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ge-heald

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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ge-heald, -hæld, es; m. [?] n. [?]
Wright's OE grammar
§419;
a holding, keeping, guard, observing; observantia
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  • 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
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  • Habbaþ gé gehæld

    habetis custodiam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 65
    • :
    • Rtl. 123, 31
    • :
    • Shrn. 36, 30
    • .
a keeper, guardian, protection; custos, tūtēla
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  • Willelm eorl sceolde beón [MS. ben] his geheald

    earl William was to be his guardian,

    • Chr. 1070; Th. 347, 7
    • .
  • Ælfgár eorl gesóhte Griffines geheald on Norþwealan

    earl Ælfgar sought Griffith's protection in North Wales,

    • 1055; Th. 325, 20
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  • He beó ðǽrto geheald and mund under me

    let him be thereto guardian and patron under me,

    • Thorpe Chart. 391, 17
    • .
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v. ge-hyld.
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v.  ge-hæld ge-heold heald ge-hild ge-hildelic ge-hildra ge-hyldra.
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  • ge-heald, n.