Ge-habban

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-habban

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ðú -hæfst, -hafast,

ge-habban
pl. -habbaþ; p. -hæfde; pp. -hæfed, -hæfd To hold, be [ill]; habere, tenere :-- Gehafa geþyld on me patientiam habe in me, Mt. Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS. Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd after these words a meeting was held, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 1. Ðǽr ðǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baþu where hot baths were kept, i. 86, 21. Mín cneów is yfele gehæfd my knee is diseased, 134, 33 : 150, 7. ge-habban
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