Ge-hæftnan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

-hæftnian;

ge-hæftnan

p. ede, ade; pp. ed, ad To take, lay hold of, take captive; comprehendĕre, captīvāre :-- Ðú me gehæftnedest [gehæft-nadest, Exon. 98 a; Th. 368; 29] thou didst take me captive, Soul Kmbl. 63; Seel. 32. Sý éhtende oððe éhte feónd míne sáwle and gehæftnige hí oððe gegrípe hí persĕquātur inĭmīcus anĭmam meam et comprehendat, Ps. Lamb. 7, 6. Ða ðe ǽr gehæftnede wǽron who before were held cap-tive, Blickl. Homl. 87, 7 : 89, 29. ge-hæftnan