beholde

English

Verb

beholde (third-person singular simple present beholdes, present participle beholding, simple past behelde, past participle behelde or beholden)

1. Obsolete spelling of behold.

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ holde (“to hold”). After Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈhʌlˀə]

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, infinitive at beholde, present tense beholder, past tense beholdt, perfect tense har beholdt)

1. keep

Conjugation

Conjugation of beholde

active passive present beholder beholdes past beholdt beholdtes infinitive beholde beholdes imperative behold — participle present beholdende past beholdt (auxiliary verb have) gerund beholden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

be- +‎ holde, after Middle Low German beholden, from Old Saxon bihaldan.

Verb

beholde (imperative behold, present tense beholder, passive beholdes, simple past and past participle beholdt, present participle beholdende)

1. to keep, retain

See also

• behalda, behalde (Nynorsk)

References

• “beholde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.