gehabban

Meaning

1. to hold onto, keep from

2. to maintain, retain

3. to detain, restrain

4. to preserve

   Þyssera ðrēora hyrda ġemynd is ġehæfd be ēastan Bethleem āne mīle, on Godes cyrcan ġeswutelod, þām ðe ðā stōwe ġenēosiað.

   The memory of these three shepherds is preserved one mile to the east of Bethlehem, and manifested in God's church to those who visit the place.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"

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