bihaldan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From bi- +‎ haldan.

Verb

bihaldan

  1. to keep, to hold
  2. to retain
  3. to rescue

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: behouden
    • Dutch: behouden
      • Afrikaans: behou, behoue
      • Negerhollands: behou, hou
    • Limburgish: behaaje

Further reading

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”). Equivalent to bi- +‎ haldan.

Verb

bihaldan

  1. to keep, conceal
  2. to hold, occupy, retain
  3. to behold

Conjugation
Conjugation of bihaldan (strong class 7)
infinitive bihaldan
indicative present past
1st person singular bihaldu bihēld
2nd person singular biheldis bihēldi
3rd person singular biheldid bihēld
plural bihaldad bihēldun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular bihalde bihēldi
2nd person singular bihaldes bihēldis
3rd person singular bihalde bihēldi
plural bihalden bihēldin
imperative present
singular bihald
plural bihaldad
participle present past
bihaldandi bihaldan

Descendants
  • Middle Low German: beholden
    • Plautdietsch: behoolen
    • German Low German:
      Bentheimisch, Dortmunder, Sauerländisch, East Frisian Low Saxon, Westmünsterländisch: behollen
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: behaulen
    • → Norwegian: beholde
    • → Swedish: behålla
    • → Danish: beholde
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