Ge-hirdness, e

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hirdness, e

f. Keeping guard, watchful care. Take here ge-heordnes, ge-hyrdnes in Dict. , and add :-- On hū mycelre Godes gehyrdnysse beód þā þe cunnon hȳ sylfe forseón on þysum līfe in quanta custodia sunt qui in hoc vita seipsos despicere noverunt, Gr. D. 39, 29. ge-hirdness