Ge-hendan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hendan

Add: to grasp, seize, catch :-- Nyle deád ǣnig swæd ǣfre forlǣtan, ǣr hē gehende (? gehede, MS., the prose corresponding tothe passage is :-- Ǽr hē geféhþ ꝥ ꝥ hé æfter spyred, Bt. 39, I; F. 212, l) dæt hē æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 15. Hig beóþ gelæhte l; gehende on heora mōdignysse comprehendantur in superbia sua, Ps. L. 58, 13. [Icel. henda to catch. Cf. Goth. fra-hinþan to take captive.] ge-hendan