What does hould mean?

hould

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

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"Of all Infirmityes belonginge to us I hould those woorst that will not lett a man Rest in his bedd a-nights."
"Och! he's a roarer, sure enough; and then for the tusks you mintion, I didn't see 'em, with my eyes; but the crathure has a mouth that might hould a basket-full.""

houlds (present, singular) houlding (participle, present) held (past) held (participle, past) houlden (archaic, participle)

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