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hyhtan

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to look (mentally) with expectation and desire, look forward with hope to
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  • Wé tó þínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan,

      Bl. H. 87, 12.

  • Uton tó þám beteran hycgan and hyhtan

    let us turn our thoughts and hopes to the better,

      Leás. 44.
to trust,
have confidence in
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  • Eádig wer sé ðe hihtaþ (

    sperat

    ) on him,
      Ps. L. 33, 9.

  • Móises in ðǽm gié hyhtas,

      Jn. L. 5, 45.

  • In noman his þeóde hyhtað,

      Mt. L. R. 12, 21.

  • On Drihtne hihtiende,

      Ps. L. 25, 1.
to look with confidence to
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  • For ðon hé hyhte tó mé, ic hine lýse

    quoniam in me speravit, liberabo eum,

      Ps. Th. 90, 14.
to hope for something
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  • Hé hyhtade bécon hwelc-hweogne from him gesegen wére (tó geseánne, L.)

    sperabat signum aliquod uidere ab eo fieri,

      Lk. R. 23, 8.
to expect (without idea of desire)
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  • Cymeð ðe hláferd in dæg of ðǽm ne hyhtas ne ł woenas (

    sperat

    ),
      Mt. L. 24, 50.

  • Hyhtað ł woenað,

      Lk. L. R. 12, 46.

  • Gif gié sellas ðǽm from ðǽm gié hyhtað tó onfóane,

      Lk. L. 6, 34.

  • Nóht on ðec hyhtendo

    nihil in te sperantes,

    35.
to entertain feelings of joy, to exult
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  • ꝥ cild onsprang and ongeán his Hláford hyhte (cf. exultauit in gaudio infans. Lk. I. 44), Bl H. 165, 29.

  • Hyhton nú and blissian eall geleáffull folc,

      91, 6.

  • Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas,

      Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34.
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v. be-hyhtan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyhtan.” 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/53680.

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