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hyse

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hyse, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A young man, warrior
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  • Hyse cwom gangan

    there came a young man,

    • Exon. 113 b
      • ;
    • Th. 436, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 55, 1
      • .

  • Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen cniht on gecampe

    by his side stood a youth not yet grown up, a boy in battle,

    • Byrht. Th. 136, 17
      • ;
    • By. 152.

  • Hyse [Beowulf ],

    • Beo. Th. 2438
      • ;
    • B. 1217
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1190
      • ;
    • An. 595
      • :
    • 1622
      • ;
    • An. 812
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1043
      • ;
    • El. 523
      • .

  • Hé lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals

    he pierced the man's neck with his javelin,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 60
      • ;
    • By. 141
      • .

  • Hysse ðínum

    puero tuo,

    • Ps. Th. 85, 15.

  • Tó Abrahame his ágenum hysse

    ad Abraham puerum suum,

    • 104, 37.

  • Ðissum hysse hold

    gracious to this man,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1099
      • ;
    • An. 550.

  • Hysas,

    • Byrht. Th. 135, 24
      • ;
    • By. 123.

  • Beornas feóllon, hyssas lágon,

    • 135, 2
      • ;
    • By. 112.

  • Noldon ða hyssas hýran lárum hǽðnum

    the youths would not listen to heathen lore,

    • Cd. 183
      • ;
    • Th. 229, 14
      • ;
    • Dan. 217
      • :
    • 184
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 231
      • .

  • Hét hyssa hwæne

    bade each man,

    • Byrht. Th. 131, 2
      • ;
    • By. 2
      • :
    • 135, 34
      • ;
    • By. 128
      • :
    • Fins. Th. 96
      • ;
    • Fin. 48.
Similar entries
v. þegn-hyse.
Linked entries
v.  hise hós hese.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hyse.” 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/20394.

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