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hindan

  • adverb
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hindan, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§446; §558;
From behind, at the back, in the rear, behind
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  • Ðá hét hé gewríðan ðone páþan and ðone ððerne preóst tó his hricge hindan

    then he ordered the pope to be bound, and the other priest behind to his back,

      Homl. Th. ii. 310, 31.

  • Hindan þyrel

    pierced from behind,

      Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 24; Ra. 87, 5.

  • Is him ðæt heáfod hindan gréne

    its head is green at the back,

      60a; Th. 218, 12; Ph. 293.

  • Hie hindan ofridan ne meahte

    could not overtake them,

      Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 21: 894; Erl. 92, 22: Erl. 93, 7: 911; Erl. 100, 26: Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 25.

  • Heówan herefléman hindan þearle

    smote sorely the fugitives, pressing on their rear,

      Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 23; Æðelst. 23.

  • Se cyng férde him æt hindan and offerde hi the king marched in their rear [pursued them] and overtook them, 1016; Erl. 158, l. Pharao férde him æt hindan

    Pharao pursued after them,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 226.
Etymology
[Goth. hindana beyond: O. Sax. bi-hindan: O. H. Ger. hintana: Ger. hinten.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hindan.” 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/19069.

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