hold
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hōld, IPA(key): /həʊld/, [həʊɫd]
- (General American) enPR: hōld, IPA(key): /hoʊld/, [hoəɫd]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: holed
- Rhymes: -əʊld
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English holden, from Old English healdan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to tend, herd”), maybe from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) (compare Latin celer (“quick”), Tocharian B kälts (“to goad, drive”), Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive”), Sanskrit कलयति (kaláyati, “he impels”)).[1][2] Cognate to West Frisian hâlde, Low German holden, holen, Dutch houden, German halten, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål holde, Norwegian Nynorsk halda.
VerbEdit
hold (third-person singular simple present holds, present participle holding, simple past held, past participle held or (archaic) holden)
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- Hold the pencil like this.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
- But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […].
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 23, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
- 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
- The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- This package holds six bottles.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- Hold my coat for me. The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs.
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian[1]:
- She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
- (transitive) To reserve.
- Hold a table for us at 7:00.
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
- Hold the elevator.
- (transitive) To detain.
- Hold the suspect in this cell.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- to hold true; The proposition holds.
- 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, OCLC 933799310:
- The rule holds in land as well as all other commodities.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- to hold firm
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[2]:
- Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John (Act iv, scene 2):
- We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.
- 1646, Richard Crashaw, Vpon the Death of Mr. Herrys
- Death! what do'st? O, hold thy blow.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
- He hath not sufficient judgment and self-command to hold his tongue.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- He holds himself proudly erect. Hold your head high.
- 1595, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream:
- Let him hold his fingers thus, and through that cranny shall Pyramus and Thisby whisper .
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth:
- Lay on, Macduff, and damned him that first cries hold, enough!
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:
- Our force by land hath nobly held.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- to hold one's bladder; to hold one's breath
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- 1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:
- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
- 1776, Thomas Jefferson et al., United States Declaration of Independence:
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command. I'll hold him to that promise.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 83:1:
- Hold not thy peace, and be not still.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:
- Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shall hold their course.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Thessalonians 2:15:
- Stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught.
- 1700, Ovid (John Dryden), Ceyx and Alcyone:
- These reasons mov'd her starlike husband's heart, But still he held his purpose to depart:
- (archaic) To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.
- 1685, John Dryden, Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral Pindaric Poem:
- His dauntless heart would fain have held / From weeping, but his eyes rebelled.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
- To take place, to occur.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 9:
- He came into the hall where the wedding-festival had held […].
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 9:
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
- (archaic) To derive right or title.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- My crown is absolute, and holds of none.
- 1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table
- His imagination holds immediately from nature.
- 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- One ham-and-cheese sandwich; hold the mustard.
- A martini, please, and hold the olive.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- 1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster (page 122)
- […] first thing clients would say to me would be 'Are you holding?' I'd say yes if we had our supply and no if it was dangerous.
- 1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster (page 122)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | hold | ||||||||||
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present participle | holding | ||||||||||
past participle | held | ||||||||||
simple | progressive | perfect | perfect progressive | ||||||||
present | I hold | we hold | I am holding | we are holding | I have held | we have held | I have been holding | we have been holding | |||
you hold | you hold | you are holding | you are holding | you have held | you have held | you have been holding | you have been holding | ||||
he holds | they hold | he is holding | they are holding | he has held | they have held | he has been holding | they have been holding | ||||
past | I held | we held | I was holding | we were holding | I had held | we had held | I had been holding | we had been holding | |||
you held | you held | you were holding | you were holding | you had held | you had held | you had been holding | you had been holding | ||||
he held | they held | he was holding | they were holding | he had held | they had held | he had been holding | they had been holding | ||||
future | I will hold | we will hold | I will be holding | we will be holding | I will have held | we will have held | I will have been holding | we will have been holding | |||
you will hold | you will hold | you will be holding | you will be holding | you will have held | you will have held | you will have been holding | you will have been holding | ||||
he will hold | they will hold | he will be holding | they will be holding | he will have held | they will have held | he will have been holding | they will have been holding | ||||
conditional | I would hold | we would hold | I would be holding | we would be holding | I would have held | we would have held | I would have been holding | we would have been holding | |||
you would hold | you would hold | you would be holding | you would be holding | you would have held | you would have held | you would have been holding | you would have been holding | ||||
he would hold | they would hold | he would be holding | they would be holding | he would have held | they would have held | he would have been holding | they would have been holding | ||||
imperative | hold |
SynonymsEdit
- (grasp or grip): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
- (have and keep possession of something): own; See also Thesaurus:possess
- (not to move): See also Thesaurus:stop
- (not to give way): See also Thesaurus:persevere
- (restrain oneself): See also Thesaurus:desist
- (take place): happen; See also Thesaurus:happen
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- behold
- be left holding the baby
- forhold
- forehold
- holdall
- hold a candle
- hold a grudge
- hold accountable
- hold back
- hold court
- hold down
- holder
- holdfast
- hold forth
- hold good
- holding
- hold in
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit
hold (plural holds)
- A grasp or grip.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- An act or instance of holding.
