forholds

Verb

forhold (third-person singular simple present forholds, present participle forholding, simple past forheld, past participle forheld or forholden)

1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To detain, hold back, or hold up (someone or something); also, to retain or withhold (something).
   • And thegħ he lang ther-to-for was ded, for drede of Iresshe-men, he was for-hold tyl Reymondes comes, & the meygnees, ynto leynestre.[c. 1425, Giraldus Cambrensis [i.e., Gerald of Wales], “Chapter XLIV [MS. Trinity College, Dublin, E. 2. 31]”, in Frederick J[ames] Furnivall, editor, The English Conquest of Ireland. A.D. 1166–1185....