Participles
| Present | healdende |
| Past | (ġe)healden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | healde |
| 2nd sing. | hielst; hieltst |
| 3rd sing. | hielt |
| 1st plur. | healdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | healdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | healdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | hēold |
| 2nd sing. | hēolde |
| 3rd sing. | hēold |
| 1st plur. | hēoldon |
| 2nd plur. | hēoldon |
| 3rd plur. | hēoldon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | healde |
| 2nd sing. | healde |
| 3rd sing. | healde |
| 1st plur. | healden |
| 2nd plur. | healden |
| 3rd plur. | healden |
Past
| 1st sing. | hēolde |
| 2nd sing. | hēolde |
| 3rd sing. | hēolde |
| 1st plur. | hēolden |
| 2nd plur. | hēolden |
| 3rd plur. | hēolden |
Imperative
| Singular | heald |
| Plural | healdaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'healdan'
healdan,
Verbs similar to 'healdan'
fealdan,
haldan,
wealdan,
æthealdan,
anhealdan,
bealdian,
behealdan,
cealdian,
eadan,
ealdian,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”).
2. 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). See: Proto-Germanic '
*haldaną', Old Saxon '
haldan', Low Saxon 'holen', Dutch '
houden', Old High German 'haltan', German, old spelling '
halten', Swedish '
hålla', Danish '
holde'.
Verbs referencing "healdan"
English
hold, Old High German haltan, Middle English
holden, Scots
haud, Old English
geholian, English
forehold, Old Saxon
haldan.
Sample Sentences
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Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 4:9 (...should I watch over my brother?)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
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Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan. (Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.)
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Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,… (I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:]
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c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
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Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest. (The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.)
Cognates
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