hē him frēondlārum hēold, _supported him with
friendly
advice_,
2378.
2378.
Beowulf
healdan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to hold, to hold fast; to support_: pret. pl.
hū þā stānbogan . . . ēce eorðreced innan hēoldon (MS. healde), _how the
arches of rock within held the everlasting earth-house_, 2720. Pret. sg. ,
with a person as object: hēold hine to fæste, _held him too fast_, 789; w.
the dat.
hē him frēondlārum hēold, _supported him with friendly advice_,
2378. --2) _to hold, to watch, to preserve, to keep_; reflexive, _to
maintain one's self, to keep one's self_: pres. sg. II. eal þū hit geþyldum
healdest, mægen mid mōdes snyttrum, _all that preservest thou continuously,
strength and wisdom of mind_, 1706; III. healdeð hige-mēðum hēafod-wearde,
_holds for the dead the head-watch_, 2910; imp. sg. II. heald forð tela
nīwe sibbe, _keep well, from now on, the new relationship_, 949; heald
(heold, MS. ) þū nū hrūse . . . eorla ǣhte, _preserve thou now, Earth, the
noble men's possessions_, 2248; inf. sē þe holmclifu healdan scolde, _watch
the sea-cliffs_, 230; so, 705; nacan . . .
