• Finnish: ote

• Finnish: ruuma

See also

• behold

German

Etymology

Old High German hold

Adjective

hold ,

1. friendly, comely, graceful

Hungarian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish and Estonian kuu.

Pronunciation

• /ˈhold/|lang=hu

Noun

hu-noun ak

1. moon

Icelandic

Noun

hold

1. flesh

Old English

Pronunciation

• /hold/

Etymology 1

From Germanic *xuldan, from Indo-European *kol-, kwol-. Cognates include Old Norse hold ‘flesh’ (Icelandic hold, Swedish hull), and (from Indo-European) Old Irish colainn, Welsh celain.

Noun

hold

1. Dead body, carcase

   Swa swa grædige ræmmas ðar ðar hi hold geseoþ. Like greedy ravens when they see a corpse.

Etymology 2

From Germanic *xulþa-, a variant on a root meaning ‘lean, incline’ (compare Old English heald, hieldan). Cognates include Old Frisian hold, Old Saxon hold, Old High German hold (German hold), Old Norse hollr (Swedish huld), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃.

Adjective

hold (+ dative)

1. gracious, loyal, kind

   Swa hold is God mancynne ðæt he hæfþ geset his englas us to hyrdum. God is so gracious to mankind that he has appointed angels as our guardians.

Old High German

Adjective

hold

1. friendly

Hold may refer to:

• Hold (ship), interior cargo space
• Hold (aviation), a place for an aircraft to loop around near its destination
• Hold (baseball), a statistic that may be awarded to a relief pitcher
• Hold (telephone), a condition where the call is not terminated, but no speech is taking place
• Grappling hold, a specific grip applied to an opponent in wrestling or martial arts
• Secret hold, a parliamentary procedure
• Hauld (also Hold), an ancient Norwegian title
• Stronghold, a castle or other fortified place
• The cards that are kept in a hand of poker, not those discarded and replaced
• Hold of Pern, a city or community in the Dragonriders of Pern science-fiction series
• Marianne Hold (1933–1994), German actress
• Handhold (dance)

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