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heófan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
heófan, p. de
To lament, grieve, wail, mourn
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  • Hungre heófeþ

    laments for hunger,

    • Exon. 91 b; Th. 342, 30
      • :
    • Gn. Ex. 150.

  • Heófaþ mid handum [Ps. Th. wépaþ and heówaþ]

    plaudite manibus,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 46, 1
      • :
    • 97, 8.

  • Wé heófdon and gé ne weópon

    lamentavimus et non plorastis,

    • Lk. Skt. 7, 32.

  • Gif hé mid inweardre heortan heófe

    if he heartily grieve,

    • L. Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10.

  • Heófende spræc

    lamenting he spoke,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559.

  • Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne

    warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved,

    • Beo. Th. 6275; B. 3142.
Etymology
[
Goth. hiufan; p. hauf,
v.
  • Lk. 7, 32
:
O. Sax. heoƀandi, hioƀandi, part. pres
:
O. H. Ger. hiufit luget; hiufanti luctuosus.
]
Similar entries
v. heófian, heáfan.
Linked entries
v.  heáfan heófian heowaþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heófan.” 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/18708.

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