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ge-healdan. Add: I. to hold, keep, take care or charge of (1) a person:--Þeódnes bearn sceolde folc gehealdan, B. 911. (2) a flock (lit. or fig.):--Seó heord þe hé tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26. (3) a thing:--Hé onsende sínra þegna worn . . . þæt him . . . geheólde éðne éðel æfter Ebréum, Dan. 77. Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, and gehealdan hét hildegeatwe, B. 674. Selle hé his wpn and his hta his freóndum tó gehealdanne, Ll. Th. i. 60, 8. Tó gehealdenne recondenda (defruta apothecis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 78. Biþ hit him tógeánes gehealden on þám heofonlican goldhorde, Bl. H. 53, 14. Þr wron gehealdene heora líc án geár and seofon mónaþ, 193, 13: Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 16. II. to guard, preserve, protect, save (1) a person:--Dryhten gehilt (servabit) his háligra fét, Past. 65, 11. Heora earmas hý ne geheóldon brachium eorum non salvabit eos, Ps. Th. 43, 4. Gehealde þé Drihten Dominus custodit te, 120, 5: Ll. Th. i. 424, 26: Bl. H. 135, 26. Wela þe ne mæg hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford potentia quae ne ad conservationem sui satis efficax invenitur, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 15. Heó lufode þeóstro for hire synnum and heó wæs á þéh gehealden fram hire synnum, Bl. H. 147, 26. Swá hwá swá wile gehealden beón quicumque vult salvus esse, Ath. Crd. 1. Hí beóþ þonne wiþ God gehealdene they will be safe as regards God, Bl. H. 49, 11. (2) a thing or place:--Hafa nú and geheald húsa sélest, B. 658. Gehealdenum salua (lintre), An. Ox. 640. Gehealdenre myrcelse saluo signaculo, 4033. On gehealdenre stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; Sch. 120, 14. His bán þr nú gehaldene syndon (seruantur), 3, 11; Sch. 235, 18. (2 a) the object non-material:--Strengðe gehealdam, Solil. H. 37, 10. Gehealdenre clnnysse, Hml. A. 19, 125. II a. to guard against, protect from:--Hé hí wið feóndum geheóld protector eorum est, Ps. Th. 113, 18: B. 3003. Þé gehealde Drihten wyð yfela gehwám custodiat animam tuam Dominus, Ps. Th. 120, 6. Gif hí hí sylfe willon wiþ Godes erre gehealdan, Bl. H. 47, 26. III. to hold, keep from getting away, detain:--Hwæt wron þá wýf . . . for hwylcon þyngon ne geheólde gé hig?, Nic. 7, 33. Forfóh þone frætgan and fæste geheald, Jul. 284. Gehealde hé his gefán .vii. niht inne, Ll. Th. i. 90, 5, 7. Gif hé self his wpno his gefán út rcan wille, gehealden hí hine .xxx. nihta, 64, 18. Alle sóðfæste ðá ðe ðér on styde gihalden wæs (detinebantur), Rtl. 101, 20. IV. to hold, support with the hand:--Mimming gehealdan, Val. 1, 4. IV a. fig. to support, maintain, uphold:--Gyf hwá riht forbúge and út hleápe, forgylde ángylde sé þe hine tó ðám hearme geheóld (cf. qui aliquem manu tenebit et firmabit ad dampnum faciendum, 252, 26), Ll. Th. i. 260, 8. V. to have as one's own, be in possession of, have the enjoyment or use of:--Sé þe Waldendes hyldo gehealdeð, B. 2293. Ríce hé geheóld fíftig wintru, 2208: Sat. 347. Ne geeódon úre foregengan ná ðás eorðan mid sweorda ecgum, ne hý mid þý ne geheóldon non in gladio suo possidebunt terram, Ps. Th. 43, 4. Welan þicgan . . . forð gehealdan, Vy. 63. VI. to keep, retain, not to lose:--Wiþ þám ðe hé þone welan begite and gehealde, Bt. 33, 2; F. 124, 2. Beþearf lc mon fultumes . . . hé mæge gehealdan his welan, 26, 2; F. 92, 20: 33, 2; F. 124, 6. In fgum feorg gehealdan, Gú. 1031: B. 2856. Hé carað þæt his feoh gehealden sý, Hml. Th. i. 66, 10. Bið sum corn sdes gehealden on þre sáwle sóðfæstnesse, Met. 22, 37. VI a. to retain in the mind, remember:--Gehýr gyt sum