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ge-hýdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.
to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre
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  • He hit gehýt and gehelt

    it hides and preserves it,

    • Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 234, 19
      • .

  • Sumne dreórighleór in eorþscræfe eorl gehýdde

    a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave,

    • Exon.77 b; Th. 291, 19
      • ;
    • Wand. 84
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4463
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    • B. 2235
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  • Hí wiston ðæt hine gehýddan hæleþ Iudéa

    they knew that the men of Judea had hidden him.

    • Exon.119 b; Th. 460, 6
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    • Hö. 13
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  • Læg mín flǽschoma niþre gehýded, in byrgenne

    my body lay hidden beneath, in the sepulchre,

    • 29 a; Th. 89, 34
      • ;
    • Cri. 1467
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2182
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    • El. 1092
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  • Heofona ríce is gelíc gehýddum goldhorde on ðam æcere

    sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum thĕsauro abscondĭto in agro,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 44
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  • Fint he ðǽr ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid ðæs líchoman hæfignesse

    he will there find the wisdom concealed by the heaviness of the body,

    • Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 11
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  • Sticiaþ gehýdde beorhte cræftas

    bright virtues lie hid,

    • 4; Fox 8, 15 : 32, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 118, 23
      • .
to watch, guard, heed; observāre
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  • Ðæt heó gehýden hǽlan [MS. hælun] míne

    calcāneum meum observābunt,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 6
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to bring into safety, make firm, fasten; allĭgāre
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  • Hý ehýdaþ heáhstefn scipu to ðam unlonde oncyrrápum

    they fasten the high-prow'd ships to the false land with anchor-ropes,

    • Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 1
      • ;
    • Wal. 13
      • .
Similar entries
v. hédan and hýdan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-hédan ge-hídan ge-hýd ge-hýdnes ge-hýt -hýdan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hýdan.” 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/14820.

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