Dictionary:halda

Nynorn

Etymology

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Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

had [had], sb., 1) a hold; grip. 2) a grip; handle; ear on a straw-basket (kessi); see hadkessi, sb. 3) a place (esp. a swamp) where one can catch the horses in the out-field. L.Sc. form: had = hald, hauld, sb., a hold, etc. O.N. hald, n., a hold, grip; No., Icel. and Fær. hald, n., also a handle, ear. In other senses, such as refuge, hiding-place, lair (otter’s had), had is L.Sc.

had¹ [had], vb., to hold; keep. L.Sc. form: had, hauld. O.N. halda, vb., to hold. For an old Shetl. imp. form halt from the obsolete *hald, vb., q.v. Shetl. had in the impf. (pret.) is: høld [høld], in perf. part.: hadden [hadən]. — to h. a hus, to keep house. to h. jøl, to keep Christmas. “h. dee [hadi]” or “h. dy hand!” stop that! hold your hand! h. dy hands! let me alone! (Uⁿ.). h. (dy) peace! keep quiet! (Uⁿ.). h. dee at dee! move aside a little! see flit, vb. h. dee gaun [‘going’]! be off! (Du.), h. dee still! a) be silent; b) stand still! stop! wait a little! (Conn.; Sandw.; Du.). In sense of to steer; head; to set off in a certain direction (to h. nort’, sooth, against, etc.), had corresponds to O.N. halda, inter alia to head, to set off in a certain direction (h. 15: Fr.); cf. below h. fram, in, till, ut. In sense of to maintain, mean, had corresponds to O.N. as well as to Eng. to h. gaun [‘going’], to handle roughly; tofling aside, when searching for something, prop. “to keep going” (Fe.). In some places had is often used in a special sense: to have assistance from neighbours (at fixed times and by turns), esp. at field-work, digging by spade, peat-cutting, mowing (esp. grass), also in certain indoor work (woollen work, spinning); dey’re gaun [‘going’] to h. de morn [‘to-morrow’], they will have helping hands (neighbours) to-morrow (Uⁿ.). “hadin’”, pres. part., is to be noted in the expr. “a sheep-hadin’ dyke”, a fence high enough to prevent sheep from getting into cultivated fields (Fe.). — In conn. with prep. and adv., had is used in several meanings and applications, handed down from O.N. (halda): h. aff, to stop the executing of something; to desist from = Fær. halda av. — h. at: a) see prec.; b) to persist eagerly in an undertaking, also L.Sc.; cf. “lay at”. — h. f(r)ae, to steer away or aside, to draw off (from the wind), = No. and Fær. halda undan. — h. fram, to head towards the high seas; see fram, adv. — h. in, to pull towards the shore (Y^h.). — h. on: to stop; h. on a bit! Icel. halda á, a) to keep back; b) to endure; to hold on, = Icel. and Fær. halda á; cf. “h. ut, h. wi’”. — h. op: a) to support for life, to h. ane [‘one’] op (Uⁿ.); cf. O.N. halda (einhverjum) uppi, a) to uphold something or other; b) to cease, esp. of rain; to continue fair for a time (Uⁿ.); he’ll may be h. op for a while, there will possibly be a lull in the rainy weather, it will doubtless be fine for a while; will he h. op lang? are we going to have dry weather for a time? O.N. halda upp, inter alia to keep back, to stop, No. and Fær. halda upp, to cease; to hold up. — h. till: a) to frequent; to stay (in a place), = No. and Fær. halda til; b) to last, to continue to be the same; foo [‘how’] is du hadin’ till? (Uⁿ.); c) to head, to set off in a certain direction; hwar [‘where’] is du hadin’ till noo [‘now’]? see prec. had; d) h. till and h. tø [‘to’], to keep shut, = L.Sc. hald to, Sw. hålla till. — h. ut, to endure; hold out, No. halda ut, Fær. halda út, Sw. hålla ut. Cf. the foll. “had wi’ (a)”, which poss. is an earlier expr. in Shetl. — h. wi’: a) to endure; to hold out; go on; I’ll h. sae [‘so’] wi’ (Sa.); O.N. halda (haldask) við, to hold out; b) to agree with; to consent, to h. wi’ ane (Uⁿ.), = O.N. halda með einhverjum, Fær. halda við einun. — Perf. part. hadden [hadən] is occas. used, esp. in conn. with “weel”[‘well’] and “ill” [‘badly’], in a special sense: a) in a certain state or position, a. weel-hadden man, a man in a good position, well off; b) entertained, treated well or ill, weel or ill hadden. Cf. O.N. “vel (illa) haldinn”, well (badly) off; in a good (bad) position; well (ill) entertained or treated.

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Verb

halda

1. hold, keep

Inflection

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Synonyms

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