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hlifian

  • verb [ weak ]
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hlifian, p. ode
To stand out prominently, tower up, to be raised high
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  • Ic hlifige under heofenum

    I am high raised under the heavens,

    Rood
      Kmbl. 167; Kr. 85.
  • Se beorhta beág eádigra gehwam hlifaþ ofer heáfde

    the bright crown rises o'er the head of each blessed one,

      Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 14; Ph. 604.
  • Beorgas ne muntas steápe ne stondaþ ne stánclifu heáh hlifiaþ

    nec tumulus crescit,

    56 a;
      Th. 199, 9, 27;Ph. 23, 32.
  • Hlifiaþ eáran ofer eágum

    ears stand up above my eyes,

      104b; Th. 396, 14; Rä. 16, 4.
  • Wudubeám hlifode tó heofontunglum

    the tree towered up to the stars of heaven,

      Cd. 199; Th. 247, 22; Dan. 501.
  • Hlifade,

      Beo. Th. 163, 3801; B. 81, 1898.
  • Hlifodon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1681; An. 843.
  • Hlifedon,

      Cd. 146; Th. 183, 9; Exod. 89.
  • Gesáwon salo hlifian

    saw the halls towering up,

      109; Th. 145, 10; Gen 2403; Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 16; Rä. 54, 1.
  • Heáh hlifian,

      Beo. Th. 5602; B. 2805.
  • Hlifigan,

      Cd. 139; Th. 174,12; Gen 2877: 205; Th. 253, 29; Dan. 603.
  • Hlifigean,

      66; Th 79, 35; Gen, 1321.
  • Mid ðý ðe hé wǽshlifigende ofer sǽs brim

    whilst he was standing high up above the sea,

      Blickl. Homl. 143, 5.
Derived forms
DER. ofer-hlifian.
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