Middle English Dictionary Entry
bihōld n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bihōld n. Also bihalte. |
| Etymology | From verb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A glance or gaze; (b) regard (for sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)391/296,312 : Hir feyr yen clere..ther commeth out a fyre O swete byhold, men to glad..I drede, lest sho wol with hyr meke byhold Mo men sle then hardy Ector, many fold.
b
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)72.4 : For nought es bihalte [vr. bihaldinge] to dede of þa [L respectus morti eorum].