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hyð

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hyð, gen. hyððe ; f.
Advantage, gain, profit, benefit
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  • Hyð vel freme

    commodum, questus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 81
    • ;
    • Som. 73, 25
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 47, 30
    • .
  • Gif feohbót áríseþ ðæt gebyreþ rihtlíce tó þearfena hyððe

    if a money-fine arises, it is properly applied for the benefit of the needy,

    • L. Eth. vi. 51
    • ;
    • Th. i. 328, 6
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  • Uton dón þearfum sume hyððe úre góda

    let us do some good to the needy with our wealth,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 100, 35
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  • Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ

    those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages,

    • i. 550, 29.
  • On earmra manna hyððum

    for the advantage of poor men,

    • L. I. P. 19
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 328, 11
    • .
  • Se hýra smeáþ embe ða woruldlícan hyðða and lǽt tó gýmeleáste ðæra sceápa lyre

    the hireling inquires after worldly advantages, and leaves to neglect the loss of the sheep,

    • Homl.Th. i. 240, 29
    • .
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v.  hyðe-líc.
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