heaðo-reáf heóldon, _watched over the armor_, 401; sg. for pl. heáfodbeorge ... walan ûtan heóld, _outwards, bosses kept guard over the head_, 1032.--Related to the preceding meaning are the two following: 3) _to rule and protect the fatherland_: inf. gif þu healdan wylt maga rice, 1853; pret. heóld, 57, 2738.--4) _to hold, to have, to possess, to inhabit_: inf. lêt þone brego-stôl Beówulf healdan, 2390; gerund. tô healdanne hleóburh wera, 1732; pret. sg. heóld, 103, 161, 466, 1749, 2752; lyftwynne heóld nihtes hwîlum, _at night-time had the enjoyment of the air_, 3044; pret. pl. Geáta leóde hreâwic heóldon, _the Geátas held the place of corpses_ (lay dead upon it), 1215; pret. sg. þær heó ær mæste heóld worolde wynne, _in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly joy_, 1080.--5) _to win, to receive_: pret. pl. I. heoldon heáh gesceap, _we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us_, 3085. be-healdan, w. acc.: 1) _to take care of, to attend to_: pret. sg. þegn nytte beheóld, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668.--2) _to hold_: pret. sg. se þe flôda begong ... beheóld, 1499.--3) _to look at, to behold_: þryðswyð beheóld mæg Higelâces hû ..., _great woe saw H.'s kinsman, how ..._, 737. for-healdan, w. acc., _(to hold badly), to fall away from, to rebel_: pret. part. häfdon hy forhealden helm Scylfinga, _had rebelled against the defender of the Scylfings_, 2382. ge-healdan: 1) _to hold, to receive, to hold fast_: pres. sg. III. se þe waldendes hyldo gehealdeð, _who receives the Lord's grace_, 2294; pres. subj. fäder alwalda ... eówic gehealde sîða gesunde, _keep you sound on your journey_, 317; inf. ne meahte he ... on þam frum-gâre feorh gehealdan, _could not hold back the life in his lord_, 2857.--2) _to take care, to preserve, to watch over; to stop_: imp. sg. hafa nu and geheald hûsa sêlest, 659; inf. gehealdan hêt hilde-geatwe, 675; pret. sg. he frätwe geheóld fela missera, 2621; þone þe ær geheóld wið hettendum hord and rîce, _him who before preserved treasure and realm_, 3004.--3) _to rule_: inf. folc gehealdan, 912; pret. sg. geheóld tela (brâde rîce), 2209. healf, st. f., _half, side, part_: acc. sg. on þâ healfe, _towards this side_, 1676; dat. sg. häleðum be healfe, _at the heroes' side_, 2263; acc. pl. on twâ healfa, _upon two sides, mutually_, 1096; on bâ healfa (healfe), _on both sides_ (to Grendel and his mother), 1306; _on two sides, on both sides_, 2064; gen. pl. on healfa gehwone, _in half, through the middle_, 801. healf, adj., _half_: gen. sg. healfre, 1088. heals, st. m., _neck_: acc. sg. heals, 2692; dat. sg. wið halse, 1567; be healse, 1873.--Comp.: the adjectives fâmig-, wunden-heals. heals-beáh, st. m., _neck-ring, collar_: acc. sg. þone heals-beáh, 2173; gen. pl. heals-beága, 1196. heals-gebedde, w. f., _beloved bedfellow, wife_: nom. sg. healsgebedde (MS. healsgebedda), 63.