An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To HALD, v. a. To hold, S. had.
Wynt.

Moes. G. A. S. hald-an, Isl. halld-a.

1. To hald again, to resist, S.
2. To hald by, to pass, S.
3. To hald dayis.
V. [Dayis].
4. To hald gaain, to go on, S.

Belg. gaande houd-en, id.

5. To hald in, to supply, S.
6. To hald in, not to leak, S.
7. To hald in, to spare, S.
Spalding.
8. To hald in with, to curry favour, S.
9. To hald still, to stop, S.

Sw. haalla stilla, id.

10. To hald till, to persist in, S.
11. To hald to, to keep shut, S.

Sw. haalla til, id.

12. To hald out, to pretend, S.
13. To hald out, to extend to the full measure or weight, S.
14. To hald wi', to take part with, S.

To Hald, Had, v. n. To cease, S.
Cleland.