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for-healdan

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Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.
Substitute:
to hold improperly, withhold, keep back what should be paid
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  • On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge; and wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta,

    • Wlfst. 157, 12-14
      • :
    • 229, 19
      • .

  • Hý forheóldon teóðunge,

    • 211, 2.

  • Gif hwá teóðunge forhealde . . . Gif hwá Rómfeoh forhealde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 170, 1, 2.
to keep too long:
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  • Preóst húsl on clǽnnesse healde, and warige ꝥ hit ná forealdige. Gif hit þonne for[h]ealden sí, ꝥ his man brúcan ne mæge, þonne forbærne hit man,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 252, 7.
not to shew proper regard to, disregard, neglect
a person or personal attribute
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  • Þú forleósest þá forhealdað þé

    perdes omnes, qui fornicantur abs te,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 22
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  • Hé onféng for worlde mycelne noman, and ꝥ eal forheóld and his Scyppend,

    • Bl. H. 43, 35
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  • Eall hí forheóldan heáh weorc Godes,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 29
      • .

  • Hæfdon hý forhealden helm Scylfinga,

    • B. 2381
      • .
a command,
not to keep a command
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  • Nǽfre bebod ðín ic forheáld

    nunquam mandatum tuum praeterii,

    • Lk. L. 15, 29
      • .
not to keep in good condition.
not to keep in safety, not to preserve
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  • Eálá eá is ꝥ forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, tó ðon ꝥ hé ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe hí beóþ bégen forhealden

    O praeclara potentia, quae ne ad conservationem quidem sui satis efficax invenitur,

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • F. 102, 17
      • .
not to maintain in one's rights, to treat unfairly
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  • Monige men ryhtan ge on londum ge on má þára þinga þe heó on forhaldne wéran,

    • Cht. Th. 139, 28
      • .
not to keep morally pure
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  • Se wer unrihthǽmed wreceþ gif his wíf hié forhealdeþ,

    • Bl. H. 185, 27
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  • Forhealden

    incestus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 45
      • .

  • On wráðra

    (the fallen angels)

    gield þára þe forhealdene

    (cf. the phrase used by Dante of the sin of the angels 'superbo strupo,'

    • Inf. c. vii. 12
      • )

    hé of hleó sende,

    • Gen. 102.
to abuse a privilege, &c.
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  • Gif hí ðone frýdóm tela gehealdon . . . gif hí ðone frýdóm forheólden,

    • Bt. 41, 3
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    • F. 248, 11
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. forhold.
O. H. Ger. far-haltaniu prostituta.
]
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v.  for-healden.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “for-healdan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45731.

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