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of-healdan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to withhold, keep back, retain
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  • Hé lét niman of hyre ealle ða betstan gærsuma ðe heó ofhealdan ne mihte

    he had all the best valuables, that she could not keep back, taken from her.

      Chr. 1035 ; Erl. 164, 23.
  • Mí gauil hé hauiþ ofhealden

    my rent he has withheld.

      Chart. Th. 427, 30.
Etymology
[Ayenb, to ofhealde to retain.]
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v. of-habban.
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