Ge-hremmed

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hremmed
Substitute: ge-hremman; p. -hremde; pp. -hremmed To hinder, impede, (1) to prevent the free action of :-- Dōd hūru þæt hī ne magon ūre tungan gehremman, ne ūs ālēfian, Hml. Th. ii. 488, 5. ꝥ se brōdor de hine synderlīce gebiddan wyle tō Gode, ꝥ hē ne beó gehremmed odde gelett (impediatur) þurh (mid, ) ǣniges ōdres onhrōpe . . . þe lǣs de þā gehremmede beón (impedimentnm patiantur) þe dā gebedu lufiad, R. Ben. 80, 7-15. (2) to prevent the right action of, be a stumbling-block to :-- Þe lǣs te gehremde (gelette) ne (castos) offenderet, An. Ox. 3675. ꝥ ūs deófol ne mæge mid syn-grīnum tō swīde gehremman, Btwk. 196, 20. (3) to prevent from reaching an object, keep from :-- Ūs nān þingc on worulde fram Gode ne gehremme, Hml. S. 23, 207. ꝥ heora mōd fram Drihtne ne sȳ gehremmed mens impediri non possit, R. Ben. 137, 14. ge-hremmed

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