Gehðo

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gehðo

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gehðu, geohðu, geoðu, giohðo, giðu, e;

gehðo
f. Care, anxiety; cura, solicitudo :-- Gomol on gehðo eówic grétan hét the aged [prince] in sadness commanded to greet you, Beo. Th. 6181; B. 3095. Gehðo mǽnan to bemoan misery, Andr. Kmbl. 3095; An. 1550. Iudas cwæþ ðæt he ðæt on gehðu gesprǽce Judas said that he spoke that in trouble, Elen. Kmbl. 1331; El. 667. Ne meahte he ða gehðu bebúgan he could not avoid the sorrow, 1215; El. 609. Ic sceal gehðu mǽnan I must lament my cares, Exon. 71 b; Th. 266, 1; Jul. 391. Oft mec gehða gemanode often sorrow hath admonished me, 50 a; Th. 174, 22; Gú. 1181. Sceal se gǽst cuman gehðum hrémig the ghost shall come moaning with anxiety, 98 a; Th. 367, 18; Seel. 9 : 9 a; Th. 6, 27; Cri. 90 : Elen. Kmbl. 643; El. 322 : 1059; El. 531. Geohðo mǽnaþ they lament their grief, Andr. Kmbl. 3329; An. 1667. Ic þurh geohða sceal dǽda fremman I must do deeds with sorrow, Andr. Kmbl. 132; An. 66. Sceal se gást cuman geohðum hrémig the spirit shall come sadly lamenting, Soul Kmbl. 18; Seel. 9. He ðǽr ána sæt geoðum geómor he sat there alone sad with sorrows, Andr. Kmbl. 2015; An. 1010. Gomel on giohðe gold sceáwode the aged [man] beheld the gold in sorrow, Beo. Th. 5578; B. 2793. Giohðo mǽnde he bewailed his afflictions, 4527; B. 2267. Geómrian on gihða to mourn in spirit, Salm. Kmbl. 701; Sal. 350. Éðelleáse ðysne gyst-sele gihðum healdeþ the homeless held in memory this guest-hall, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 5; Exod. 534.

Related words: Grm. And. u. El. p. 97. gehðo

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