A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

+heald = [+hield]

[ healdan⁷] (a) (±) (tr. and intr.) to ‘hold’ (‘i-hald’), contain, hold fast, grasp, retain, possess, inhabit, Æ, Chr; CP. tō handa h. hold (land, etc.) of another: (±) curb, restrain, rule, reign, Chr, CP: (±) keep, guard, preserve, foster, cherish, defend, Æ, Bl, Mt, Ps; AO: withhold, lock up: maintain, uphold, support, Æ, LL: regard, observe, fulfil, do, practise, Bl; Æ: take care, CP: celebrate, hold (festival): hold out (intr.), last. ongēan h. resist: proceed, go: treat, behave to, bear oneself.

[ +healddagas] mp. kalends, WW 176²⁷.

[ +healde] contented? careful? v. MF 162.

[ healdend] m. protector, guardian, ruler, king, lord, God.

[ +healdendgeorn] continent, DR 45¹⁰? (a¹).

[ healdiend] ‘custodiens,’ EPs 114⁹.

[ ±healdnes] f. keeping, observance, BH: guard, watch, APs 38².

[ healdsum] (hal-) sufficient, ANS 129·25.

[ +healdsum] provident, economical, frugal, CP: chaste, continent, ÆL.