[heal-ärn], st. n., hall-building, hall-house: gen. sg. heal-ärna, [78].
[heal-gamen], st. n., social enjoyment in the hall, hall-joy: nom. sg., [1067].
[heal-reced], st. n., hall-building: acc. sg., [68].
[heal-sittend], pres. part., sitting in the hall (at the banquet): dat. pl. heal-sittendum, [2869]; gen. pl. heal-sittendra, [2016].
[heal-þegn], st. m., hall-thane, i.e. a warrior who holds the hall: gen. sg. heal-þegnes, of Grendel, [142]; acc. pl. heal-þegnas, of Beówulfs band, [720].
[heal-wudu], hall-wood, i.e. hall built of wood: nom. sg., [1318].
[healdan], st. v. w. acc.: 1) to hold, to hold fast; to support: pret. pl. hû þâ stânbogan ... êce eorðreced innan heóldon (MS. healde), how the arches of rock within held the everlasting earth-house, [2720]. Pret. sg., with a person as object: heóld hine to fäste, held him too fast, [789]; w. the dat. he him freóndlârum heóld, supported him with friendly advice, [2378].—2) to hold, to watch, to preserve, to keep; reflexive, to maintain one's self, to keep one's self: pres. sg. II. eal þu hit geþyldum healdest, mägen mid môdes snyttrum, all that preservest thou continuously, strength and wisdom of mind, [1706]; III. healdeð hige-mêðum heáfod-wearde, holds for the dead the head-watch, [2910]; imp. sg. II. heald forð tela niwe sibbe, keep well, from now on, the new relationship, [949]; heald (heold, MS.) þu nu hruse ... eorla æhte, preserve thou now, Earth, the noble men's possessions, [2248]; inf. se þe holmclifu healdan scolde, watch the sea-cliffs, [230]; so, [705]; nacan ... ârum healdan, to keep well your vessel, [296]; wearde healdan, [319]; forlêton eorla gestreón eorðan healdan, [3168]; pres. part. dreám healdende, holding rejoicing (i.e. thou who art rejoicing), [1228]; pret. sg. heóld hine syððan fyr and fästor, kept himself afterwards afar and more secure, [142]; ægwearde heóld, I have (hitherto) kept watch on the sea, [241]; so, [305]; hióld heáh-lufan wið häleða brego, preserved high love, [1955]; ginfästan gife ... heóld, [2184]; gold-mâðmas heóld, took care of the treasures of gold, [2415]; heóld mîn tela, protected well mine own, [2738]; þonne ... sceft ... nytte heóld, had employment, was employed, [3119]; heóld mec, protected, i.e. brought me up, [2431]; pret. pl. heaðo-reáf heóldon, watched over the armor, [401]; sg. for pl. heáfodbeorge ... walan ûtan heóld, outwards, bosses kept guard over the head, [1032].—Related to the preceding meaning are the two following: 3) to rule and protect the fatherland: inf. gif þu healdan wylt maga rice, [1853]; pret. heóld, [57], [2738].—4) to hold, to have, to possess, to inhabit: inf. lêt þone brego-stôl Beówulf healdan, [2390]; gerund. tô healdanne hleóburh wera, [1732]; pret. sg. heóld, [103], [161], [466], [1749], [2752]; lyftwynne heóld nihtes hwîlum, at night-time had the enjoyment of the air, [3044]; pret. pl. Geáta leóde hreâwic heóldon, the Geátas held the place of corpses (lay dead upon it), [1215]; pret. sg. þær heó ær mæste heóld worolde wynne, in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly joy, [1080].—5) to win, to receive: pret. pl. I. heoldon heáh gesceap, we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us, [3085].
be-healdan, w. acc.: 1) to take care of, to attend to: pret. sg. þegn nytte beheóld, a thane discharged the office, [494]; so, [668].—2) to hold: pret. sg. se þe flôda begong ... beheóld, [1499].—3) to look at, to behold: þryðswyð beheóld mæg Higelâces hû ..., great woe saw H.'s kinsman, how ..., [737].
for-healdan, w. acc., (to hold badly), to fall away from, to rebel: pret. part. häfdon hy forhealden helm Scylfinga, had rebelled against the defender of the Scylfings, [2382].
ge-healdan: 1) to hold, to receive, to hold fast: pres. sg. III. se þe waldendes hyldo gehealdeð, who receives the Lord's grace, [2294]; pres. subj. fäder alwalda ... eówic gehealde sîða gesunde, keep you sound on your journey, [317]; inf. ne meahte he ... on þam frum-gâre feorh gehealdan, could not hold back the life in his lord, [2857].—2) to take care, to preserve, to watch over; to stop: imp. sg. hafa nu and geheald hûsa sêlest, [659]; inf. gehealdan hêt hilde-geatwe, [675]; pret. sg. he frätwe geheóld fela missera, [2621]; þone þe ær geheóld wið hettendum hord and rîce, him who before preserved treasure and realm, [3004].—3) to rule: inf. folc gehealdan, [912]; pret. sg. geheóld tela (brâde rîce), [2209].