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hólunga

  • adverb
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hólunga, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§554;
In vain, to no purpose, without cause, without intent
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  • Hólunga

    sine causa,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 9.

  • Nales hólunge

    not without cause,

      Cd. 48; Th. 61, 14; Gen. 997.

  • Nalles hólinga,

      Beo. Th. 2156; B. 1076.

  • Wæs his fæder gelǽred in ða gerýno Cristes geleáfan ac hólinga

    pater ejus sacramentis Christiana fidei imbutus esl, sed frustra,

      Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 29.

  • Gif hé hit hólinga dó fæste i geár

    si casu fecerit, i annum jejunet,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 22; Th. ii. 230, 27.

  • Ðære tíde wæs ðæt mǽste wæll geworden on Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican. Ne wæs ðæt hólenga forðon óðer ðæra heretogena wæs hǽðen óðer wæs ðam hǽðenan grimra

    quo tempore maxima est facta strages in ecclesia vel gente Nordanhymbrorum, maxime quod unus ex ducibus paganus, alter erat pagano sævior,

      Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 19.

  • Mid ðý wé wið ðam winde and wið ðam sǽ holonga campodan

    cumque cum vento pelagoque frustra certantes,

      5, 1; S. 613, 27.
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v.  hólinga.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hólunga.” 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/19476.

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