hlehhan

verb [ strong ]

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Grammar

hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan

Wright's OE grammar

§5; §7; §47; §69; §170; §177; §239; §254; §272; §326; §484; §510;

To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride

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Ic hliche

rideo,
Hé gedép ðæt wé hlihhaþ on morgen

ad matutinum lætitia,
Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ

beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis,
Wǽ iúh ða ðe hlǽhas forðon gie woepaþ

væ vobis qui ridetis nunc quia lugebitis,
25.
Hlihgaþ,
Hlihaþ,
Hliehaþ,
Ðonne wé hliehaþ gligmonna unnyttes cræftes

when we laugh at the useless art of gleemen,
Ne hlóh ic ná ... ac ðú hlóge non risi ...

sed risisti,
Ðú hlóge and ic weóp

thou didst laugh and I wept,
Se eorl wæs ðé blíðra hlóh ðá,
Hlógun ł téldon hine

deridebant eum,
Ða apostoli hlógon ðæra deófla leásunga and se ealdorman cwæþ mé stent ege ðysse andsware and ge hlihaþ

the apostles laughed at the devils' lying words, and the general said 'Fear comes upon me at this answer, and you laugh,'
Ealle geseónde mé hlógon on bysmor

omnes videntes me deriserunt me,
Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon hý teóþ ðé ðæs ðe hý sylfe habbaþ

though you are derided [or blamed?] for anything, and know yourself to be innocent, you shall not care what they say; they accuse you of what they have themselves,
Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesáwe crist selfne and ðæt hé him hlóge tó

he said that he saw Christ himself, and that he smiled upon him,
Hlehhan ne þorftun

they had no need to laugh,
Ne þorfton hlúde

hlihhan,
Hwæt sceal ic ðonne búton hlehchan [Cot. MS. hliehhan] ðæs ðonne gé tó lose weorþaþ

what shall I do but laugh at it, when you come to ruin;
ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo,
Forðon hí hlyhhan mǽgen

for this reason they can laugh,
Ða deóflu sægdon hlúde hlihhende

the devils said, laughing loudly,
Hlichende,
Mid hlihendum múþe

with a smile on his lips,
Ðǽm hlæhendum

ridentibus,

Etymology

[Orm. lahhȝhenn. Laym. lehȝen, lihȝen; p. loh, pl. loȝen: A. R. lauhwen: Ayenb. lheȝȝe: Piers P. Chauc. laughen: Wick. p. leiȝede; Goth. hlahjan; p. hlóh: O. Sax. hlahan; p. hlóg, pp. hlagan O. Frs. hlaka, p. hlackade: Icel. hlæja, p. hló, pl. hlógu; pp. hleginn: O. H. Ger. hlahan; p. hlóc: Ger. lachen.]

Derived forms

DER. a-, be, bí-hlehhan.

Linked entries

v. a-hlehhan hlichan hlihan.

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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hlehhan.” 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/19210.

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