bigspell, and geheald þá wel þe ic þé r sde, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 21. Is þín gemind swá mihtig þæt hit mage eall gehealdan (-en, MS.) þæt þú geðencst, Solil. H. 4, 1. VI b. with complement, to keep in a specified place or condition:--Seó geheóld conseruauit (virginitatis stolam inviolabilem), An. Ox. 4385. Þat þú mýnne lýcuman gehealde hálne, Solil. H. 13, 17. Geheólde, Jul. 31. Ðeáh hí ðæt gód hira gecynde gehál nolden gehealdan si accepta naturae bona integra servare noluerunt, Past. 403, 19: Cri. 300. Þú hæfst git gesund gehealden eall, Bt. 10; F. 28, 9: Ph. 45. Hwí is Enoh swá lange cucu gehealden quare Enoc tanto tempore servabatur a morte?, Angl. vii. 10, 85. VI c. to hold, oblige to adhere to:--Finde him lc man hé borh hæbbe, and se borh hine þonne tó lcon rihte gelde and gehealde, Ll. Th. i. 268, 8: 280, 8: 386, 25. VI d. reflex. to conduct oneself:--Æ-acute;lc wydewe þe hí sylfe mid rihte gehealde, Ll. Th. i. 310, 1. VII. to keep in existence or operation, maintain a quality, state, &c., exercise an action:--Þá hwíle þe Agustus þá eáðmétto wiþ God geheóld þe hé angunnen hæfde, Ors. 6, 1; S. 254, 7. Hiora þegnunga and geférscipe fæste gehealdan, Met. 11, 47. VIII. to keep inviolate, observe a law, faith, &c.:--Sé byð geslig þe þone dóm gehylt, Ll. Th. i. 370, 27. Gif wé hit þus gehealdað, 242, 11. Gif gé gehealdað hálige láre, Exod. 560. Ic þæt á geheóld þæt ic þíne bebodu geheólde, Ps. Th. 118, 100. Hé fulwihte onféng and þæt forð geheóld, El. 192. Gé geheóldon þæt eów se hálga beád, An. 346. Þæt hié heora fulwihthádas gehealdan, Bl. H. 109, 26. Þæt hí Godes we on riht geheóldan, 45, 26. Æ-acute;gðer ge tó gehérenne ge tó gehealdanne, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 21. Æt fruman wæs gehealden seó gecyndelice in hominibus primus lex bonae naturae servabatur, Angl. vii. 8, 69. Úre frið is wyrse gehealden þonne mé lyste, Ll. Th. i. 220, 3: 250, 7. Þ-bar; symble mid eów gehealden sý þe gé tó friðes bóte gecoren hæfdon, 278, 2. Ealles folces w and dómas þus sién gehealdene, 102, 16. IX. to hold back, restrain from action:--Gif hrýðera hwelc sié þe hegas brece and gá in gehwr, and sé hit nolde gehealdan, sé þe hit áge, Ll. Th. i. 128, 13. Beón ealle fæstende and fram heora wífe gehealdene, 226, 20. IX a. reflex. to restrain oneself from (wið dat. acc.), refrain:--Monige bióð ðára ðe hié gehealdað wið unryhthmed multi sunt qui scelera carnis deserunt, Past. 399, 7. Ðá ðe hí gehealdað wið ðá lytlan scylda qui minimas cavent noxas, 437, 2. Hé hine wið eallum þm heálicum synnum geheóld, Bl. H. 213, 5. Hí wénað ðæt hí of hira gnum mægene hí hæbben gehealden wið ðá lytlan scylda. Past. 439, 13. X. to keep within bounds, prevent excess; gehealden modest; continent, chaste:--Mid þám wunode án mden mrlíce drohtnigende geond feówertig geára fec fægre gehealden, Hml. S. 3, 469. Hyge sceal gehealden, hond gewealden, Gn. Ex. 122. XI. to content, satisfy, pay:--Hé of his ágenum þone gehealde þe orf áge, Ll. Th. i. 354, 8. Gehealde man of mínan golde Ælfríc and Godwine æt swá myclan swá mín bróðer wát ðæt ic heom mid rihte tó geuldende áh, C. D. iii. 363, 26. Án pund penega hé lnde Túne and his geswysternon; gehealdon hí hine, Cht. Crw. 23, 21. Wénstú, gif hwá óðrum hwæt gieldan sceal, hwæðer hé hine mid ðý gehealdan mæge ðæt hé him náuht máre on ne nime, ne ðæt ne gielde ðæt hé r nam nec debitor absolutus est, quia alia non multiplicat, nisi et illa, quae ligaverat, solvat, Past. 425, 2. Ðre gehealdnan contente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 41. XI a. gehealden on satisfied with, not desiring more than (v. ge-healden in Dict.):--Beó lá nú on þysum gehealden, Hml. S. 23b, 384. Seó gítsung ne cann gemet, ne nfre ne biþ gehealden on þre nídþearfe, ac wilnaþ simle máran þonne hé þurfe avaritiae nihil satis est, Bt. 26, 2; F. 94, 6. Þ-bar; hé þone áð funde . . . þe se onspeca on gehealden wre, Ll. Th. i. 158, 20. Þá dyde hió swá hió dorste áþe gebiorgan. Þá næs hé þá gyt on þám gehealden, bútan hió sceolde swerian his hta þr ealle wron, Cht. Th. 290, 2. Ðá hþenan noldon beón gehealdene on swá feáwum godum, Wlfst. 