gehola

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• IPA^(key): /jeˈxo.lɑ/, [jeˈho.lɑ]

gehola m

1. (poetic) friend, confidant, protector
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
     wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
     hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
     þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

     or friendless me would soothe,
     allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
     how tough is sorrow as a companion,
     to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

Weak:

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