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hlýpa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hlýpa, hliépa, an; m.
That which helps in leaping, in leaping on or mounting a horse, a horse-block
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  • Siððan hé wæs ðæm cyninge to ðon geset óþ his lífes ende, ðæt hé sceolde swá oft stúpian swá hé tó his horse wolde, and hé ðonne se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan

    hoc infamis officii continua donec vixit damnatione sortitus, ut ipse acclinis humi, regem super adscensurum in equo dorso adtolleret,

      Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 274. 25.

  • Æt hinde hlýpan,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 249, 35.
Etymology
[v. Halliwell's Dict. 'leaping-block a horse-block: leaping the operation of lowering tall hedges for the deer to leap over.']
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v.  hliépa.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hlýpa.” 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/19327.

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  • hlýpa, n.

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