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HÉDAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
HÉDAN, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§129;
To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive
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  • Lazarus ne móste ǽr on lífe hédan ðæra crumena his mýsan

    before when alive Lazarus might not take the crumbs of his table,

      Homl. Th. i. 330, 31.
  • Wé hédaþ ðæra crumena ðæs hláfes and ða Judéiscan gnagaþ ða rinde

    we take the crumbs of the bread and the Jews gnaw the crust,

    ii.
      114, 33.
  • Ða Judéiscan ne hédaþ ná máre búton ðære stæflícan gereccednesse

    the Jews pay attention to nothing but the literal narrative,

      116, 4.
  • Ne hédde hé ðæs heafolan

    he was not careful for his head,

      Beo. Th. 5387; B. 2697.
  • Bóte gesáwon héddon herereáfes

    they saw their compensation, took possession of the war spoils,

      Cd. 171; Th. 215, 14; Exod. 583.
  • Héde seðe scire healde ðæt hé wite á hwæt eald landrǽden sý

    videat qui scyrum tenet, ut semper sciat que sit antiqua terrarum institutio,

      L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 32.
  • Ðonne him forþsíþ gebyrige héde se hláford ðæs hé lǽfe

    when he dies let the lord take possession of what he leaves

    [cf 434, 27], 436, 9: L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 19.
  • Bisceopum gebyreþ ðæt hí hunda ne hafeca hédan tó swýðe

    it is befitting for bishops not to care too much for hounds or hawks,

      L. I. P. l0; Th. ii. 316, 30.
  • Gif ðár nán man ne biþ ðe ðære heofonlícan bodunge hédan wille

    if there be no man there that will heed the heavenly preaching,

      Homl. Th. ii. 534, 16.
Etymology
[O. Sax. hódian to take care of, guard: O. H. Ger. huoten custodire, observare: Ger. hüten.]
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v.  ge-hýdan be-hédan.
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