forhold

verb1

1. •
   (no longer used, rare) To detain, hold back, or hold up (someone or something); also, to retain or withhold (something).

   • And thegħ he lang ther-to-for was ded, for drede of Iresshe-men, he was for-hold tyl Reymondes comes, & the meygnees, ynto leynestre. — 1896