Be-healden

Old English Dictionary Entry

Be-healden

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: bi-healdan

Definitions

1 be-healden

adj. (ptcpl.). I. cautious, reserved:--Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. II. intent, assiduous:--Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum, Gr. D. 224, 13. in Dict. be-healden

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖ-ᚻᛠᛚᛞᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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