holden

holden

See also: Holden

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊldən

Verb

holden

1. (archaic) past participle of hold
   • Holland

     Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk.

   • 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

     The court of sweinmote is to be holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein-mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury.

   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

     She was pale and trembling. He came to her relief with a fixed despair of himself, which made the interview unlike any other that could have been holden.

Anagrams

• held on, hondel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔldən

Verb

holden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of hollen

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Dutch Low Saxon

Verb

holden

1. to hold

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German

Adjective

holden

1. inflection of hold:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• halden

Etymology

From Old English healdan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Verb

holden

1. to hold
2. to consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of holden (strong class 7)

infinitive	(to) holden
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	holde	held(e)
2nd person singular	holdest	helde(st)
3rd person singular	holdeþ	held(e)
plural	holdeþ, holden	helden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	holde	helde
plural	holden	helde
imperative	present
singular	hold(e)
plural	holdeþ
participle	present	past
	holdende, holdinge	(y)holden

Descendants

• English: hold
• Scots: hald, hauld, haud, had
• Yola: houle