bihaldan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From bi- +‎ haldan.

Verb

bihaldan

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

Inflection
Conjugation of bihaldan (strong class 7)
infinitive bihaldan
indicative present past
1st person singular bihaldu bihielt
2nd person singular bihaldis, bihaldist bihieldi
3rd person singular bihaldit bihielt
1st person plural bihaldon bihieldun
2nd person plural bihaldet bihieldut
3rd person plural bihaldunt bihieldun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular bihalde bihieldi
2nd person singular bihaldes, bihaldest bihieldis, bihieldist
3rd person singular bihalde bihieldi
1st person plural bihalden bihieldin
2nd person plural bihaldet bihieldit
3rd person plural bihaldent bihieldint
imperative present
singular bihalt
plural bihaldet
participle present past
bihaldandi bihaldon

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: beholen, behollen
      Bentheimisch, Dortmunder, Sauerländisch, East Frisian Low Saxon, Westmünsterländisch: behollen
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: behaulen
    • → Norwegian: beholde
    • → Swedish: behålla
    • → Danish: beholde
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