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be-healdan

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§14; §647;
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to hold, occupy,
a place
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  • Þá wíc beheóld hálig gást, hreðer weardode,

      El. 1144.

  • Seó þe flóda begong beheóld hund missera,

      B. 1498.
an office
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  • Þegn nytte beheóld,

      B. 494.
  • Seleweard sundornytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, 667.
to hold, contain
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  • Bihaldne

    contentus,

      Mt. p. 10, 15.
to have efficacy
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  • Ne beheóld hit nán þing seó scipfyrding búton folces geswinc

    there was nothing in all this preparation but labour for the people,

      Chr. 999; P. 133, 10.

  • Cweþað þá ðe syndan stunte þæt mycel forhæfednes lytel behealde

    that there is very little in great abstinence,

      Wlfst. 55, 24.
to have meaning, signify
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  • Wit gesáwon swefen, ac wyt nyton hwá hyt unc átelle, hwæt hit behealde

    what its meaning is.

      Gen. 40, 8.
to hold, keep a law
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  • Godes beboda utan wé behealdan,

      Bl. H. 39, 4.
to hold, keep, maintain
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  • Hí mé onhwyrfdon of þǽre gecynde þe ic ǽr cwic beheóld,

      Rä. 72, 4.

  • Þá woruldsǽlþa beheóldon on þé heora ágen gecynd

    fortuna servavit circa te propriam constantiam,

      Bt. 7, 2; F. 16, 31.
to keep, guard, preserve
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  • Hé hine nó ne beheóld wið ðá gǽstlican scylde

    sese a spiritalibus vitiis minime custodit,

      Past. 315, 1.

  • Engel þá menigeo beheóld,

      Exod. 205.

  • Ðá ðe hiá seolfa hygdiglige beheóldon

    qui seipsos castraverunt,

      Mt. L. 19, 12.

  • Beheald þé on þínum lífe ꝥ þú dó wel þínum bearnum,

      Nar. 50, 24.

  • Behealdað eów wið leásum wítegum

    adtendite a falsis prophetis,

      Hml. Th. ii. 404, 3: Bl. H. 241, 9: Past. 317, 9: 449, 36.

  • Ðæt hí hí behealden ðæt hí innan ne áfeallen,

      Past. 439, 9.

  • Ðá ðe heá búta éghwoelcum flita behaldan,

      Mt. L. 5, 9 note.
    Hié for duste ne mehton geseón hú hí hí behealdan sceolden, Ors. 5, 7; S. 230, 16.

  • Hit ǽr hit nolde behaldan wið unnyt word

    otiosa cavere verba negligit,

      Past. 279, 4.

  • On sibbe behealden,

      Ps. Th. 75, 2.
to take care, beware
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  • Beheald þæt ðú ðás dǽde ne dó,

      Hml. Th. i. 38, 25: Lch. i. 332, 6: ii. 318, 19.

  • Behealdað ðæt Adam ne ete of ðám treówe,

      Hex. 26, 15.

  • Behaldas

    attendite,

      Mt. L. 6, 1.

  • Tó behaldenne

    cavendum,

      16, 12.

  • Tó behaldanne

    evitandum,

      Lk. p. 7, 15.
to behold,
intrans.
To look
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  • Gif se yrðlincg behylt underbæc,

      Hml. S. 16, 178.

  • Beheald æfter þé,

      Bl. H. 245, 6.

  • Beheald on mé,

      229, 30.

  • Hé hét his cnapan behealdan tó þǽre sǽ,

      Lch. iii. . 276, 24.

  • Behealden(d)ra

    prospicientium,

      Kent. Gl. 1030.
trans.
to look at, gaze on
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  • Ic þé beheóld,

      Bl. H. 235, 26.

  • Hí beheóldon Moises

    aspiciebant tergum Moysi,

      Ex. 33, 8: Kr. 64.
to watch, observe
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  • Hiǽ biheóldun (-heáld-. L.) hine

    obseruabant eum.

      Mk. R. 3, 2.

  • Ne behealdon gé heofenan ne sunnan,

      Deut. 4, 19.

  • Mid ðí heó behealdende wæs

    (intueretur)

    mid hwylcum þingum hé upp togen wǽre,
      Bd. 4, 9; Sch. 394, 6.
to see
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  • Folc óðer wundor beheóld líge scínan,

      Exod. 109.

  • Behealdan

    videre,

      Wülck. Gl. 255, 31.
of the mind,
to regard, consider, observe,
with acc.
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  • Gif þú míne unrihtwísnesse behealdest,

      Bl. H. 89, 16.

  • Beheald mé holdlíce and gehýr mé

    intende in me et exaudi me,

      Ps. Th. 54, l.
with clause
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  • Ǽlc gleáw mód behealt hwelcne ende hí habbaþ,

      Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 23.

  • Heó beheóld hú þæt þing gewurde

    considerante eventum rei,

      Ex. 2, 4.

  • Beheald hú þás men þínum ðeówe dóþ,

      Bl. H. 229, 22: Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 5.

  • Behealdan gé hwæþer gé hit hire gecýþan willen,

      H. R. 9, 7.
Etymology
[O. Sax, bi-haldan: O. Frs. bi-halda: O. H. Ger. pi-haltan.]
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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/39807.

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