forhold
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To detain; hold up; hold back; retain; withhold; limit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forholden (retain, detain) inherited from Old English forhealdan (defile, rebel against, pollute, abuse, fall away from, withhold, misuse, let go, forsake) prefix from English hold (game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem).
Origin
English
hold
Gloss
game won by the server, hold an opinion, deem
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ahold English
- anchorhold English
- behold English
- breathhold English
- chokehold English
- commonhold English
- copyhold English
- fiefhold English
- fingerhold English
- foothold English
- forehold English
- handhold English
- hold English
- holdable English
- holdase English
- holdback English
- holder English
- holdest English
- holdeth English
- holdfast English
- holdless English
- holdoff English
- holdout English
- household English
- inhold English
- landhold English
- leasehold English
- leghold English
- lifehold English
- mini-hold English
- mishold English
- offhold English
- onhold English
- outhold English
- overhold English
- pinhold English
- resthold English
- roothold English
- shorthold English
- stokehold English
- stranglehold English
- stronghold English
- throttlehold English
- toehold English
- underhold English
- unhold English
- uphold English
- windhold English
- withhold English
- halten German
- verhalten German
- houden Dutch, Flemish
- verhouden Dutch, Flemish
- verhouding Dutch, Flemish
- forhealdan Old English
- healdan Old English
- forholden Middle English
- holden Middle English
- vorholden Middle Low German
- unforholden Scots
- holim Tok Pisin
- hold
- ahold
- inhold
- holder
- behold
- uphold
- unhold
- onhold
- outhold
- offhold
- holdout
- pinhold
- holdase
- holdeth
- mishold
- toehold
- holdoff
- leghold
- holdest
- roothold
- foothold
- holdfast
- handhold
- windhold
- holdable
- holdless
- resthold
- landhold
- withhold
- lifehold
- copyhold
- fiefhold
- overhold
- holdback
- forehold
- underhold
- mini-hold
- chokehold
- leasehold
- shorthold
- stokehold
- household
- anchorhold
- fingerhold
- breathhold
- commonhold
- stronghold
- stranglehold
- throttlehold