different between holden vs folden

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

holden

1. (archaic) past participle of hold
   • Holland

     Asses' milk is holden for to be thickest, and therefore they use it instead of renning, to turn milk.

Anagrams

• held on, hondel

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish haldæn, from Old Norse haldinn, = the past participle of halda (“to hold”). Compare German gehalten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?n]

Adjective

holden (neuter holdent, plural and definite singular attributive holdne)

1. well-to-do, prosperous

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Verb

holden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of hollen

Dutch Low Saxon

Verb

holden

1. to hold

German

Adjective

holden

1. inflection of hold:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Middle English

Alternative forms

• halden, halde

Etymology

From Old English healdan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??ld?n/

Verb

holden

1. to hold
2. to consider

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: hold
  • Northumbrian: hauld, haad
• Scots: hald, hauld, haud, had
• Yola: houle

References

• “h?lden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ?efealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþan? (“to fold”), equivalent to fold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

folden

1. (obsolete) past participle of fold

Anagrams

• enfold, fondle

Danish

Noun

folden c

1. definite singular of fold

Middle English

Alternative forms

• foldyn, ffolde, folde, volden, volde
• (Northern) falde, ffalde, fawlde

Etymology

From Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ld?n/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?fald?n/
• (Southern ME) IPA^(key): /?v??ld?n/

Verb

folden (third-person singular simple present foldeth, present participle foldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative feld, past participle folden)

1. To bend; to flex:
   1. To fold; to bend over.
   2. To be bent; to curve.
   3. To twist; to braid.
2. To hug; to cuddle.
3. To wrap or cover; to coat.
4. To buckle; to collapse.
5. To defeat; to bring down.
6. (of a book, etc.) To snap shut.

Usage notes

• Weak forms of this verb are not found before the end of the 14th century.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: fold
• Scots: fald, fauld

References

• “f?lden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.