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un-holda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
un-holda, an; m.
A fiend
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  • Hé his áras hider onsendeþ, ðí læs unholdan wunde gewyrcen,

    • Exon. Th. 47, 29
    • ;
    • Cri. 762.
Etymology
[
Goth. un-hulþa; m.; un-hulþó; f. an evil spirit
:
O. L. Ger. un-holdo a devil
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O. H. Ger. un-holda diabolus
:
Ger. un-hold a fiend, devil.
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v.  -holda.
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