No. 301 in Icelandic
hélt
"Hélt" is the past tense of "halda," meaning "held" or "thought" in English.
In a sentence
Ég hélt að hann hefði sagt já.
I thought he had said yes.
In this sentence, 'hélt' functions as the past tense of the verb 'halda', meaning 'to think' or 'to believe'.
Hún hélt í blómin með varkárni.
She held the flowers carefully.
Here, 'hélt' is the past tense of the verb 'halda', which here means 'to hold'.
Við héldum til Reykjavíkur í morgun.
We set off to Reykjavík this morning.
In this example, 'hélt' (conjugated as 'héldum' for plural form) represents the past tense of 'halda', meaning 'to start' or 'to set off'.
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