Old English Dictionary Entry

Heaðorian

Part of speech: heaðerian; Related words: ge-heaðorian. heaðorian

Definitions

1 definitions

1 heaðorian

p. ode To restrain :-- Se godcunda foreþonc heaðeraþ ealle gesceafta the divine providence restrains all creatures, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 31. Mid þearfednesse ge mid heora ungelǽrednesse ðara láreówa fore heaðoradon paupertate ac rusticitate sua doctorum arcebant accessum, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 29.

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚦᚩᚱᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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