beholde
English
Verb
beholde
- Obsolete spelling of behold
Danish
Etymology
After Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan, from Proto-Germanic *bihaldaną (“to hold with, keep”). Equivalent to be- + holde (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀə]
Verb
beholde (imperative behold, infinitive at beholde, present tense beholder, past tense beholdt, perfect tense har beholdt)
- keep
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
be- + holde, after Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan, from Proto-Germanic *bihaldaną (“to keep”).
Verb
beholde (imperative behold, present tense beholder, passive beholdes, simple past and past participle beholdt, present participle beholdende)
- to keep, retain
See also
- behalda, behalde (Nynorsk)
References
- “beholde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.