Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Hold fast! Cease! Stop! Desist! Wait! · Listen! Pay attention!
Probably borrowed from Dutch hou vast, houd vast (“hold fast!”), from houd (imperative of houden, “to hold”) + vast (“fast, firm, tight”). Doublet of hold fast.
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