Ge-hirtan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hirtan

Take here ge-hyrtan in Dict., and add :-- Gehyrt vel gehlȳwþ focilat, i. reficit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 82. Gehyrte foverat, 150, 12. I. the object a person, (1) to encourage, revive the spirits, animate :-- Hē wolde gehyrtan dā þe se cāsere ācwealde . . . þā geseah hē hū sume þā crīstenan woldon āwācian for dām wītum and gehyrte heora mōd, Hml. S. 5, 19-23. Godes engel hine gereordode and mid his rǣde gehyrte, 22, 139. Þā gehyrte hē his gefēran mid wordum, 25, 335. Ond þā mid þȳ þe ꝥ mīn werod gehyrted and gestilled wæs quae res quum anime quietiorem fecisset exercitum, Nar. 8, 17. (l a) reflex. to recover from grief, fear, &c. :-- Heó on eordan feóll and mid mycelre hefignysse gefylled weard þæt heó word gecweþan ne mihte. Mid þan heó eft hig gehyrte, Guth. 88, 25. (2) to restore the mental power of :-- Gewitleáse gehyrtende inerguminos, i. amentes refocilando, i. confor-tando, An. Ox. 3059. II. the object a thing. (1) to revive, refresh :-- Se regn þe fullīce mihte þā eordan wel gehyrtan pluvia quae plene ten-am saliare potuisset. Gr. D. 210, 21. (2) to cherish, shelter :-- Gehertan fouere (excgua tuguria). An. Ox. II, 14. ge-hirtan