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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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