gehæftan

By surface analysis, ġe- +‎ hæftan

• IPA^(key): /jeˈxæf.tɑn/, [jeˈhæf.tɑn]

ġehæftan

1. to take captive
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.

     Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.

2. to bind
3. to detain

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-hæftan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.