hold

Middle English

adjective

Definitions

friendly, faithful

Etymology

Derived from Old English hold (gracious, loyal, friendly, true, faithful, pleasant, kind, acceptable, devout, favorable).

Origin

Old English

hold

Gloss

gracious, loyal, friendly, true, faithful, pleasant, kind, acceptable, devout, favorable

Concept

Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Property

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

household English
*huldą Proto-Germanic
hold Old English
holdræden Old English
holdscipe Old English
hyldu Old English
inhold Old English
holdscipe Middle English
hous Middle English
houshold Middle English