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helian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
helian, p. ode, ede
Wright's OE grammar
§526;
To hide, conceal, cover
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  • Mín unriht ic ná ne helede wið ðé

    injustitias meas non operui,

    • Ps. Th. 31, 5.
  • Heó helode hire nebb ðæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan

    she had covered her face that he might not know her,

    • Gen. 38, 15.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige

    we enjoin that no man in orders conceal his tonsure,

    • L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13.
Etymology
[
A. R. helien
:
Piers P. helien, hylien; pp. helid, hiled
:
Laym. helede, p
:
Wick. hilide
:
O. Sax. bi-helian
:
O. H. Ger. hellen
:
Ger. hehlen
.]
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v.  eorþ-hele.
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  • helian, v.