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ge-hæftan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hæftan, he -hæft; p. -hæftede, -hæfte; pp. -hæfted, -hæft
To take, take captive, cast into prison, detain, bind; captare, captivare, vincire
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  • Swá hwæt swá híg gehæftaþ

    quicquid ceperint,

    • Th. An. 23, 11
      • .

  • Hí gehæftaþ on sáwle rihtwíses

    captabunt in animam justi,

    • Ps. 93, 21
      • .

  • Abraham geseah ánne ramm be ðám hornum gehæft

    Abraham saw a ram caught [captus] by his horns,

    • Gen. 22, 13
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  • On écnesse gehæft

    for ever binds,

    • Bt. 19; Fox 70, 18
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  • Mid ðý me God hafaþ gehæfted be ðam healse

    with which God hath fastened me by the neck,

    • Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 385
      • :
    • Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 11
      • ;
    • Jud. 116
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  • He hæfde ǽnne ðeófman gehæftne

    habebat vinctum,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 16
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  • Handa synt gehæfte

    my hands are manacled,

    • Cd. 19; Th. 24, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 380
      • :
    • Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 562
      • .

  • Híg mycelum ege gehæfte wǽron

    timore magno tenebantur,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 37
      • .

  • Drihten híg gehýrde ðæt híg gehæfton wiþ hine,

    • Josh. 11, 20 [?]
      • .
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v.  be-hæftan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hæftan.” 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/14579.

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