Ge-haldan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-haldan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-healdan. ge-haldan

Definitions

1 ge-haldan

pp. -halden To keep, preserve, hold; servāre, recondĕre, tĕnēre :-- On ðam heó wilnode gehaldan ða árwurþan bán hire fæderan in quo desīdĕrābat hŏnōranda patrui sui, ossa recondĕre, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 16. Mid ðý hine ðá nǽnig man ne gehaldan ne gebindan mihte cum a nullo vel tĕnēri vel ligāri pŏtuisset, 3, 11; S. 536, 16. Ðǽr hí nú gehaldene syndon in qua nunc servantur, 3, 11; S. 535, 11 : 3, 6; S. 528, 29.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚪᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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