105, 32. Se apostol manode ðá medeman þæt hí beón gehealdene on heora bigleofan and scúde (habentes alimenta, et quibus tegamur, his contenti sumus, 1 Tim. 6, 8), Hml. Th. ii. 328, 14: Bl. H. 185, 17. XII. to withhold from present use, reserve, lay up:--Úre Drihten længest geheóld Philistéas Dominus Philisthaeos diutius reservavit, Gr. D. 204, 10. Ðá ongeat Martinus þæt Drihten him þone þearfan geheóld, þæt hé him miltsian sceolde, Bl. H. 215, 1. Se wurðmynt wæs þises dæges mrðe gehealden, Hml. Th. i. 36, 18. Bið gehealden custoditur (justo substantia peccatoris), Kent. Gl. 465. XIII. to hide, not to divulge, keep a secret:--Hé geheóld and gehæl þá deógolnysse mid him, Gr. D. 98, 20. XIV. to hold a faith, opinion, &c., accept as true:--Þis is se rihta geleáfa þe ghwylcum men gebyreð hé wel gehealde and gelste, Bl. H. 111, 13. XV. to keep in proper order:--Ne mæg hé bútan þisum þás tól gehealdan, Bt. 17; F. 60, 6. XVI. to provide for

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ge-hirdan; p. de. I. in a physical sense, to harden, temper metal :-- H (the goldsmith) gehyrde and gehyrste wel, Vy. 74. Gesmyrede and gehyrde lita (cf. tre gemled lita (veneno spicula), 96, 69, and see hyrded, B. 1460), Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 49. II. in a moral sense, (1) to inspire with fortitude, strengthen, confirm :-- Se gefeá ra heofon-

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ge-lran. Add: I. to teach. (1) with ace. of person:--Seó wiþerwearde wyrd gebét and gelreð lcne þára þe hió hí tó geþiét, Bt. 20; F. 70, 35. Mé gelr doce me, Ps. Ben. 24, 4. Swá wé magon betst ðá gedyrstigan gelran, Past. 209, 15. Ic wénde ic þé gió gelred hæfde þú hí oncnáwan cúþest, Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 19. Wé sceolan beón gelrede mid þysse bysene, Bl. H. 19, 14. (2) with acc. of person and acc. of thing:--Mé þínra stíga stapas gelr, Ps. Ben. 24, 3. ¶ rd gelran to give counsel:--Ne meahton wé gelran leófne þeóden rd nigne þæt hé ne grétte goldweard þone we could not give the dear prince any counsel that would prevent him attacking the dragon, B. 3079. Ne mæg þec séllan rd mon gelran, Gú. 250. (3) with acc. of person and prep., to bring to something by teaching, to instruct in:--Ðæt gebrocode flsc gelrð ðæt úpáhæfene mód tó ryhttre eáðmódnesse, Past. 257, 14. Heó gelrde hyre suna tó Godes geleáfan, Shrn. 151, 6. Hé þysne wer on Godes þeówdóm getýde and gelrde, Bl. H. 217, 5. Wæs his fæder gelred in þá gerýno Crístes geleáfan pater eius sacramentis Christianae fidei imbutus est, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 174, 14. I a. to teach as a master, educate. (1) with acc. of person:--Ic þé getýdde and gelrde, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 10. Se fæder gelrde mden mid hálgum gewritum . . . and mid eallum woruldlicum wísdóme, Hml. S. 33, 26. Ne eart þú se mon þe on mínre scole wre áféd and gelred, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 19. Hé wæs on Róme gelred, Ch. 565; P. 19, 13. Philippus þá hé cniht wæs . . . mid Paminunde gelred wearð Philippus apud Epaminondam . . . eruditus est, Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 23. (2) with acc. of person and of thing:--Ic