þegn
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668.
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668.
Beowulf
tō healdanne hlēoburh wera, 1732; pret.
sg.
hēold, 103, 161, 466,
1749, 2752; lyftwynne hēold nihtes hwīlum, _at night-time had the enjoyment
of the air_, 3044; pret. pl. Gēata lēode hreāwic hēoldon, _the Gēatas held
the place of corpses_ (lay dead upon it), 1215; pret. sg. þǣr hēo ǣr mǣste
hēold worolde wynne, _in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly
joy_, 1080. --5) _to win, to receive_: pret. pl. I. heoldon hēah gesceap,
_we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us_, 3085.
be-healdan, w. acc. : 1) _to take care of, to attend to_: pret. sg.
þegn
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668. --2) _to
hold_: pret. sg. sē þe flōda begong . . . behēold, 1499. --3) _to look at, to
behold_: þrȳðswȳð behēold mǣg Higelāces hū . . . , _great woe saw H. 's
kinsman, how . . . _, 737.
for-healdan, w.
1749, 2752; lyftwynne hēold nihtes hwīlum, _at night-time had the enjoyment
of the air_, 3044; pret. pl. Gēata lēode hreāwic hēoldon, _the Gēatas held
the place of corpses_ (lay dead upon it), 1215; pret. sg. þǣr hēo ǣr mǣste
hēold worolde wynne, _in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly
joy_, 1080. --5) _to win, to receive_: pret. pl. I. heoldon hēah gesceap,
_we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us_, 3085.
be-healdan, w. acc. : 1) _to take care of, to attend to_: pret. sg.
þegn
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668. --2) _to
hold_: pret. sg. sē þe flōda begong . . . behēold, 1499. --3) _to look at, to
behold_: þrȳðswȳð behēold mǣg Higelāces hū . . . , _great woe saw H. 's
kinsman, how . . . _, 737.
for-healdan, w.