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hlýdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hlýdan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §530; §643;
To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate
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  • Ic hlýde

    strepo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28;
    • Som. 30, 63.

  • Ic hlýde

    garrulo,

    • 36;
    • Som. 38, 29.

  • Se tympano biþ geworht of drygum felle and ðæt fell hlýt ðonne hit mon sliehþ

    in tympano sicca et percussa pellis resonat,

    • Past. 46, 2;
    • Swt. 347, 5.

  • Ðíne fýnd hlýdaþ

    inimici lui sonaverunt,

    • Jud. 5;
    • Thw. 156, 1:
    • Exon. 20 b;
    • Th. 55, 14;
    • Cri. 883.

  • Se uncer hláford hlýdde ðǽr úte

    that master of ours was vociferating without,

    • Shrn. 43, 14.

  • Hlóh and hlýdde

    he laughed and clamoured,

    • Judth. 10;
    • Thw. 21, 18;
    • Jud. 23.

  • Ðá hlýddon hig and cwǽdon

    at illi invaliscebant dicentes,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 5.

  • Ða hé geseah hwistleras and hlýdende menigeo

    cum vidisset tibicines et turbam tumultuantem,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23.

  • Hlýdende

    clamando,

    • Past. 15, 2;
    • Swt. 91, 22, 23.

  • Hlýdende swíðust innan

    sounding chiefly from within,

    • L. M. 2, 46;
    • Lchdm. ii. 258, 19.

  • Se ðe wylle drincan and dwæslíce hlýdan drince him æt hám ná on Drihtnes húse

    he who wants to drink and make a foolish noise let him drink at home, not in the Lord's house,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 35;
    • Th. ii. 357, 40.

  • Hét hí mid handum sleán on ðæt hleór ðæt heó hlýdan ne sceolde

    he bade strike her with their hands on the face that she should not declaim,

    • Homl. Swt. 8, 70.
Etymology
[O. Sax. a-hlúdian:
O. H. Ger. hlútian sonare, clamare, concrepare:
Ger. lauten.]
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v.  hlýde hlýding hlýdend.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hlýdan.” 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/19314.

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