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hlóþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hlóþ, e; f.
spoil, booty
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  • Hé yteþ hlóþe

    comedet prædam,

      Bd. 1. 34: S. 499, 27.

  • Mycle hlóþe þurh his láre and fulluhte ðam ealdan feónde áfyrde

    magnas antiquo hosti prædas docendo et baptizando eripuit,

      2, 20; S. 522, 22.
a band, troop, company, gang, crew, body of robbers
Þeófas wé hátaþ óþ vii men from vii hlóþ óþ xxxv siððan biþ here, L. In. 13; Th. i. 101, 13. Ðý geáre gegadrode on hlóþ wícenga in that year a gang of vikings collected, Chr. 879; Erl. 80. 28. Com ðá hǽðenra hlóþ háliges neósan then came a band of heathens visiting the saint, Andr. Kmbl. 2777; An. 1391: 3085; An. 1545. Feónda hlóþ a fiendish crew, Exon. 46 a; Th. 157, 5; Gú. 887. Gif mon twýhyndne mon unsynnigne mid hlóþe ofsleá gielde se ðæs sleges andetta síe wer and wíte and ǽghwelc mon ðe on síþe wǽre geselle xxx scill. tó hlóþbóte if any one in company with others slay an unoffending 'twyhynde' man let him who acknowledges the blow pay 'wer' and 'wite;' and let every one who was engaged in the matter pay thirty shillings as fine, L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 6-9. Ne cóman hig ná tó fiohtanne ac ðæt hig woldan mid hlóþe geniman they did not come to fight, but with the intention of robbing, Shrn. 38, 10. Gesch hé hǽðenra hlóþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1984; An. 994: 84; An. 42. Heó ðæt weorud ágeaf hlóþe of ðam hátan hreþre she gave up that multitude, troops from her hot bosom, Exon. 24 b; Th. 71, 29; Cr. 1163: 75 b; Th. 283, 6; Jnl. 676. Hé ðá his here on tú tódǽlde sum ymb ða burg sætt and hé mid sumum hlóþum fór and monega byrg bereáfode on Cheranisse inde propter agendam prædam et curandam obsidionem divisit exercitum. Ipse autem cum fortissimis profectus, multas Cheronesi urbes cepit: profligatisque populis opes abstulit, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 116, 17: 3, 1; Swt. 100, 2. Fóran hie hlóþum they went in bands,
    Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 12: Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 1; Gú. 868: 99 b; Th. 373, 23; Seel. 114.
the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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  • Be hlóþe. Seðe hlóþe betygen síe geswicne se hine be cxx hída oððe swá béte,

      L. In. 14; Th. i. 110, 15.
Derived forms
DER. here-hlóþ.
Linked entries
v.  hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlóþ.” 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/19293.

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