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be-healdan

  • verb [ strong ]
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be-healdan, bi-healdan, ic -healde, ðú -healdest, -hylst, he -healdeþ, -hylt, -hilt, pl. -healdaþ; p. ic, he , -heóld, ðú -heólde, pl. -heóldon; pp. -healden; v. trans. [be near, healdan to hold, observe] .
Wright's OE grammar
§14; §647;
to hold by or near, possess, observe, consider, beware, regard, mind, take heed, behave, to mean, signify; tenere, inhabitare, servare, curare, gerere
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  • Heora ǽ to behealdenne

    to observe their laws

    • Ors. 3, 5
      • ;
    • Bos. 57, 21.

  • Adam sceal mínne stronglícan stól behealdan

    Adam shall possess my strong seat

    • Cd. 19
      • ;
    • Th. 23, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 366.

  • He gemetfæstlíce and ymbsceáwiendlíce hine sylfne on eallum þingum beheóld

    se modeste et circumspecte in omnibus gereret

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 637, 5.

  • Hwæt ðæt swefen beheóld

    what the dream signified

    • Gen. 41, 8.
to BEHOLD, see, look on; observare, aspicere, videre
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  • Beheald ða tunglu

    behold the stars

    • Bt. 39, 13
      • ;
    • Fox 232, 25.

  • Loth ðá beheóld geond eall, and geseah

    elevatis itaque Lot oculis, vidit

    • Gen. 13, 10.
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v.  bi-healdan be-held.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-healdan.” 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/3482.

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