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a-hebban

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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a-hebban, -hæbban; ðú -hefst, he -hefeþ, pl. -hebbaþ; p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; imp. -hefe; pp. -hafen
To heave up, lift up, raise, elevate, exalt, ferment; levare, tollere, elevare, erigere, exaltare, extollere, fer-mentare
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  • Nolde his eágan ahebban up to ðam heofone

    nolebat oculos ad cælum levare,

    • Lk. Bos. 18, 13
      • .

  • To ahebbanne

    levare,

    • Gen. 48, 17
      • .

  • Ðú ahófe me on écne dreám

    thou raisedst me to everlasting joy,

    • Exon. 100 a; Th. 376, 12
      • ;
    • Seel. 153
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  • Se ðe ródor ahóf

    who hove up the firmament,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1042
      • ;
    • An. 521
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  • Nymþe heó wæs ahafen on ða heán lyft

    unless it was raised in the high air,

    • Cd. 69; Th. 84, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1401
      • .

  • Ic ahebbé ðé, Drihten

    exaltabo te, Domine,

    • Ps. Spl. 29, 1: 117, 27
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  • Ðú ðe ahefst me

    qui exaltas me,

    • 9, 14
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 63, 6: 91, 9: 148, 13
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  • Ne ahebbaþ ge to heá eówre hygeþancas

    nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum,

    • 74, 5
      • .

  • Óþ he wæs eall ahafen

    donec fermentatum est totum,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 33
      • .
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v.  a-hæbban a-hafen a-hefan a-hefen a-hefeþ a-hefst a-hóf a-hofyn.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-hebban.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1303.

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