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Ge-hýdan

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1 ge-hýdan

pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd. I. to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre :-- He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19. Sumne dreórighleór in eorþscræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon.77 b; Th. 291, 19; Wand. 84 : Beo. Th. 4463; B. 2235. Hí wiston ðæt hine gehýddan hæleþ Iudéa they knew that the men of Judea had hidden him. Exon.119 b; Th. 460, 6; Hö. 13. Læg mín flǽschoma niþre gehýded, in byrgenne my body lay hidden beneath, in the sepulchre, 29 a; Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467 : Elen. Kmbl. 2182; El. 1092. Heofona ríce is gelíc gehýddum goldhorde on ðam æcere sĭmĭle est regnum cælōrum thĕsauro abscondĭto in agro, Mt. Bos. 13, 44. Fint he ðǽr ða ryhtwísnesse gehýdde mid ðæs líchoman hæfignesse he will there find the wisdom concealed by the heaviness of the body, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 11. Sticiaþ gehýdde beorhte cræftas bright virtues lie hid, 4; Fox 8, 15 : 32, 3; Fox 118, 23. II. to watch, guard, heed; observāre :-- Ðæt heó gehýden hǽlan [MS. hælun] míne calcāneum meum observābunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6. II. to bring into safety, make firm, fasten; allĭgāre :-- Hý ehýdaþ heáhstefn scipu to ðam unlonde oncyrrápum they fasten the high-prow'd ships to the false land with anchor-ropes, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 1; Wal. 13. and hýdan. ge-hydan
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ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚣᛞᚪᚾ

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Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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