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HRING

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HRING, hrincg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §317; §325; §335;
A RING, circle, circuit, cycle, orb, globe, festoon
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  • Ágymmed hrincg ungulus: geheáfdod hringce samothracius: lytel hring

    anelus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 65
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 30, 31, 49
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 40, 59, 60
    • ;
    • 41, 6.
  • Hringc

    ansa,

    • Wrt. Voc. 66, 34
    • :
    • 284, 7.
  • Hring

    fibula, legula, sertum,

    • Cot. 85, 186, 190,
    • Lye.
  • Án fýren hring

    globus ignis,

    • Ors. 5, 10
    • ;
    • Swt. 234, 3.
  • Mon geseah ymbe ða sunnan swelce án gylden hring

    circulus ad speciem cælestis arcus orbem solis ambiit,

    • 14
    • ;
    • Swt. 248, 9.
  • Ðæs seó hringc

    circulus [pupillæ ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 70
    • ;
    • Som. 70, 64
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 72.
  • Se hring ealles geáres

    totius anni circulus,

    • Bd. 4, 18
    • ;
    • S. 586, 40.
  • Hring útan ymbbearh

    the ring [armour formed of rings] protected him without,

    • Beo. Th. 3011
    • ;
    • B. 1503: 4513
    • ;
    • B. 2260.
  • Sunnan hring beága beorhtast

    the rainbow

      [?],
    • Exon. 60 a
    • ;
    • Th. 219, 11
    • ;
    • Ph. 305,
  • Done hálgan hringe beteldaþ flyhte on lyfte

    contrahit in cætum sese genus omne volantum,

    • 60 b
    • ;
    • Th. 221, 24
    • ;
    • Ph. 339.
  • Ðonne ðæt gecnáwaþ feónd ðætte fira gehwylc on his hringe biþ fæste geféged

    when the devil knows that any man is fast fixed in his ring [fetters, chain or circle over which his power extends? ],

    • 97 a
    • ;
    • Th. 362, 22
    • ;
    • Wal. 40.
  • Gim sceal on hringe standan

    the gem must stand in the ring,

    • Menol. Fox 594
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 22.
  • Syllaþ him hring on his hand

    date anulum in manum ejus,

    • Lk. Skt. 15, 22.
  • Seðe his geleáfan hring mé lét tó wedde.

    • Homl. Swt. 7, 30.
  • Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne

    doff'd from his neck a golden ring,

    • Beo. Th. 5611
    • ;
    • B. 2809.
  • Gewyrc ánne hring ymb ðone slite

    make a ring round the incision,

    • L. M. 1. 45
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 112, 1.
  • Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast

    benedices coronæ anni benignitatis tuæ,

    • Ps. Th. 64, 12.
  • Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe,

    • Guthl. 21
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 96, 5.
  • Ofer holmes hrincg

    over the ocean's circuit,

    • Cd. 69
    • ;
    • Th. 84, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 1393.
  • Hrincg ðæs heán landes,

    • 137
    • ;
    • Th. 172, 34
    • ;
    • Gen. 2854.
  • Wíngearda hringa[s]

    corimbi,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 59
    • ;
    • Som. 68, 11
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 60.
  • Hrægl and hringas

    raiment and rings,

    • Beo. Th. 2394
    • ;
    • B. 1195.
  • Hringa hyrde,

    • 4482
    • ;
    • B. 2245: 3018
    • ;
    • B. 1507: 4680
    • ;
    • B. 2345.
  • Heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles

    the heart least niggardly in the giving of rings,

    • Exon. 85 b
    • ;
    • Th. 323, 4
    • ;
    • Víd. 73.
  • Hæft mid hringa gesponne

    bound with the linked chain,

    • Cd. 35
    • ;
    • Th. 47, 17
    • ;
    • Gen. 762: 19
    • ;
    • Th. 24, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 377.
  • Hringum gehrodene

    adorned with rings,

    • Judth. 10
    • ;
    • Thw. 21, 27
    • ;
    • Jud. 37
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 2187
    • ;
    • B. 1091.
  • Hringum gyrded,

    • Exon. 129 b
    • ;
    • Th. 497, 22
    • ;
    • Rä. 87, 4.
  • Hringan,

    • 102 b
    • ;
    • Th. 387, 8
    • ;
    • Rä. 5, 2.
  • Hé wolde ðæs beornes beágas gefecgan reáf and hringas,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 34
    • ;
    • By. 161.
  • Hringas dǽlan,

    • Beo. Th. 3944
    • ;
    • B. 1970: 6061
    • ;
    • B. 3034.
  • Ða nigontýnlícan hringas rihtra Eástrana and hét fordilgian ða gedwolan hringas feówer and hundeahtatig geara

    circuit Paschæ decennovenales oblitteratis erroneis octoginta et quatuor annorum circulis,

    • Bd. 5, 21
    • ;
    • S. 643, 26.
Etymology
[
Icel. hringr a ring, ring of a coat of mail, circle
;
O. H. Ger. hring circulus, orbis, spira, sphæra, bulla, corona, sertum, torques, vinculum, laqueus
:
Ger. ring.
]
Derived forms
bán-, bridels-, eág-, eáh-, eár-hring
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v. beág.
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