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Anglo-Saxon

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ó-heald

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Óhelde conuexa (in coelis conuexa cacumina cernam), An. Ox. 24, 2. Add

up-heald

(n.)
Grammar
up-heald, es; n.

Upholding ⬩ support ⬩ maintenance

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Upholding, support, maintenance Ic eom ðæs mynstres mund and upheald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 232, 7

heald-nes

(n.)
Grammar
heald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Holding, keeping, observance

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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

tó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-heald, adj.

Inclined

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Inclined Tóhald adclinisvel incumbens, Txts. 37, 74. Tóheald adclinis. Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 74: ii. 4, 41. Þeáh wuhta geliwílc wrigaþ tóheald, swíðe onhelded, wið ðæs gecyndes ðe him cyning engla æt trymðe getióde. Met. 13, 10

ge-heald-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald-dagas, pl. m.

Kalends

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Kalends Gehealddagas vel hálige dagas kalendæ, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 26; Wrt. Voc. 53, 35

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604. Helsta vel

Linked entries: heall heall-stán hilsten

be-heóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-heóld, p. of be-healdan.

beheld

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beheld Gen. 13, 10;

be-hilt

Grammar
be-hilt, pres. of be-healdan

beholds ⬩ respicit

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beholds; respicit R. Ben. 8;

ge-hióld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hióld, pl. -hióldon

kept ⬩ preserved

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kept, preserved, Past. pref; Swt. 3, 7; Hat. MS;

ge-helt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-helt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

preserves

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preserves, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 37;

ge-healt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-healt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

keeps ⬩ guards ⬩ protects

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keeps, guards, protects, Lk. Bos. 11, 21 : Ps. Lamb. 120, 5;

ge-hiltst

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiltst, 2nd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

keepest

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keepest,Ex. 34, 6;

ge-hylt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hylt, 3rd sing. pres. of ge-healdan.

keeps

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keeps, Ps. Lamb. 120, 7;

a-hyltan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyltan, [a from, away; hylt holds, 3rd pres. of healdan]

should take support away ⬩ supplant ⬩ supplantaret

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should take support away, supplant; supplantaret Ða þohton ðæt hí ahyltan [ = ahylten] me who thought that they should supplant me, Ps. Th. 139, 5

ge-heóld

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-heóld, ðú -heólde; pl. heóldon

kept ⬩ observed

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kept, observed, Gen. 20, 6 : Ps. Th. 114, 8 : Andr. Kmbl. 691; An. 346;

ge-sceap

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sceap, <b>;
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</b> For B. 3084 see healdan; C. II

ge-hycgan

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Add Ic gehogde healdan dómas statui custodire indicia, Ps. Vos. 118, 106

hors-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hors-weard, e; f.

A taking care of horses

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A taking care of horses Horswearde healdan, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432. 17

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, (2 α)
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Preóstas hyra endebyrdnyssa sceolon healdan ealswá hig geendebyrde synt on heora gecyrrednysse, Chrd. 9, 17

swinc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swinc-líc, adj.
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Laborious, toilsome Ðæt gé healdan ðone Sunnan-dæg fram ǽlcum geswinclícum worce, Wulfst. 294, 18.] [

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