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hlísa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hlísa, hligsa, hliosa, an; m.
Sound, rumour, report, reputation, renown, fame, glory
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  • Hlísa

    fama,

    • Wrt. Voc. 76, 1.

  • Ðá férde hys hlísa intó ealle Syrian,

    abiit opinio ejus in totam Syrian,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 4, 24.

  • Ðes hlísa wearþ cúþ ðæra leóda cynegum ðe begeondan Iordane eardiende wǽron

    this report became known to the kings of the nations that were dwelling beyond Jordan,

    • Jos. 9, 1.

  • Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten

    signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris,

    • Bt. 19;
    • Fox 70, 10: 68, 21, 4.

  • Hí wilnodon ðæs hlísan æfter heora deáþe,

    • 18, 4;
    • Fox 68, 9.

  • Sume hí gebycgaþ weorþlícne hlísan ðisses andweardan lífes mid heora ágnum deáþe forþam hí wénaþ ðæt hí næbben nán oðer fioh ðæs hlísan [hliosan, Bod.] wyrðe bútan hiora ágnum fiore

    nonnulli venerandum sæculi nomen, gloriosæ pretio mortis, emerunt,

    • Bt. 39, 11;
    • Fox 228, 27.

  • Ðeáh ðé monig mon herige ne gelýf ðú him tó wel: ac ðæs hlísan þenc ðé silf hwæt ðæs sóþes sý

    though many men praise thee, do not believe them too much; but thyself consider how much of this reputation is true,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 69.

  • Gif wé mid hlýsan gódra weorca úrne Drihten sécaþ

    if we come to our Lord with the fame of good works,

    • Homl. Th. i. 222, 4:
    • Exon. 34 b;
    • Th. 111, 17;
    • Gú. 128: 33 a;
    • Th. 105, 31;
    • Gú. 31.

  • Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hligsan [hlísan, Hatt MS.] and his noman mǽrsige

    terminum vero suum dilatare est opinionis suæ nomen extendere,

    • Past. 48, 2;
    • Swt. 366, 13.

  • Ðá gehýrde heó Salomones hlísan

    she heard of Solomon's fame,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 584, 8:
    • Exon. 54 a;
    • Th. 191, 9;
    • Az. 85.

  • Gé gehýraþ gefeoht and gefeohta hlísan

    audituri estis prælia et opiniones præliorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 24, 6.
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v. hlígan.
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v.  hlígan hligsa hlýsa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlísa.” 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/19280.

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