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hlæst

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hlæst, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
Burden, freight, lading
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  • Eów is holmes hlæst and hecfonfuglas and wildu deór on geweald geseald

    into your power is given the ocean's freight [fishes] and the fowls of the air and wild beasts,

      Cd. 74; Th. 91, 20; Gen. 1515.
  • Hwá ðæm hlæste onféng who received that freight, Beo. Th. 104; B. 52: Cd. 71; Th. 85, 29; Gen. 1422.Hlæst beran

    to bear a burden,

      Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 23; Rä. 2, 15.
  • Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum

    ego ascendo navem cum mercibus meis,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31.
Etymology
[Chauc. last: Prompt. Parv. leste, nowmbyr, as heryngys, and other lyke legio: O. Frs. hlest: Icel. hlass a cart-load: Ger. last onus.]
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v. hladan, brim-hlæst.
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