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hæfte-neód

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hæfte-neód, e; f.
Custody, prison [?]
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  • Úre bán syndon tóworpene be helwarena hæfteneódum

    dissipata sunt ossa nostra secus infernum,

      Ps. Th. 140, 9.
Etymology
[Grein gives as the meaning of the word studium captandi vel tribulandi; but is not infernum here paraphrased as the 'prison of the dwellers in hell?']
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v.  hæft-níd.
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  • hæfte-neód, n.