Definitions
Archaic or dialect word meaning held, kept, or restrained.
Word origin
From Middle English holden, from Old English healden, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan. By surface analysis, hold + -en.
Used in a sentence
“Asses milke is holden for to be thickest, and therfore they use it in stead of renning, to turn milke and gather curds thereof. It is thought also to be very good for to make womens skin faire and white”
“And in the worst construction they conceited Money, or a resignation of that part was holden by the King in France, would beget a Peace at their own will and pleasure.”
“The court of sweinmote is to be holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein-mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“kept, archaically”6 letters
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