halda (Swedish hålla, Danish holde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "7",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēold",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hielst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hieltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hielt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēold",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēoldon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehealden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "healdan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "healdan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...should I watch over my brother?",
          "roman": "...sċeolde iċ mīnne broþor healdon?",
          "text": "Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 4:9",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep watch over (cattle etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-edx2rnSA",
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 41 3 2 2 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 41 3 2 2 25 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 43 1 1 2 26 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 41 3 2 2 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold fast, to grasp"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-NsqbQOAb",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contain"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-o5GOj7qj",
      "links": [
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord\"\nÐyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to possess"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-P1Opml4L",
      "links": [
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:",
          "text": "Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep, hold, preserve something in a specific position or state"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-SsjcFNUk",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep to, maintain, observe a custom or habit"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-fZgjtoPf",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep to",
          "keep to"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to maintain one’s position against an enemy"
      ],
      "id": "en-healdan-ang-verb-pSU2tN2k",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to maintain one’s position against an enemy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "haldan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "healdan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 7 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "West Saxon Old English"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "æthealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "anhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "behealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "oferhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ofhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymbhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "āhealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġehealdan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ōþhealdan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "holden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: holden, halden, halde, halt\nEnglish: hold\nGeordie English: ha'd\nScots: hald, hauld, haud, had\nYola: houle",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: holden, halden, halde, halt\nEnglish: hold\nGeordie English: ha'd\nScots: hald, hauld, haud, had\nYola: houle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *haldan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haldaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to watch, look after"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "halda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian halda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "hâlde"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian hâlde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon haldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "holen"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German holen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "haldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch haldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "houden"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch houden",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "haltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German haltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "halten"
      },
      "expansion": "German halten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "halda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse halda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hålla"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hålla",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "holde"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish holde",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”).\nCognate with Old Frisian halda (West Frisian hâlde), Old Saxon haldan (Low German holen), Old Dutch haldan (Dutch houden), Old High German haltan (German halten), Old Norse halda (Swedish hålla, Danish holde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "7",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēold",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hielst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hieltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hielt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēold",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēoldon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hēolden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healdende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "healden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġehealden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "healdan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "healdan<s7>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...should I watch over my brother?",
          "roman": "...sċeolde iċ mīnne broþor healdon?",
          "text": "Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 4:9",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep watch over (cattle etc.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hold fast, to grasp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to contain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord\"\nÐyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to possess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possess",
          "possess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…",
          "ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:",
          "text": "Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep, hold, preserve something in a specific position or state"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to keep to, maintain, observe a custom or habit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep to",
          "keep to"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "observe",
          "observe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to maintain one’s position against an enemy"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to maintain one’s position against an enemy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "West-Saxon",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxæ͜ɑl.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈhæ͜ɑɫ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Anglian"
      ],
      "word": "haldan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "healdan"
}

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