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Webster 1913 Edition


Held

Held

,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Hold
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Held

HELD

, pret. and pp. of hold. A court was held in Westminster hall. At a council held on the first of January.

Definition 2024


Held

Held

See also: held

German

Noun

Held m (genitive Helden, plural Helden, feminine Heldin)

  1. hero
  2. protagonist

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Held m (plural Helden)

  1. hero

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held

held

See also: Held

English

Verb

held

  1. simple past tense and past participle of hold

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: either · whether · city · #340: held · help · number · alone

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse heill (omen, happiness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛld/, [hɛlˀ]

Noun

held n (singular definite heldet, not used in plural form)

  1. luck, fortune

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (man, hero), further etymology unknown.

Cognate with Old English hæleþ, Old High German helid (German Held), West Frisian held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian hold).

Noun

held m (plural helden, diminutive heldje n)

  1. hero

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛlt/
    Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

held

  1. first-person singular present indicative of halda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

held

  1. present tense of halda and halde

West Frisian

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *haliþa (man, hero), further etymology unknown.

Cognate with Old English hæleþ, Old High German helid (German Held), Dutch held, Old Norse halr, hǫlðr (Norwegian hold). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κελωρ (kelōr), Tocharian B kālyśke (boy).

Noun

held c (plural helden)

  1. hero