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▪ I. held, ppl. a.|hɛld| [pa. pple. of hold v.] Kept in, restrained, detained. Also with adverbs.
c1611Chapman Iliad xxiv. 275 With held vp hands. 1820Keats Lamia i. 300 While, like held breath, the stars drew in their panting fires. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. ii. (1874) 287 Still whispering under my held breath. 1891Pall Mall G. 2 Feb. 2/1 The coda with its held notes for the bass clarinet and bassoon deserves close attention. 1906Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 7/2 A long string of ‘held-up’ cars. ▪ II. † held, helde, n. Obs. [Late OE. helde fem., allegiance, fealty: cf. OE. hyldo, hyld favour, grace, loyalty, allegiance = OS. huldi, OHG. huldî (Ger. huld), Goth. type *hulþei, f. hulþs, OHG., OS., OE. hold gracious, kind.] 1. Grace, favour, kindness.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 301 Hyld hæfde his ferlorene. c1175Lamb. Hom. 69 God..ȝefe us mihte þurh his held þet ure leue beo ure sceld. a1310in Wright Lyric P. x. 37 Y-here thou me nou, hendest in helde. 2. Loyalty to the liege lord, allegiance.
a1000Laws of Edgar iv. c. 12 (Schmid) For eowrum hyldum, þe ᵹe me symble cyddon. c1100O.E. Chron. an. 1097 He þær on þæs cynges Willelmes heldan to cynge ᵹesette. 1297R. Glouc. (1724) 285 Understonde þe bet efsone, and hold me þyn helde. a1300Floriz & Bl. 397 Þat he þe bere al þe helde þat man schal to his louerd ȝelde. ▪ III. held obs. erron. form of yield v. |