Forþ-healdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

forþ-healdan

p. -heóld, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden To hold to, follow out, maintain; exsĕqui :-- Mid ðý he ðæt langre tíde forþheóld and dyde quod dum multo tempŏre sēdŭlus exsĕquĕrētur, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 24. forþ-healdan