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helt verb Past tense of hold. [DARE labels this usage “South, South Midland”]

1863 Reese CW Letters (April 23) I helt him By his Rite hand while he was Exchanging worlds. 1956 Hall Coll (Big Bend NC) Pete and Ham Hicks, the preachers, they was here the other day. They helt a prayer at the graveyard. 1998 Dante OHP-61 The pin helt the ring that was hooked on the cable that took the car back to the head house to the drum.