𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”). Cognate to Old English healdan (“to hold”). More cognates: see there.

𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 • (haldan)

1. to hold
   • Gothic Bible, Matthew 8.33:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     iþ þai haldandans gaþlauhun jah galeiþandans gataihun in baurg all bi þans daimōnarjans.

     And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. (KJV)

2. to take care of, tend, feed
   • Gothic Bible, Luke 15.15:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     jah gaggands gahaftida sik sumamma baurgjanē jainis gaujis jah insandida ina haiþjōs seinaizōs haldan sweina.

     And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. (KJV)