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ge-healdsumnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-healdsumnys, -nyss, e; f.
A keeping, observance, preservation, abstinence; custōdia, observātio, conservātio, abstĭnentia
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  • We rǽdaþ on bócum, ðæt ðeós gehealdsumnys wurde arǽred on ðone tíman ðe gelamp on ánre byrig ðe Uigenna is gecweden micel eorþstyrung

    we read in books, that this observance was established at the time when a great earthquake happened in a city which is called Vienna,

    • Homl. Th. i. 244, 15
    • .
  • Ðæt he wǽre on gehealdsumnysse ðæs bebodes his Scyppende underþeód

    that he was subject to his Creator in the keeping of the commandment,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 17, 29
    • .
  • For gehealdsumnysse sóþre eádmódnysse beóþ fórwel oft Godes gecorenan geswencte

    for preservation of true humility God's chosen are very often afflicted,

    • Homl. Th. i. 474, 10
    • .
  • Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse

    with abstinence,

    • i. 318, 8
    • .
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  • ge-healdsumnys, n.