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.