ðé geongne gelrde snytro, Bt. 8; F. 24, 28. II. to train an animal or bird:--Wildu hors mid gierdum fullíce gelran and ðá temian, Past. 303, 12. Se wælisca heafoc weorðeð tó hagostealdes honda gelred, Vy. 92. III. to persuade a person (1) to do something. (a) with clause:--Ic gelrde Simon þæt hé sacan ongon wið Crístes þegnas, Jul. 297. Heó gelrde þone cyning þæt hé Cassander upp áhóf, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 4. Wearþ Simon áweht wiþ ðám apostolum and gelred hé feala yfla sægde (cf. Jul. 297 ante), Bl. H. 173, 20. (b) with pronoun and clause in apposition:--Mé þæt gelrdon leóde míne . . . þæt ic þé sóhte, B. 415. (2) to accept a doctrine, counsel, &c.:--Gelrde unc se atola . . . þæt wit bld áhton, Sat. 413.

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geóguþ. l. geoguþ, and add: I. youth as a period or stage of existence:--Gód sceal wið yfele, geogoð sceal wið ylde sacan, Gn. C. 52. Ðínre giogeðe adulescentiae tu, Kent. Gl. 109. Ðre scame ðe ðú on iuguðe worhte confusionis adolescentiae tuae, Past. 207, 11. On geoguðe his earfoðsíð forspildan, on yldo eft eádig weorðan, Vy. 58: Wand. 35. On ælde on giogeðe, Ps. C. 142. Iuguðe (tenerrima) aetatula (infantis), An. Ox. 7, 198. Fram gebyrdtída iungan iugeðe ab cunabulorum teneritudine, 2843. Tó láre befæst sóna fram iugoðe, Hml. S. 6, 2. Fram mínre gugoðe a iuuentute mea, Ps. L. 70, 5. God scóp geoguðe and gumena dreám . . . Wintra rím gegð in þá geoguðe, Gú. 466-470. I a. youth as the season of strength:--Bið geedniówad swé swé arn guguð (juuentus) ðín, Ps. Srt. 102, 5. Gigoð, Rtl. 169, 39. Þr is geogoð búton ylde, Bl. H. 65, 17. Ongan eldo gebunden gomel gúðwiga geoguðe cwíðan, hilde strengo, B. 2112. I b. youth as a period of immaturity:--Ðá ðe unmedome bióð tó ðre láre oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwísdóme, Past. 375, 19. Þá þe for geoguðe gyt ne mihton breóstnet werian, Exod. 235. Ic wæs on geoguðe, grame mé forhogedon adolescentior ego sum et contemtus, Ps. Th. 118, 141: El. 638. Ne forsió nán mon ðíne gioguðe (adolescentiam), Past. 385, 30. II. youthful qualities or nature:--Geogoðe indolis (ut puer indolis librorum disceret artes, Ald. 166, 33), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 70: 80, 68. Gioguðe indolem (pubertatis), 85, 68. III. the young. (1) of persons:--Seó iuguð þe be þám wege wæs ácenned populus qui natus est in deserto, Jos. 5, 5. Sió geogoð (cf. geonge gúðrs fornam, 1533) árás, An. 1636. Þeós fægre geogað forwurðan sceall, Hml. S. 4, 311. Seó yld hí gebæd, and seó iuguð wrát, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 21. Sécan hwilc þre geogoðe gleáwost wre, Dan. 81. Wé lrað preóstas geoguðe geornlíce lran, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 25. Þá ealdan sceal earmlíce licgan æt hám hungre ácwolcne, and man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce ldan gehæft . . . of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. (1 a) of persons in a subordinate position:--Ymbeóde ides Helminga duguðe and geogoðe dl ghwylcne, B. 621. (1 b) a person's young ones, children:--Nóe mid bearnum under bord gestáh gleáw mid geogoðe (Noah went in, and his sons, and his sons' wives, Gen. 7, 7), Gen. 1370. Hé geogoðe strýnde, suna and dohtra, 1152. Hé þá geogoðe wile árum healdan . . . mid góde gyldan wille uncran eaferan, B. 1181. (2) of animals:--Sý lcere geoguðe teóðung gelst be Pentecosten, Ll. Th. i. 262, 20: 306, 31: Wlfst. 116, 2. .i. lamb of geáres geogeðe, Ll. Th. i. 438, 23. .i. ticcen of geáres geogoðe, 28. (3) of plants:--Swá swá nýwlicra elebergena guogað elebeáma sicut nouelle oliuarum, Ps. L. 127, 3. v. cild-, cniht-, magu-geoguþ.

