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hlystan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hlystan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To list, listen to, hear, hearken
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  • Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan ðe hiera hlyst

    they fall on the heart that listens to them,

      Past. 15, 6; Swt. 97, 1.
  • Mid ðam ðe hé hlyste ðæs heofonlícan sanges

    whilst he was listening to the heavenly song,

      Homl. Th. ii. 98, 5.
  • Ne hlyst ðú ná ungesceádwíses monnes worda

    do not listen to the words of an indiscreet man,

      Prov. Kmbl. 47: Nicod. 3; Thw. 2, 5.
  • Hlyst hider

    hearken,

      Past. 49, 2; Swt. 381, 14.
  • Sunu mín hlyste mínre láre

    fili mi acquiesce consiliis meis,

      Gen. 27, 8.
  • Ne hliste ðú his worda

    non audies verba illius,

      Deut. 13, 3.
  • Hlystaþ hwæt ic secge

    hear what I say,

      L. I. P. 5; Th. ii. 310, 8.
  • Hlyste hé gódes rǽdes

    let him hearken to good counsel,

      Homl. Th. i. 54, 16.
  • Wé biddaþ ðé leóf ðæt ðú hlyste úre sprǽce

    oramus, domine, ut audias nos,

      Gen. 43, 20.
  • Man láreówum hlyste

    let teachers be listened to,

      L. Eth. vii. 19; Th. i. 332, 26.
  • Hig hlyston hím

    audiant illos,

      Lk. Skt. 16, 29.
  • Hé sceal bóclárum hlystan swyðe georne

    he must pay diligent attention to the teaching of books,

      L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 306, 8.
  • Hig fundon hine hlystende

    they found him listening,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 46: Past. 49, 5; Swt. 385, 23.
Etymology
[Laym. lusten: Orm. lisstenn: Ayenb. lheste: Icel. hlusta.]
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