haldan

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Estonian

Verb

haldan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haldama

Gothic

Romanization

haldan

  1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haldan.

Verb

haldan

  1. to hold, to keep

Inflection

Conjugation of haldan (strong class 7)
infinitive haldan
indicative present past
1st person singular haldo, haldon hielt
2nd person singular heldis, heldist hieldi, hieldis
3rd person singular heldit hielt
1st person plural haldon hieldun
2nd person plural haldet hieldut
3rd person plural haldont hieldun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular halde hieldi
2nd person singular haldes, haldest hieldi, hieldis
3rd person singular halde hieldi
1st person plural halden hieldin
2nd person plural haldet hieldit
3rd person plural halden hieldin
imperative present
singular halt
plural haldet
participle present past
haldandi haldan, gihaldan

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: houden, halden, holden
    • Dutch: houden, (informal) houwen, houen
      • Afrikaans: hou
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
      • Negerhollands: hou, how
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: how, ow
      • → Antillean Creole: béc aou (Martinique)
    • Limburgish: haaje

Further reading

  • “haldan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haldan.

Pronunciation

Verb

haldan (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of healdan

Conjugation

Conjugation of haldan (strong class 7 Anglian)

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infinitive haldan¹ haldonne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular haldu, halde hēold
second person singular hældes, haldes³ hēolde
third person singular hældeþ, haldeþ² hēold
plural haldaþ² hēoldun, hēoldon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular halde hēolde
plural halden hēolden¹¹
imperative
singular hald
plural haldaþ²
participle present past
haldende (ġe)halden

¹In Northumbrian, final -n was regularly lost from these forms
²In Late Northumbrian, final -þ was frequently changed to -s
³In Mercian, final -t was sometimes added to these forms due to West Saxon influence

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną.

Akin to Old Dutch haldan, Old English healdan, Old Frisian halda, Old High German haltan, Old Norse halda, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (haldan).

Verb

haldan

  1. to hold

Conjugation

Conjugation of haldan (strong class 7)
infinitive haldan
indicative present past
1st person singular haldu hēld
2nd person singular heldis hēldi
3rd person singular heldid hēld
plural haldad hēldun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular halde hēldi
2nd person singular haldes hēldis
3rd person singular halde hēldi
plural halden hēldin
imperative present
singular hald
plural haldad
participle present past
haldandi gihaldan, haldan

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