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ge-sceap. Add: I. birth, creation :-- Cennung, gescæp concretio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 26. v. cenning. II. what is created, (l) creation, created things :-- Ic þec biddan wille þurh þæt æðele gesceap þe þú, fæder engla, on fruman settest, Jul. 273. (2) a creature :-- On ðám æfteran dæge God gesceóp ðá gesceapu ðe ðisne heofon healdað, Sal. K. p. 178, ID. III. what is shaped, ordered :-- Conditio, natura, sors, regula, lex, rectitudo gescæp, gewyrd, gescæft, gebyrd, Wrt. Voc. i. 135, 63. (l) of material things, shape, form :-- Hí beóð oð ðene nafolan on menniscum gesceape usque ad umbilicum hominis speciem habent, Nar. 36, 19. Adam . . . God gehíwad hæfde tó mænniscum gesceape, on þrytiges wintres ylde, Angl. xi. 2, 26. Nípende niht, scaduhelma gesceapu scríðan cwóman, B. 650. (2) nature, natural condition :-- Án þára nunnena wæs swýþe fægru æfter þæs líchaman gesceape una virginum juxta carnis hujus putredinem speciosa videbatur, Gr. D. 28, 26. Wixþ se milte ofer gesceap, Lch. ii. 242, 28. On gesceap naturally, Rä.39, 4. Æ-acute;r gé sceonde wið gesceapu fremmen ere ye commit shameful sin against the laws of nature, Gen. 2469. (3) lot, fate, appointed condition of life, destiny :-- [Hé] heóld on heáh gesceap he fulfilled a high destiny, B. 3084. Ic (a cuckoo) under sceáte, swá mín gesceapu wron, ungesibbum wearð eácen gste, Rä.10, 7. Swá scríðende gesceapum (fortuitu v. wyrd-gesceap) hweorfað gleómen, Víd. 135. Dryhten scyreð and scrífeð and gesceapo healdeð (governs the destinies of men), Vy. 66 :. Gen. 2827. Gesceapu dreógeð fulfils its destinies, Ph. 210: Rä.69, 4. (4) a condition imposed by providence, order of providence :-- Swá gesceapu wron werum and wífum, Gen. 1573. Bídan selfes gesceapu heofoncyninges, 842. (5) ordered courss of events :-- Wyrda gesceapu, Ru. 40, 24. IV. shaping, forming :-- On gesceape in (rerum visibilium) plastica, An. Ox. 8, 346. V. privy part :-- Þæs fylmenes ofcyrf on ðám gesceape, Hml. Th. i. 94, 33. [Cf. Icel. skap state, condition; skOp ; pl. fate, destiny: skOp-in (with article) the genitals] v. wyrd-gesceap. Cf. ge-sceaft, ge-sceapennys.

