Gehæft-world

Según el Diccionario de Inglés Antiguo:

gehæft-world

Substitute: gehæft-weorold, e; f. A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ:--Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal beón se ingang eft geopenod, Bl. H. 9, 4. [Cf. Hig (the devils at the Harrowing of Hell) wǽron clypigende . . . 'Eall eorþan myddaneard ús wæs symble underþeód oð nú . . . Hwæt eart þú þe ús wylt áteón ealle þá þe wé gefyrn on bendum heóldon,' Nic. 16, 15-35.] ge-hæft-world,gehæft-world