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hebban

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Grammar
hebban, occurs with dat.
Wright's OE grammar
§47; §55; §128; §231; §258; §272; §295; §297; §510;
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A weak past hefde
  • Hml. S. 8, 212.
trans.
to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position
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  • Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað,

    • Rä. 45, 5.

  • Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp,

    • Hml. S. 8, 212
      • .

  • Hyse hóf his ágen hrægl hondum úp,

    • Rä. 55, 3
      • .

  • Þecene hebban,

    • 46, 2.

  • Geworhton mé

    (the cross)

    feóndas him tó wæfersýne, héton mé heora wergas hebban,

    • Kr. 31.
to lift up what is to be borne out:
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  • Ðonne hí hebbað (hæbbað, v. l. elevent) ðá earce úp,

    • Past. 173, 4
      • .

  • Hié hófan þá bǽre and hié bǽron mid heora handnm,

    • Bl. H. 149, 20.
to lift what is to be used, lift a weapon, raise a standard:
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  • Hé bord ongeán hefeð, háligne scyld,

    • Jul. 386
      • .

  • Hófon herecyste hwíte linde, segnas on sande,

    • Exod. 301
      • .

  • Hwate weras hófon herecombol,

    • El. 25
      • .

  • Ic gefrægn módes rófan hebban herebýman,

    • Exod. 99
      • .

  • Sceal gár wesan monig . . . hæfen on handa,

    • B. 3023
      • .

  • Hafen,

    • 1290.

  • Wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum,

    • El. 123.
where part of the body is moved,
to lift the hand, head, eye, &c:
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  • Ðonne hé hóf his hond upp tó hiofonum, ðonne hófon ðá deór fótas (fét, v. l.) upp,

    • Shrn. 72, 6
      • .

  • Mið hebbendum upp égum

    eleuatis sursum oculis,

    • Jn. L. 11, 41
      • .
in figurative expressions where feeling is symbolized by such action:
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  • Hí heora heáfod wið þé hófan swíðe,

    • Ps. Th. 82, 2.

  • Cf. horn hebban,

    • Ps. Th. 148, 14
      • :
    • Past. 425, 22
      • .
In various figurative expressions.
to raise, lift up the voice, give utterance to words, make a sound
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  • Wé hófan lofsonga word,

    • Sat. 154
      • .

  • Cleopa, hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme

    quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam,

    • Past. 91, 19
      • :
    • Wlfst. 283, 1
      • .

  • [Þæt hé] hófe háligu word,

    • Dan. 543.

  • Wæs lof hafen . . . hí Fæder weorðodon, and þone Sunu wordum heredon,

    • El. 890
      • :
    • Jul. 693
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  • Wæs wóp hæfen, hlúd heriges cyrm,

    • Án. 1157
      • :
    • Gú. 233
      • .
to raise in position, or in well-being, to exalt, elevate
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  • Ábíd Dryhten and [hé] hefeð úp

    (exaltabit)

    ðé þæt ðú ineardie eorðan,

    • Ps. V. 36, 34
      • .

  • Hí hófun Pendan suna tó cynincge

    leuato in regem filio Pendan,

    • Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • Sch. 314, 21
      • .

  • Tó ðǽm ðæt hí hí hæbben (áhebben, v. l.) ofer ðá ðe hié heora sellað

    ne super eos se, quibus terrena largiuntur, extollant,

    • Past. 319, 17
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  • Hád tó hebban swá heofonsteorran,

    • Az. 37
      • .

  • Tó hebbanne,

    • Dan. 321
      • .
to extol, exalt
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  • Hí heað and hebbað þone hálgan blǽd,

    • Sch. 42
      • .

  • Hebbað úrne God

    exaltate Dominum,

    • Ps. Th. 98, 10
      • .
to set up, institute.
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Cf. rǽran
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  • Hí feóndscype rǽrdon, hófon hǽðengield,

    • Jul. 15
      • .
to raise a question, bring up a case
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  • Wolde se cing ðá spǽce beforan eallon his witan úp hebban,

    • C. D. iii. 315 II.
      • ,
to direct the mind to a lofty object
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  • Dó þínes scealces sáwle blíðe, for ðon ic hí tó ðé hebbe

    ad te animam meam levavi,

    • Ps. Th. 85, 3
      • .

  • Tó ðé ic hóf sáwle míne,

    • Ps. Srt. 85, 4
      • .

  • Hebbað eówer mód tó him,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • F. 258, 22
      • .
to lift and carry, bear to or from
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  • Þá apostolas hófon Marian líchoman úp and hine ásetton on neorxna wanges gefeán,

    • Bl. H. 157, 33
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  • Hófon hine wítigan úp tó éðle,

    • Sat. 460
      • .

  • Hý hine hófun on þá heán lyft,

    • Gú. 383
      • .

  • Him wæs hafen beód tó,

    • Bd. 3, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 209, 13
      • .
intrans.
To rise, mount
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  • Hé stah úp tó ðam stépele and of ðam stépele hóf upp on lyfte, swylce hé wolde wið þæs heofones weard,

    • Wlfst. 100, 3.

  • Hefe úp ofer heofenas

    exaltare super caelos,

    • Ps. Srt. 56, 6, 12
      • .
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hebban.” 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/52115.

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