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ge-weald. Add: The plural is sometimes used with force of singular. I. power. (1) control over that which is moved, v. wealdan; I :-- Hé nætþ his fóta geweald hé mæge gán, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 13. (2) control in respect to movement, action, &c., over that which moves itself (a person, an emotion, &c. v. wealdan; II) :-- Ic onbúgan ne mót of þæs gewealde þe mé wegas tcneð, Rä. 4, 16. Cniht oð he sig .xv. winter eald sig hé on his fæder gewealdum (in potestate sit patris sui), Ll. Th. ii. 152, 13. ¶ with gen. of person controlled :-- Hí þæt wín drincende wron, oð hí heora selfra lytel geweald hæfdon, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 18. Gif þá geslþa þurh hié selfe heora selfra geweald áhton, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 9. (2 a) where control is against the will of the controlled: e.g. slavery :-- Hwilc gefreólseþ þé nú of úrum gewealde?, Bl. H. 243, 9. Hér is fmne (Hagar) on gewealde (cf. Sarai hæfde áne þínene, Gen. 16, 1), Gen. 2227. Hí héton ldan út weras tó gewealde, 2457. Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. Hé wæs on þre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. Hí (devils) habbaþ manega sáula on heora gewaldum, Bl. H. 47, 7. ¶ with gen. of person controlled :-- Hé (David) his (Saul) wel geweald áhte, Past. 37, 5. (3) power of protection :-- Sé þe Godes útlagan ofer þone ándagan þe se cyngc sette hæbbe on gewealde, Ll. Th. i. 350, 2. Hé him ágeaf wíf tó gewealde, Gen. 1867. Hæfde Gúðláces gst in gewealdum módig mundbora, Gú. 666. (4) power of one in authority, rule, dominion, sway. v. wealdan; III :-- Þam is wuldor and geweald, Bl. H. 249, 23. Ealra heáhfædera mægen hé (St. John) oferstígeþ on þm apostolican gewealde, 167, 24. Brytland him wæs on gewealde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 22. Hé gerád eal Norþhymbra land him tó gewealde, 946; P. 112, 4. Hé Maníge on his geweald gesætte, 1099; P. 235, 3. Sé þe dómes geweald áge the judge, Ll. Th. i. 376, 18: Kr. 107. Eádmund cyning geeóde eal Norþhymbra land him tó gewealdan (-wealde, v. l.), 944; P. 110, 31. Þá dyde hé him þá rícu tó gewealdon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 29. Seó circe bád under hðenra hyrda gewealdum, Cri. 705. ¶ with gen. of what is ruled :-- Tó þám ðe ðænne áh mynstres geweald, Cht. E. 236, 5. (4 a) a dominion :-- eall crísten folc mínra gewealda sóðe sibbe healde, Ll. Lbmn. 216, 1. (5) power over a thing, place, possession, command, mastery, v. wealdan; IV :-- Hé þá clúsan on his gewealde hæfde angustias occupatas emuniit, Ors. 3, 7; S. 114, 28. Inc sceal sealt wæter wunian on gewealde, Gen. 199. weorþ on úrum gewealde habban, Bl. H. 101, 10. Hit his yldran lfdan þám tó gewealde þe hý wel úðan, Ll. Th. i. 184, 3. Ágan heofon tó gewalde to have heaven at command, Sat. 415. Here bróhte Israéla gestreón in his hte geweald, Dan. 757. ¶ with gen. of thing, place :-- Sum man áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes, Hml. S. 23, 415. Þá Deniscan áhton wælstówe gewald, Chr. 837; P. 62, 32. Þæt hié ánforléten heofonríces geweald, Gen. 694. Nóe and his suna landes geweald áhtan, Wlfst. 10, 16. (6) power to determine what one does (of intentional or voluntary action, v. gewealdes; I: wealdan; V) :-- hit nfre næs náðer ne his gewile ne his geweald it was neither his desire nor his intention, Ll. Th. i. 418, 12. Ne bið swylc monnes geweald that is not within a man's power to determine, Vy. 14. Gif hine mon tió gewealdes on þre dde if he be accused of intention in the deed, Ll. Th. i. 84, 15. Ðonne hí forlétað hiora willes and hiora gewealdes ðá gód ðe hi getiohchod æfdon tó dónne, Past. 445, 6. Ðæt gesuinc hié him selfe ðurh hira ágena scylda hira ágnes gewealdes him on getióð, 239, 5. (7) power to determine what another does (where another's action is dependent upon oneself, v. ge-wealdes; II) :-- Ic bidde nú, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, hé hig gerihte wel be þre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald (I cannot help it) þeáh þe hig hwá