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hyld

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hyld, held, es; m.
Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior]
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  • Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon

    I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me,

    • Nicod. 8
      • ;
    • Thw. 4, 7
      • .

  • Gecýþe ðæt on Godes helde and on hláfordes

    let him declare that on his faith towards God and the lord,

    • L. C. S. 23
      • ;
    • Th. i. 388, 23
      • .

  • On gesyhþe ðara háligra ðe ðínne held curan

    in the sight of the saints that chose thine allegiance [chose thee as their lord ];

    ante conspectum sanctorum tuorum,

    • Ps. Th. 51, 8.

  • Ðe his hyld curon,

    • Cd. 198
      • ;
    • Th. 246, 19
      • ;
    • Dan. 481
      • .

  • Gé ðe úres ðaes hálgan Godes held begangeþ

    ye who practise loyally towards our holy God,

    • Ps. Th. 133, 2.

  • Ðeáh ðe ic on mínes húses hyld gegange

    si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ,

    • 131, 3
      • .

  • Hyld hæfde his ferlorene

    he had lost the favour of his chief,

    • Cd. 16
      • ;
    • Th. 20, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 301
      • .

  • Hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild godes

    the pillar of glory had conducted the host into the favour of God,

    • 170
      • ;
    • Th. 214, 13
      • ;
    • Exod. 568
      • .

  • On gástes hyld,

    • 195
      • ;
    • Th. 243, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 440
      • .

  • Hylda leáse

    without favours,

    • Exon. 53 a
      • ;
    • Th. 186, 20
      • ;
    • Az. 21
      • .

  • Ðé ǽfre on fullum hyldum hold and on fulre lufe

    faithful to thee with full faith and with full love,

    • Chart. Th. 598, 31.

  • For eówrum hyldum ðe gé mé symble cýddon

    for your fidelity that yon have ever shewn me,

    • L. Edg. 5, 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 19
      • .
Similar entries
v. helde, hyldu, gehyld, hold; Grmm. R. A. 252.
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v.  held.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyld.” 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/20298.

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