Hild

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hild

grace. Substitute: hild, es; m. I. watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to (l) persons :-- Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481. Hié on friðe Drihtnes of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, gleáwmóde guman on gástes hyld, 440. Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild Godes, Exod. 568. (2) things :-- Onbyhtscealcas þe on Godes húse gearwe standað, and on cafertúnum Crístes húses, úres þæs hálgan Godes, held begangað (-eð, MS.) who ore caretakers in the house of God; servi qut statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri. Ps. Th. 133, 2. II. preservation, safety experienced by a person :-- Þæt hí fore his hyldon (gehylde, ) heora béne geóten pro eius custodia preces fundant, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 73, 14. v. ge-hild. hild

Related words: l.