tó woge bringe þurh lease wríteras, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 4, 28. Nú gé habbað gehýred hwæt eów tó dónne is ... gif gé of þysum dóð wé nagon geweald, Ll. Th. ii. 362, 19. (7 a) with clause :-- Æ-acute;lc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæþer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen it depends upon the accuser whether the ordeal be by water or iron, Ll. Th. i. 296, 3. (8) power that brings something to pass, is the cause or source of something, v. wealdan; VI :-- Hwæþer hit nú ðínes gewealdes sié se hærfest sié swá welig on wæstmum et an tua in aestivos fructus intumescit ubertas, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 27. Gif se anweald his ágenes gewealdes gód wre, 16, 3; F. 54, 23. For hwý ætwíte gé eówerre wyrde hió nán geweald náh, 39, 1; F. 210, 26. Hit gesleþ ... hwílum þurh wífes geweald, hwílum þurh weres, Bl. H. 195, 5. (9) power to do. v. wealdan; VII :-- Ic hæbbe geweald micel tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól, Gen. 280. Hetend hildendran þurh fingra geweald forð onsendan, El. 120. II. an implement that controls (lit. or fig.), a bridle :-- On gewealde ceacan heora gewríð in camo maxillas eorum constringe, Ps. Srt. 31, 12. Hé his sylfes willan geliðode in him sylfum þre blisse geweald sponte sibi laetitiae frena laxabat, Gr. D. 203, 26. III. covering, protection (?) :-- Tó ofsettenne giuæld heáfdes ad deponendam comam capitis, Rtl. 96, 5: 30. Nacode swá hé hí rest gemétte búton gewealdan þæs tóslitenan rægeles þe hé hire r tó wearp, Hml. S. 23 b, 792. IV. take here ge-weald pudenda, in Dict., and add :-- Geweald inguen,

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gléd. Add: a coal of fire:--Gloed carbo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 12. Gloede prunas, 118, 18. (1) a live coal, coal of fire (lit. or fig.):--Gléd carbo (torridus altaris), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 14. Swá rícels byð þonne hit gífre gléda bærnað, Ps. Th. 140, 2. Hí feallað on fýres gléde cadent super eos carbones, 139, 10. Stréie of glédon (carbonibus) áhyrde, 119, 4. Licge ísen uppan þám glédan, Ll. Th. i. 226, 27. Se hláf wæs mid þám glédum (prunis) bewrigen . . . þá worhte hé Crístes róde tácen ongén þám glédum (þá glédu, v. l., contra prunas), Gr. D. 87, 9-16. Hé þone bisceop on ísenum bedde ástrehte and byrnenda gléda dyde under his nacode líc, Hml. S. 29, 242. Giségun gloede (gloedi, L.) ásetede uiderunt prunas positas, Jn. R. 21, 9. Gléda pruinas (prunas congregabis super caput ejus, Prov. 25, 22), Kent. Gl. 970. (1 a) in pl. a fire, æt þám glédum at the fire:--Sum man sæt æt þám (his, v. l.) gledum (sedebat ad prunas) in his húse mid his wífe and mid his lytlan suna . . . hé ste mid him æt þám glédan . . . se áwyrgda gást þone sunu áwearp in ðá glýda (on þá ylcan gléda, v. l.), Gr. D. 75, 13-25. Stódon ðá esnæs æt gloedum (ad prunas), Jn. L. R. 18, 18. (2) a flame, a spark:--Hýðað wíde gífre gléde, Cri. 1045. Gloetas and ðæccillas scintillae et lampades, Mt. p. 9, 20. Him wiht ne sceód grim gléda níð, frécnan fýres, Dan. 465. In þæs wylmes grund, . . . in gléda gripe, El. 1302: Jul. 391: Sal. 48. (3) fire, flame:--Fretan sceal frécne líg fgne monnan, . . . reád réðe gléd, Vy. 46. Nú sceal gléd fretan wigena strengel, B. 3114. v. gléde.

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glóf. Add:--Gloob, glób, glóf manica, Txts. 76, 631. Glóf, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 40: 71, 19. Hafuc sceal on glófe wilde gewunian (cf. sum sceal wildne fugel átemian, hafuc on honda, Vy. 86), Gn. C. 17 Ðonne þú glófan abban wille, Tech. ii. 127, 21.

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hæle. Add :-- Hæle sceal wísfæst and gemetlic, Fii. 86. Sum bið heardslig hæle, bið hwæðre gleáw, Crë. 32. Láð bið wineleás hæle, Vy. 32. Þá cám in gán ealdor þegna (Beowulf), ddcéne mon, hæle hildedeór, B. 1646: (Wígláf), 3111. Se æðeling (St. Andrew) . . . Crístes cempa . . . þr in eóde elnes gemyndig hæle hildedeór, An. 1004. Hié gemétton háligne hæle under heolstorlocan bídan beadurófne, 144. v. hæleþ.

