Ge-heold

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-heold

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: geheald. ge-heold

Definitions

1 ge-heold

m? A keeping, observing; custōdia, observātio :-- Hí sóþfæstnysse and árfæstnesse and clǽnnesse, and óðra gástlícra mægena geheold, and swýðost sibbe and Godes lufan geornlíce lǽrde justĭtiæ, pietātis et castĭmōniæ, cætĕrārumque virtūtum, sed maxĭme pācis et cārĭtātis custōdiam dŏcuit, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593. 40. On geheoldum [MS. geheoldan] unrihta Eástrena in the keeping of unright Easters, 5, 24; S. 646, 39.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛇᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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