Etymology

mishold

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Today it means: To hold wrongly, badly, or amiss; lose hold (of); abuse; neglect. Full definition →

Middle English misholden ← Old English mishealdan
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommishealdan“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”
  2. Middle English · inherited frommisholden
  3. English todaymishold

From Middle English misholden, from Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), equivalent to mis- + hold.

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