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hleóðor

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hleóðor, es; n.
hearing
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  • Ontýn eárna hleóðor ðæt gehérnes hehtful weorðe on gefeán blíðse forþweard tó ðé

    auditui meo dabis gaudium et lætitiam,

    • Ps. C. 50, 77;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 77.
[Cf. Icel. hljóð, e.g. gefa hljóð, biðja hljóðs to give, ask for, a hearing:
Goth. hliuþ.]
what is heard, sound, noise, voice, speech, song
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  • Ðá hleóðor cwom býman stefne ofer burhware

    when the sound came of the voice of the trumpet over the city-dwellers,

    • Cd. 181;
    • Th. 226, 29;
    • Dan. 178:
    • Exon. 86 b;
    • Th. 325, 2;
    • Víd. 105: 94 b;
    • Th. 353, 46;
    • Reim. 28: Andr. Kmbl. 3101;
    • An. 1553.

  • Heofonlíce hleóðor gehýred wæs

    a heavenly voice was heard,

    • Exon. 52 a;
    • Th. 181, 22;
    • Gú. 1297:
    • Cd. 162;
    • Th. 204, 6;
    • Exod. 417:
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1478;
    • An. 740.

  • Hleóðor háligra

    the voice of saints,

    • Exon. 65 b;
    • Th. 241, 14;
    • Ph. 656: 108 b;
    • Th. 414, 9;
    • Rä. 32, 17.

  • Biþ ðæs hleóðres swég eallum songcræftum swétra

    the sound of its voice is sweeter than all singing,

    • 57 b;
    • Th. 206, 24;
    • Ph. 131: 52 a;
    • Th. 181, 15;
    • Gú. 1293.

  • Heriaþ hine on hleóðre béman

    laudate eum in sono tubæ,

    • Ps. Th. 150, 3: 107, 2:
    • Exon. 104 a;
    • Th. 395, 8;
    • Rä. 15, 4.

  • Him brego sægde æt hleóðre hwæt hé freman wolde

    in speech with him the Lord told him what he meant to do,

    • Cd. 64;
    • Th. 78, 8;
    • Gen. 1290.

  • Ic onhyrge gúþfugles hleóðor

    I imitate the war bird's [eagle's] voice,

    • 106 b;
    • Th. 406, 22;
    • Rä. 25, 5: 81 b;
    • Th. 307, 8;
    • Seef. 20: 49 b;
    • Th. 171, 19;
    • Gú. 1129: 42 b;
    • Th. 143, 7;
    • Gú. 657.

  • Hleóðra wyn

    the delightful sound of the voices heard in heaven,

    • 56 a;
    • Th. 198, 18;
    • Ph. 12.

  • Stefnum herigaþ hálgum hleóðrum heofoncyninges þrym

    with voices and holy songs they praise the glory of heaven's king,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1445;
    • An. 723:
    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 94;
    • Met. 13, 47:
    • Exon. 46 a;
    • Th. 156, 22;
    • Gú. 878:
    • Cd. 81;
    • Th. 102, 1;
    • Gen. 1693.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. hlioda sonitus:
cf. also Icel. hljóð sound; hljóðan a sound, tune:
Dan. lyd:
Swed. ljud.]
Derived forms
efen-, ofer-, swég-, word-hleóðor.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hleóðor.” 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/19232.

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