† to-hield, v. Obs.
[OE. *tóhieldan, f. to-1 + hieldan, hield v. Cf. OE. tóheald adj. inclined.]
a. trans. To cause to incline, lean, bend, or fall over; to push or pull down. b. intr. To incline, heel over, bow down, fall, give way. c. intr. To bend one's course to, turn to, to approach.
| c 1205 Lay. 1135 Ane burh swiðe stronge To-hælde [c 1275 to-haled] weoren þe walles. Ibid. 7522 Þat þe helm to⁓hælde [c 1275 þat hit in wende]. Ibid. 14744 Bruttes heom æfter..& heom to-heolden In æchere hælue. Ibid. 26809 Þer me iseon mihte sorȝen inoȝe: sceldes scenen, scalkes fallen, halmes to-hælden. |