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ge-hirtan

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  • Gehyrt vel gehlýwþ focilat, i.

    reficit

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82.

  • Gehyrte

    foverat

    ,
      150, 12.
the object a person,
to encourage, revive the spirits, animate
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  • Hé wolde gehyrtan ðá þe se cásere ácwealde . . . þá geseah hé hú sume þá crístenan woldon áwácian for ðám wítum and gehyrte heora mód,

      Hml. S. 5, 19-23.

  • Godes engel hine gereordode and mid his rǽde gehyrte,

      22, 139.

  • Þá gehyrte hé his geféran mid wordum,

      25, 335.

  • Ond þá mid þý þe ꝥ mín werod gehyrted and gestilled wæs quae res quum anime quietiorem fecisset exercitum, Nar. 8, 17. (l a) reflex.

    to recover from grief, fear

    , &c. :-- Heó on eorðan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled wearð þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte. Mid þan heó eft hig gehyrte,
      Guth. 88, 25.
to restore the mental power of
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  • Gewitleáse gehyrtende

    inerguminos, i. amentes refocilando, i. confor-tando

    ,
      An. Ox. 3059.
the object a thing.
to revive, refresh
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  • Se regn þe fullíce mihte þá eorðan wel gehyrtan

    pluvia quae plene ten-am saliare potuisset

    .
      Gr. D. 210, 21.
to cherish, shelter
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  • Gehertan

    fouere (excgua tuguria

    ).
      An. Ox. II, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hirtan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48313.

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