hold
verb (used with object)
to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp.
had holden
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past perfectof hold.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For if he had holden hys pease, we had sene all the relyques, yet we metely well pleasyd mayster Sextê, with gyuynge hym .ii. or .iii. grotes.
From The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion by Desiderius Erasmus
Of fleeting days now The Atheling exceeding good end should abide, The end of the world's life, and the Worm with him also, Though long he had holden the weal of the hoard.
From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous
For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
Wherevpon, the foresaid Hugh shortlie after was at peace with the king, and surrendred to him the two castels of Wigmore and Bridgenorth, which Roger Fitz Miles. hitherto he had holden.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Raphael Holinshed
So God me help, said Sir Tristram, an ye had holden your promise this work had not been here now at this time.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Sir Thomas Malory
