Hold

Old Norse Dictionary - hold

Meaning of Old Norse word "hold" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hold Old Norse word can mean:

hold: n. [A. S. hold; Dan. huld; Swed. hull], flesh; Ýmis hold, Vþm. 21; svörðr ok hold, skin and flesh, Eg. 770; þá var allt hold hans fúit ok öll klæði, FmS. iv. 110; þrútnar hörund eðr stekkr undan hold, Grág. ii. 15; hold né bein, EpheS. v. 30, Luke xxiv. 39; hold ok bein, flesh and bone; hold af mínu holdi, Gen. ii. 23: phrases, hold ok hjarta, flesh and heart, Hm. 95; hold ok hams, q. v.

hold: 2. edible flesh, meat = kjöt; beru hold, bear’s flesh, Vkv. 9; bjarnar hold, SkS. 191; lambs hold, lamb’s flesh, Hom. 82; hnísu hold, FmS. vii. 161.

hold: 3. plur. fleshiness, stoutness, fatness, esp. of cattle, Fbr. 17 new Ed.; ala fé svá at úhætt sé fyrir holda sakir, Grág. i. 431; at þat standi eigi fyrir holdum, 140; vera í góðum holdum, to be in good condition, freq.; góðu holdi (sing.), BS. i. 350; hann er mesta holda hnyðja, of a fat person.

hold: II. eccl. the flesh, rendering of Gr. σάρξ (whereas κρέας is rendered by kjöt); og þau munu eitt hold vera, Matth. xix. 5, 6; holds breiskleiki, Rom. vi. 19; vera í holdinu, to be in the flesh, vii. 5, 18, 25, viii. 1, 3, 9, 12, 13: opp. to andi, John iii. 6, vi. 63, 1 Cor. i. 26, 29; andinn er fúss en holdið er breiskt, Matth. xxvi. 41; eptir holdinu, after the flesh, John viii. 15, Acts ii. 30, Rom. i. 3, iv. 1, ix. 3, 8, 1 Cor. x. 18, 2 Cor. v. 16, Gal. vi. 12, EpheS. ii. 11; allt hold, all flesh, Luke iii. 6 John xvii. 2; hold og blóð, Matth. xvi. 17: kith, kin, mitt hold, Rom. xi. 14, FmS. x. 110:—in mod. usage also distinction is usually made between hold, flesh, and kjöt, meat.

hold: COMPDS: holdsveiki, holdsveikr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

s. v.: sub voce.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

esp.: especially.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

plur.: plural.

sing.: singular.

eccl.: ecclesiastical.

Gr.: Greek.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

opp.: opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

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