beholde

English

Verb

beholde (third-person singular simple present beholdes, present participle beholding, simple past behelde, past participle behelde or beholden)

1. Obsolete spelling of behold

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ holde (“to hold”). After Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀə]

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, infinitive at beholde, present tense beholder, past tense beholdt, perfect tense har beholdt)

1. keep

Conjugation

Inflection of beholde

	present	past
simple	beholder	beholdt
perfect	har beholdt	havde beholdt
passive	beholdes	beholdtes
participle	beholdende	beholdt
imperative	behold	—
infinitive	beholde	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	beholden	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

be- +‎ holde, after Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, present tense beholder, passive beholdes, simple past and past participle beholdt, present participle beholdende)

1. to keep, retain

See also

• behalda, behalde (Nynorsk)

References

• “beholde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.