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higian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
higian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
To hie, hasten, strive
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  • Ðonne hé higaþ tó ðǽm godcundum þingum ánum

    cum ad sola, quæ interiora sunt, nititur,

    • Past. 14, 3, Swt. 83, 14.

  • Se ðonne se ðe suá higaþ tó andweardnesse his scippendes

    qui igitur sic ad auctoris speciem anhelat,

    • 14, 6; Swt. 87, 10.

  • Se ðe æfter ðæm higaþ ðaet hé eádig síe on ðisse woralde

    qui festinat ditari,

    • Past. 44, 9; Swt. 331, 14.

  • Higaþ ealle mægne ðæt hé wolde . . .

    strives with all his might to .

    . . ,
    • Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 4
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 130; Met. 13, 65.

  • Gehiéren ða reáferas ða ðe higiaþ wið ðæs ðæt hie willaþ óðre men bereánan hwæt be him gecweden is

    cum aliena rapere intendunt, audiant, quad scriptum est,

    • Past. 44, 8; Swt. 329, 16.

  • Ðætte suá hwelc suá inweard higige tó gangenne on ða duru ðæs écean lífes

    ut, quisquis intrare æternitatis januam nititur,

    • 16, 5; Swt. 105, 14
      • :
    • Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 18
      • :
    • 37, 2; Fox 118, 16.

  • Ða ðe hé gesyhþ tó Gode higian

    those that he sees striving towards God,

    • Blickl. Homl. 29, 22.

  • Hé sceal simle higian ðæt hé weorþe geedniwad

    he must ever strive to be renewed.

    • Past. 22, 1; Swt. 169, 10.
Etymology
[
Orm. hiȝhenn
:
Laym. hiȝeden, p. pl
:
A. R. hien
:
Piers P. hyed, hiȝed, p
:
Wick. hiȝed, pp.
]
Linked entries
v.  tó-higung hígþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “higian.” 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/18998.

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