- Can I have a hold of the baby?
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book.
- Something reserved or kept.
- We have a hold here for you.
- Power over someone or something.
- 2008, Christopher Clarke-Milton, Dawn of the Messiah - Book 1, →ISBN, page 199:
- The Judge accepts the payment, the law no longer has a hold on you, and therefore you are free to walk out of the court a free man or woman.
- 2013, Wim Wenders & Mary Zournazi, Inventing Peace: A Dialogue on Perception, →ISBN, page 107:
- War has a hold on our cultural imaginations as an inevitable force, it is peace that has no benefactor.
- The ability to persist.
- 1982, Laurence Monroe Klauber & Karen Harvey McClung, Rattlesnakes, Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence, →ISBN, page 48:
- Despite their seemingly strong hold on life, as indicated by the persistence of movement in decapitation tests, rattlers are relatively frail creatures and are easily killed.
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- 2004, Zoe Diana Draelos, Hair Care: An Illustrated Dermatologic Handbook, page 221:
- Sculpturing gels provide stiffer hold than styling gels, which provide better hold than mousses.
- (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- 2002, Reality, “The Scorecard For Bookmakers”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3], retrieved 2013-12-18:
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- 2012, Sarah Fortnum, “Melbourne Cup 2012 From The Bookie’s Perspective”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[4], retrieved 2013-12-18:
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- So I felt my way down the passage back to the vault, and recked not of the darkness, nor of Blackbeard and his crew, if only I could lay my lips to liquor. Thus I groped about the barrels till near the top of the stack my hand struck on the spile of a keg, and drawing it, I got my mouth to the hold.
- 1995, Turlough Johnston & Madeleine Halldén, Rock Climbing Basics, →ISBN, page 86:
- The beginner will instinctively try to stick his toe straight in in a foot hold, which is very tiring on the calf muscles.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (video games, dated) A pause facility.
- 1983, New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)
- A hold facility is available; H holds, and S restarts.
- 1987?, Imagine Software, Legend of Kage (video game instruction leaflet)
- SCREEN 5 — Perhaps the toughest — going like the clappers sometimes works but generally you'll have to be smarter than that. If things get a little too hectic and you don't even have time to reach the HOLD key, try taking a short rest below the top of the stairs.
- 1983, New Generation Software, Knot in 3D (video game instruction leaflet)
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- 2003, Daniel Jackson, Paul Fulberg, Sonic Branding: An Essential Guide to the Art and Science of Sonic Branding, Palgrave Macmillan →ISBN, page 6
- Given that there is an average on-hold time of more than five minutes while enquiries are being dealt with, the telephone hold system provided the best opportunity.
- 2005, Lorraine Grubbs-West, Lessons in Loyalty: How Southwest Airlines Does it : an Insider's View, CornerStone Leadership Inst →ISBN, page 56
- Even the "on-hold" messages on Southwest's telephone system are humorous, ensuring anyone inconvenienced by the hold is entertained.
- 2012, Tanner Ezell, Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8: Expert Administration Cookbook, Packt Publishing Ltd →ISBN
- Note. After the device downloads its new configuration file, we can test placing a call on hold and the generic hold music will be heard.
