Ge-hæftnan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-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
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