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ge-friþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Take here ge-freoþian in Dict. , and add:
to protect, shelter.
to defend from harm,
guard from injury
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  • Þú gehǽlst ús and gefreoðast

    (custodies

    ) fram heora yfle,
      Ps. Th. ii. 8.
  • Gif hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen ; gif hé eal wel gefriðað þe hé healdan sceal, ðonne bið hé leánes weorðe,

      Ll. Th. i. 440, 17.
  • Hine gefrieðode (-frið-, v. l.) sió lufu and se geleáfa

    quem fides et caritas abscondit,

      Past. 167, 25.
  • Hí gemétton þǽr áne ǽrene anlícnysse þe se deófol gefriðode,

      Hml. Th. ii. 166, 2.
  • Gescylded and gefreoðod (-friðedu, v. l.) fram þám gyftum

    defensa,

      Gr. D. 199, 17.
  • Hys yrþ sí gefriþod wiþ ealra feónda gehwæne, and heó sí geborgen wið ealra bealwa gehwylc,

      Lch. i. 402, 9.
to preserve game
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  • Forgá ǽlc man mínne huntnoð, lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriðod wille habban,

      Ll. Th. i. 420, 26.
to shelter a place from weather
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  • On gefriþedum

    (opacis)

    stówum.
      Lch. i. 70, 3.
to protect from a feeling of (superstitious) reverence, where sanctity is attributed to a place or object, v. friþ-geard, -splott
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  • Wæs án píntreów wið ꝥ templ gefriðed, swíde hálig geteald on þá hǽþenan wísan,

      Hml. S. 31, 390.
to save, rescue — Hé bið gefriðod from his ágnum costungum eripitur a sua tentatione, Past. 107, 2. Onlýsde and gefreoðode
absoluti.
    Gr. D. 344, 2.
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v.  ge-freoþian.
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