i behold

Danish

Adjective

i behold (neuter i behold, plural and definite singular attributive i behold)

  1. (postpositive) intact; unharmed
    • 2003, Peter Elsass, Håndbog i kulturpsykologi, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 173:
      Når en etnisk gruppe forsøger at overleve med sin egen kultur og identitet i behold, ...
      When an ethnic group tries to survive with its own culture and identity intact, ...
    • 1815, Erich Christian Werlauff, Bemaerkninger over folkesagnene om en nordisk kaempeslaegt i oldtiden, page 18:
      Af det hele Overhoved fandt han intet uden nogle hvide tynde Smuler af Hovedskallen, næsten som Æggeskal, og Tænder faldne af Overmunden, hvilke vare i Behold.
      Of the entire upper head he found nothing save some white thin scraps of the cranium, almost like egg-shell, and teeth fallen off the upper mouth which were intact.
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