beholde

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

1. Obsolete spelling of behold.

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

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀə]

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

1. keep, retain, maintain

beholde

1. alternative form of biholden (“to behold”)

beholde

1. alternative form of biholden (“beholden”)

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

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

1. to keep, retain

• behalda, behalde (Nynorsk)

• “beholde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.