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  • Ne geortriéwe ic ná Gode þæt hé ús ne mæge gescildan tó beteran tídun

    ut se ad meliora tempora reservarent,

      Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 86, 4.

  • God mec mæg eáðe gescyldan,

      Gú. 213.

  • Hió mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne,

      Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 12.

  • Gescyldendum

    defensante,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 49.

  • Ðonne ðæt líf ðæs líchoman bið gescilðed (-scielded,

    v.l., protegitur),

      Past. 141, 7.

  • Seó burg wearð gescild

    praesentem perditionem Deus avertit,

      Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 23.

  • Wæs gesceld

    defenditur, i. custodiebatur,

      An. Ox. 2960.
to defend against, protect,
preserve from,
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  • Hé bið gescylded fram (wið,

    v.l.

    ) ǽghwylcum nǽddercynne,
      Lch. i. 198, 7.

  • Mid gebedum fram deáþe gescilded (-scylded,

    v.l.) orationibus a morte servatus,

      Bd. 3, 23 ; Sch. 305, 2.

  • Gescilded fram ðǽre tíde his deáþes

    ab articulo mortis retentus,

    20.

  • Fram þǽre deádlicnesse gescylde beón

    a mortalitate defendi,

      3, 30; Sch. 331, 20.
with wiþ,
and
dat.
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  • Hé ús gescildað wið earhfarum,

      Cri. 761.

  • Þæt þec hálig gǽst wið earfeðum gescilde,

      Gú. 428.
acc.
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  • Hé hine wið ðæt fýr gescilde

    ab ignibus defenditur,

      Past. 399, 20.

  • Þ úre Hǽlend þé wið ealle fýnd gescylde,

      Hml. S. 23, 837 : Bl. H. 19, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-scildan.” 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/49553.

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