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hlifian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
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
ofer-hlifian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlifian.” 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/19264.

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