ge-healdsumnys
- noun [ feminine ]
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Mid ðære gehealdsumnysse
with abstinence,
- i. 318, 8 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-healdsumnys.” 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/14626.
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