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hlinian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest
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  • Ic hlinige

    cubo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24;
    • Som. 25, 55.

  • Ne ðǽr hleonaþ unsméðes wiht

    nor does aught unsmooth rest there,

    • Exod. 56 a;
    • Th. 199, 14;
    • Ph. 25.

  • Ða ðe him godes egsa hleonaþ ofer heáfdum

    those on whose heads rests the fear of God,

    • 33 b;
    • Th. 106, 20;
    • Gú. 44.

  • Monige hleonigaþ mid Abraham

    multi recumbent cum Abraham,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11.

  • Hlionigaþ [hlinigaþ, Lind.] ł restaþ

    accumbent,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29.

  • Hlionede hé in húse

    discumbente eo in domo,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 9, 10.

  • Hleonede

    [hlionade, Lind.]
    • 26, 20.

  • Án ðæra leorning cnihta hlinode on ðæs hælendes bearme

    erat recumbens unus ex discipulis ejus in sinu iesu,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 23.

  • Æt ðæm uferran ende Drihten hlinode

    Domino desuper innitente,

    • Past. 16, 3;
    • Swt. 101, 20.

  • Ánra gehwylc hleonade wið handa

    each one leaned on his hand,

    • Cd. 222;
    • Th. 291, 19;
    • Sat. 433.

  • Ne hlina [hliona, Rush.] ðú

    non discumbas,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 8.

  • Hí sécaþ ðæt hie fyrmest hlynigen æt ǽfengieflum

    primos in cœnis recubitus quærunt,

    • Past. 1, 2;
    • Swt. 27, 7.

  • Hé fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleonian funde

    he found the mountain trees resting on the grey rock,

    • Beo. Th. 2835;
    • B. 1415.

  • Ofer ða se hálga bisceop hlyniende forþférde

    cui incumbens obiit,

    • Bd. 3, 17;
    • S. 544, 18.

  • Heó wæs hleonigende ofer hire ræste

    she was lying on her bed,

    • Blickl. Homl. 145, 26.

  • Fond hlingendne freán

    found his master lying in his bed,

    • Exon. 49 b;
    • Th. 171, 2;
    • Gú. 1120.
Etymology
[Laym. leonede, p:
A. R. leonie, subj:
O. Sax. hlinon:
O. H. Ger. hlinen obcumbere, incumbere, recumbere, inniti.]
Derived forms
ge-, on-hlinian:
Similar entries
v. hlǽnan.
Linked entries
v.  a-hlinian hleonian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hlinian.” 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/19276.

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