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Wright's OE grammar
§66; §72; §316; §335;
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a fence, hedge
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  • His fót wearð fæst on ánum ságle þæs geardes (on ánum hegesáhle,

    v. l., in sude sepis

    ),
      Gr. D. 24, 27.

  • Hé ofer þone geard (hege,

    v. l. sepem

    ) stáh,
      23, 26.

  • Hé stáh upp on þone geard (hege,

    v. l.

    ),
      24, 20.

  • Hé sette wíngeard, and hege ł geard ymbtýnde ðane

    plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei,

      Mt. R. 21, 33.

  • Gaerdas crates (cf. hegas

    crates,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1.
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  • Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard,

      C. D. iii. 400, 2. ¶ in
    the following either sense might be taken :-- On ðone mór; of ðám móre ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat, C. D. iii. 180, 27: vi. 219, 7.
  • On mǽrgeard; andlang geardes, iii. 462, 3.

  • Andlang norðgeardes,

      399, 31.

  • On ðone æcergeard; á be ðǽm gearde,

      458, 25.
Similar entries
v. æcer-geard, ealdor-geard (?), sceadu-geard, wíte-geard (?).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geard.” 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/47087.

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