- 2003, Daniel Jackson, Paul Fulberg, Sonic Branding: An Essential Guide to the Art and Science of Sonic Branding, Palgrave Macmillan →ISBN, page 6
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
SynonymsEdit
(exercise): isometric exercise
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Alteration (due to hold) of hole. Cognate with Dutch hol (“hole, cave, den, cavity, cargo hold”), Dutch holte (“cavity, hollow, den”).
NounEdit
hold (plural holds)
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- Put that in the hold.
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English hold, holde, from Old English hold (“gracious, friendly, kind, favorable, true, faithful, loyal, devout, acceptable, pleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz (“favourable, gracious, loyal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tend, incline, bend, tip”). Cognate with German hold (“gracious, friendly, sympathetic, grateful”), Danish and Swedish huld (“fair, kindly, gracious”), Icelandic hollur (“faithful, dedicated, loyal”), German Huld (“grace, favour”).
AdjectiveEdit
hold (comparative more hold, superlative most hold)
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse hald (“grip, power, hold”). Also see holde (“to hold”).
NounEdit
hold n (singular definite holdet, plural indefinite hold)
- team (group of persons working or playing together)
- class (group of students taught together)
- distance, side (only with the prepositions på or fra and an adjective)
- truth
- pain (in the muscles)
- (rare) hold
InflectionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
hold
- imperative of holde
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German holt, from Old High German hold, from Proto-Germanic *hulþaz. Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs, “clement”) and Old Norse hollr ( > Danish huld).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
hold (comparative holder, superlative am holdesten)
- (archaic, poetic) friendly, comely, graceful
- 1907, Carl Spitteler, Die Mädchenfeinde, Siebentes Kapitel, Beim Narrenſtudenten
- Um aber auf deinen holden Kadettengeneral zurückzukommen, ſo will ich dir, weil du mir dein Geheimnis anvertraut haſt, auch etwas Geheimnisvolles verraten […]
- 1907, Carl Spitteler, Die Mädchenfeinde, Siebentes Kapitel, Beim Narrenſtudenten
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist hold | sie ist hold | es ist hold | sie sind hold | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | holder | holde | holdes | holde |
genitive | holden | holder | holden | holder | |
dative | holdem | holder | holdem | holden | |
accusative | holden | holde | holdes | holde | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der holde | die holde | das holde | die holden |
genitive | des holden | der holden | des holden | der holden | |
dative | dem holden | der holden | dem holden | den holden | |
accusative | den holden | die holde | das holde | die holden | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein holder | eine holde | ein holdes | (keine) holden |
genitive | eines holden | einer holden | eines holden | (keiner) holden | |
dative | einem holden | einer holden | einem holden | (keinen) holden | |
accusative | einen holden | eine holde | ein holdes | (keine) holden |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist holder | sie ist holder | es ist holder | sie sind holder | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | holderer | holdere | holderes | holdere |
genitive | holderen | holderer | holderen | holderer | |
dative | holderem | holderer | holderem | holderen | |
accusative | holderen | holdere | holderes | holdere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der holdere | die holdere | das holdere | die holderen |
genitive | des holderen | der holderen | des holderen | der holderen | |
dative | dem holderen | der holderen | dem holderen | den holderen | |
accusative | den holderen | die holdere | das holdere | die holderen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein holderer | eine holdere | ein holderes | (keine) holderen |
genitive | eines holderen | einer holderen | eines holderen | (keiner) holderen | |
dative | einem holderen | einer holderen | einem holderen | (keinen) holderen | |
accusative | einen holderen | eine holdere | ein holderes | (keine) holderen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am holdesten | sie ist am holdesten | es ist am holdesten | sie sind am holdesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | holdester | holdeste | holdestes | holdeste |
genitive | holdesten | holdester | holdesten | holdester | |
dative | holdestem | holdester | holdestem | holdesten | |
accusative | holdesten | holdeste | holdestes | holdeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der holdeste | die holdeste | das holdeste | die holdesten |
genitive | des holdesten | der holdesten | des holdesten | der holdesten | |
dative | dem holdesten | der holdesten | dem holdesten | den holdesten | |
