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heord-rǽden

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heord-rǽden, heord-rǽdenn.
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watching as a sentinel on guard
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  • Swylce hyrdrǽdenu on nihte þá þe for náhte beóþ gehæfde

    tamquam custodia in nocte quae pro nihilo habentur.

    • Ps. L. 89, 4
    • .
watching over as a protector or guide, watchful care to prevent another suffering or doing wrong
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  • Se abbod mid ealre emhýdignesse carige embe þá gyltendan gebróðru . . . on eallum gemete hý scylun lǽca þeáwe on heora heordrǽddenne notian,

    • R. Ben. 51, 2
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  • Sýn þá cild á behealdene mid steóre and mid mycelre heordrǽdenne ǽghwǽr

    pueri parvi ubicumque custodiam habeant,

    • 117, II
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  • Heordrǽdene,

    • R. Ben. I. 106, 12.
  • Mid ealre heordrǽdenne

    (custodia)

    geheald heortan þíne

    (keep eny heart with all diligence.

    • Prov. 4, 23
    • ),
    • Scint. 100, 10
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  • Ofer dohter gálfulle fzstna heordrǽdene

    (keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter,

    • Ecclus. 42, II
    • ),
    • 177, 3
    • .
watching over animals, care of a herdsman
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  • Hire hyrdeman ðurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh and his orf lǽswode . . . and hé hearde feóll gewát of worulde tó Gode for ðǽre hylde his hirdrǽdene

    (for the fidelity of his care of the cattle),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 150, 33.
a guard, watch, persons or things that guard
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  • Neorxnawanges get is gehealden þurh engla þénunge and fýrene hyrdrǽdene,

    • Angl. vii. 30, 288
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  • Sete, Drihten, heordrǽdene mínum móðe.

    • Hml. S. 30, 209.
  • Heordrédena sé þe gesihð swícunge hit getácnað

    custodias qui uiderit deceptionem significat,

    • Lch. iii. 202, ij
    • .
a place for keeping
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  • Hig gesetton þá burh æppla tó hyrdrédenne

    posuerunt Hierusalem in pomorum custodiam,

    • Ps. L. 78, I
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v.  hird-ness hird-ræden.
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