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ge-heald

(n.)

Grammar

ge-heald, -hæld, es; m. [?] n. [?]

a holding ⬩ keeping ⬩ guard ⬩ observing ⬩ observantia ⬩ a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ custos ⬩ tūtēla

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a holding, keeping, guard, observing; observantia He sende him stafas and gewrit be gehealde rihtra Eástrana he sent him a letter and epistle about the holding of right Easters, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 8. Habbaþ gé gehæld habetis custodiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind

Linked entries: ge-hild ge-hildelic ge-hildra ge-hyldra ge-hæld ge-heold heald

forþ-heald

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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte

ge-heald

(adj.)

Grammar

ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.

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Safe. Take here <b>ge-hyldra</b> in Dict., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe

hearh-eard

(n.)

Grammar

hearh-eard, (?)

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a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling, Hét mec hláford mín herheard niman (cf. héht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, 27. Cf. too, the phrase úpeard niman, Gú. 1051