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ge-habban

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-habban, ðú -hæfst, -hafast, pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd
To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere
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  • Gehafa geþyld on me

    patientiam habe in me,

    • Mt. Bos. 18, 26
    • :
    • Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19
    • ;
    • Rä. 17, 10
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  • Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ

    quorum peccata retinuerites,

    • Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23
    • :
    • Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS
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  • Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd

    after these words a meeting was held,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 148, 1
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  • Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu

    where hot baths were kept,

    • i. 86, 21
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  • Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd

    my knee is diseased,

    • 134, 33 : 150, 7
    • .
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v.  ge-hafa.
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