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ge-hyld

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-hyld, es; n.
Regard, observation, keeping, concealing; observantia, custodia
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  • In gehylde rihtra Eástrana

    in the keeping of right Easter,

    • Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 25
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  • Ic wæs on ðínum gehylde begangen

    in observationibus tuis exercebor,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 10
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  • [Him] hálige heápas on gehyld bebeád

    commended to his protection the holy bands,

    • Cd. 161; Th. 202, 3
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    • Ex. 382
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  • Lǽdan on gehyld Godes

    to lead into God's protection,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2091
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    • An. 1047 : 234
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    • An. 117
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  • Háligra gehyld

    the preservation of the holy ones,

    • Exon. 55 b; Th. 196, 4
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    • Az. 169
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  • He is manna gehyld

    he is the protection of men,

    • Beo. Th. 6104
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  • On heofona gehyld

    into the protection [?] of the heavens,

    • Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 20
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    • Cri. 545
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Thorpe translates into heaven's vault, Grein has recessus, arcanum? Or could the word have the sense of space, cf. Ger. gehalt, gehaltig? Cf. also geheald subst. and adj. and gehild.
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