Ge-hild

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-hild

n. ; -hildo (-u) ; f. I. a watch, guard :-- Gē habbad gehæld (custodiam); gǣþ and haldeþ swā gē cunnun, Mt. R. L. 27, 65. Gesett gehæld mude mīnum, Rtl. 182, 16. Ne mihte ic gangan tō eástdǣlum for Rōmwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174. I a. a watch, period during which watch is kept :-- Swē swē gehaeld (custodia) in næht, Ps. Srt. 89, 4. From gehæld morgenlicum. Rtl. 181, l. II. a taking care to prevent hurt, watchful care :-- Þā þā he wæs geswænced mid þæs līchaman swinglan hē hæfde symble dǣre heortan frōfre þurh þā gehyldu (-hældo, ) þæs Hālgan Gāstes (per Sancti Spiritus custodiam), Gr. D. 275, I. III. keeping, preserving, preservation from injury or destruction :-- UNCERTAIN hié for his gehylde (-hælde, v. l.) Gode heora bēne geóten qui pro eius custodia Deo preces fundant. Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 14. Hē ǣr Gode fylgan nolde in gehælde (on gehyldo, v. l.) þæs biscopes līfes Deum sequi prius in custodienda vita episcopi noluit, Gr. D. 195, 12. UNCERTAINte of dǣra tōweardurn uē hæbbe gihæld ut de futuris malis nostris habeamus custodiam, Rtl. 123, 31. Ill a. a place for keeping in safety :-- Settun swē swē æppeltūn gehaeld posuerunt Hieru-salem velut pomorum custodiam, Ps. Srt. 78, IV. defence from attack; a defence :-- Hē ne bid belocen mid nāuum gehieldum nānes fæstenes nulla munitions custodiae circumcludit, Past. 277, 18. V. keeping what is prescribed, observance of a festival :-- Be gehylde rihtra Eástrana in obseruatione Paschae, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 676, 18. V a. an observance :-- In gehaeldum dīnum bieóde in observationibus tuis exercebor, Ps. Srt. 76, 13. VI. keeping of a law, faith, obligation, &c. :-- For gehylde Crīstes beboda propter obseruantiam mandatorum Christi, 3, 22 ; Sch. 298, 3. Hē mægena gehyld (-heold, -hæld, v. l.) and swīþust sibbe and Godes lufan lǣrde virtutum, sed maxime pacis et caritatis, custodiam docuit, 4, 23; Sch. 468, I. Regollices þeódscipes gehyld (-heold, -hæled) custodiam disciplinae regularis, 4, 27 ; Sch. 516, 21. v. ge-heald. ge-hild

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