gehende

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) close, near; nearby
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
 * "ang"

- Ðis wundor ða asprang geond þa gehendan scira, and hí ealle þone halgan biscop mid arwurðnysse geneosodon, biddende þæt hé hí mid his láre getrymde.

Adverb

 * 1) close, near, at hand
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric,"The Epiphany of the Lord"
 * "ang"

- Soðlice se sealm-sceop awrát be Criste, þæt hé is se hyrn-stan þe gefegð þa twegen weallas togædere, forðan ðe he geþeodde his gecorenan of Iudeiscum folce and þa geleaffullan of hæðenum, swilce twegen wagas to anre gelaðunge; be ðam cwæð Paulus se apostol, "Se Hælend bodade on his to-cyme sibbe us ðe feorran wǽron, and sibbe þam ðe gehende wǽron. He is ure sibb, seðe dyde ægðer to anum, towurpende ða ǽrran feondscipas on him sylfum."


 * 1) * c. 992, Ælfric,"The Epiphany of the Lord"
 * "ang"

- Þa Iudeiscan ðe on Crist gelyfdon wæron him gehéndor stówlice, and eac ðurh cyððe þære ealdan ǽ: we wæron swiðe fyrlyne, ægðer ge stówlice ge ðurh uncyððe; ac he us gegaderode mid ánum geleafan to ðam healicum hyrn-stane, þæt is to annysse his gelaðunge."

Preposition

 * 1) close, near

Usage notes

 * Ġehende does not appear in Early West Saxon under any part of speech (not in the subdialects that produced Early West Saxon writings, that is). Instead, is used.