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on. (a) with dat. () in one's possession, charge or keeping :-- Mann sette Ælfgár Leófríces sunu ðane eorldóm on handa, Chr. 1048; P. 177, 4. ¶ on handa habban to have on hand, be engaged in some business :-- Swá hwilce bysiga swá hý on handa hæfdan hý unfulworhte ltað ex occupatis manibus quod agebant imperfectum relinquentes, R. Ben. 20, 3. Forlte ghwylc swá hwæt swá hé on handa (handum, R. Ben. 9, 75, 16) hæfde relictis omnibus quelibet fuerint in manibus, 67, 21. () said of evil affecting a person :-- For ðáre neóde þe ús nú on handa stent (is now pressing on us), Wlfst. 181, 25. Þá hwíle þe eów unfrið on handa stód, Cht. E. 229, 28. [Cf. wind heom stod on honde þe scaf heom to Irlonde, Laym. 22313.UNCERTAIN ] (b) with acc. () into one's possession, charge or keeping :-- Beówulfe ríce on hand gehwearf, B. 2208. () of a pledge :-- Ealle him on hand sealdon (fidem dantes spondent) hí woldon efenwyrhton beón, Chr. 972 ; P. 119, note 13. () into one's presence, in one's way :-- Gif þé becume óðres monnes giémeleás feoh on hand si occurreris bovi inimici tui erranti, Ll. Th. i. 54, 10. () wel on hond favourably, prosperously :--Him for ðissere worulde wel on hand eóde things went well with him as regards this world, Hml. S. 23, 14. [Here tuder swiðe wexeð, and wel ðieð, and goþ wel on hond, O. E. Hml. ii. 177, 18.] () on hand gán to submit. (For examples see Dict.). (6) tó. (a) within reach, so that a thing may be held or touched :-- Seó culufre bróhte elebeámes twig án tó handa (columba venit portans ramum olivae), Gen. 1473. Sígan tó handa hálgum rince (cf. extendit manum et apprehensam (columbam) intulit in arcam, Gen. 8, 9), 1463. Heó líðwge bær hælum tó handa, B. 1983. Hnág ic (the cross) þám secgum tó handa, Kr. 59. Him tó honda fleág fugla cyn (cf. hé him (birds and beasts) andlyfene sealde of his ágenre handa, Guth. Gr. 142, 30), Gú. 888. (b) into the possession, custody, &c., of a person :-- Wæs se hálga stede gehwyrfed ðám cyninge tó handa, C. D. iii. 60, 28. Gif hé bóclanð hæbbe gá UNCERTAIN þám cyninge tó handa, Ll. Th. i. 420, 12. He him tó honda húðe geldeð, Gú. 102. Hærfest tó honda hérbúendum rípa bléda receð (cf. se wæstmbra hærfest bryngþ rípa bléda, Bt. 39, 13 ; F. 234, 15) remeat pomis gravis autumnus, Met. 29, 62. Gyrnde se cyng ealra þára þegna þe þá eorlas hæfdon, and hí létan hí ealle him tó handa, Chr. 1048; P. 174, 30. Belandod of þám þe se eorl him tó handa gelten hæfde, 1091; P. 226, 21. Tó handan, 4. (b ) tó handa weorpan. (1) to throw on a person's hands (with the idea of rejection) :-- Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeð and hé onfinde him hwelce unhlo on, þonne weorpe þone ceáp tó handa, Ll. Th. i. 138, 12. (2) to hand over (under compulsion) :-- Gif neát mon gewundige weorpe neát tó honda, Ll. Th. i. 78, 10. (b ) tó hand :-- Búton man ágeáfe Eustatius and his men heom tó hand sceofe, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 13. (c) into subjection, under control :-- Se heafoc weorðeð tó hagostealdes honda gelred, Vy. 92. (d) on behalf of, for the benefit of, in trust for :-- Þæne áð nam Wulfrige se scírigman tó þæs cinges handa (ad opus regis), Cht. Th. 273, 29. Hæfde heó gehealdan cyneríce þrittig wintra hyre suna tó handa, Lch. iii. 432, 3. Man gerdde Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor ste on Winceastre mid þæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, and heóldan ealle West-Seaxan him tó handa, Chr. 1036; P. 161, 4. Hú seó heord fare þe se bisceop tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall. Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26. (7) under. in subjection, under control or rule :-- Under hand hðenum déman, Dan. 71. (8) ymb. (a) local, at hand, near, close by :-- Hý (birds) him ymb hond flugon (cf. 888), Gú. 709. (b) temporal, at once, straightway :-- Jam jam embe hand, hrædlíce, somninga, sóna, þrrigte, Germ. 388, 73. v. borh-, here-, irfe-, riht-, spere-hand.

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