accusative | den holdesten | die holdeste | das holdeste | die holdesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein holdester | eine holdeste | ein holdestes | (keine) holdesten |
genitive | eines holdesten | einer holdesten | eines holdesten | (keiner) holdesten | |
dative | einem holdesten | einer holdesten | einem holdesten | (keinen) holdesten | |
accusative | einen holdesten | eine holdeste | ein holdestes | (keine) holdesten |
Further readingEdit
- “hold” in Duden online
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Uralic *kuŋe. Cognates include Hungarian hó (“month”), Finnish and Estonian kuu.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hold (plural holdak)
- moon, natural satellite
- unit of surface area, originally meant the same as acre, has different kinds ranging from 3500 m² to 8400 m²
- (attributive usage) lunar
- holdfogyatkozás ― lunar eclipse
Usage notesEdit
Some astronomical and geographical terms have both a lowercase (common noun) and a capitalized (proper noun) form. For föld (“ground, soil; Earth”)―Föld (“Earth”), hold (“moon, satellite; Moon”)―Hold (“our Moon”), and nap (“day; sun; Sun”)―Nap (“our Sun”), the lowercase forms are used in the everyday sense and the capitalized forms in the astronomical sense. In other similar pairs, the former refers to generic sense, and the latter specifies the best known referent: egyenlítő (“equator”)―Egyenlítő (“Equator”), naprendszer (“solar system”)―Naprendszer (“Solar System”), and tejút (“galaxy”, literally “milky way”, but galaxis and galaktika are more common)―Tejút (“Milky Way”).[5][6][7]
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hold | holdak |
accusative | holdat | holdakat |
dative | holdnak | holdaknak |
instrumental | holddal | holdakkal |
causal-final | holdért | holdakért |
translative | holddá | holdakká |
terminative | holdig | holdakig |
essive-formal | holdként | holdakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | holdban | holdakban |
superessive | holdon | holdakon |
adessive | holdnál | holdaknál |
illative | holdba | holdakba |
sublative | holdra | holdakra |
allative | holdhoz | holdakhoz |
elative | holdból | holdakból |
delative | holdról | holdakról |
ablative | holdtól | holdaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
holdé | holdaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
holdéi | holdakéi |
Possessive forms of hold | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | holdam | holdjaim |
2nd person sing. | holdad | holdjaid |
3rd person sing. | holdja | holdjai |
1st person plural | holdunk | holdjaink |
2nd person plural | holdatok | holdjaitok |
3rd person plural | holdjuk | holdjaik |
Derived termsEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hold, from Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognate with Swedish hull.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hold n (genitive singular holds, no plural)
- flesh
- Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
- Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
- A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
- Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."
- Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)
DeclensionEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English hold.
AdjectiveEdit
hold
NounEdit
hold
Related termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
hold
- imperative of holde
Derived termsEdit
- (of noun) dyrehold
- (of noun) kosthold
- (of noun) husdyrhold
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *huldą, from Proto-Indo-European *kol-, *kwol-. Cognates include Old Norse hold (“flesh”) (Icelandic hold, Swedish hull), and (from Indo-European) Old Irish colainn, Welsh celain.
NounEdit
hold n (nominative plural hold)
- dead body; carcass
- Swā swā grǣdiġe ræmmas ðār ðār hī hold ġesēoþ.
- Like greedy ravens when they see a corpse.
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Germanic *hulþaz, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare Old English heald, hieldan).
Cognates include Old Frisian hold, Old Saxon hold, Old High German hold (German hold), Old Norse hollr (Danish huld, Swedish huld), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (hulþs).
AdjectiveEdit
hold (comparative holdra, superlative holdost) (+ dative)
- gracious, loyal, kind
- Swā hold is God mancynne ðæt he hæfþ ġeset his englas us to hyrdum.
- God is so gracious to mankind that he has appointed angels as our guardians.
DeclensionEdit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | hold | hold | hold |
Accusative | holdne | holde | hold |
Genitive | holdes | holdre | holdes |
Dative | holdum | holdre | holdum |
Instrumental | holde | holdre | holde |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | holde | holda, holde | hold |
Accusative | holde | holda, holde | hold |
Genitive | holdra | holdra | holdra |
Dative | holdum | holdum | holdum |
Instrumental | holdum | holdum | holdum |
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hulþaz
AdjectiveEdit
hold
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- German: hold
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
hold m (plural holds)