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hlyt

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.
A lot, portion
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  • Hlyt

    sors,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 3.

  • Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste

    funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris,

      Ps. Th. 15, 6.

  • On handum ðínum hlyt mín

    in manibus tuis sortes meæ,

      Ps. Spl. 30, 18.

  • Hlyt wísode ðǽr hie dryhtnes ǽ déman sceoldon

    the lot appointed where they should judge the Lord's law,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 18; Ap. 9.

  • On hlyte

    sorti,

      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 18.

  • Ðú hit tódǽlst mid hlyte

    tu eam sorte divides,

      Deut. 31, 7.

  • Mid háligra hlyte wunigan

    to dwell with the saints,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1639; El. 821.

  • Hí sendon hlyt

    miserunt sortem,

      Ps. Spl. 21, 17.

  • Swá him dryhten sylf hlyt getǽhte

    as God himself assigned a lot to them,

      Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: 28; An. 14.

  • Ne séc ðú þurh hlytas hú ðé geweorþan scyle

    do not seek by casting of lots what thy fate is to be,

      Prov. Kmbl. 32.

  • Gif hwá hlytas begá

    si quis sortilegia exerceat,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 19; Th. ii. 210, 11.
Etymology
[The Pastoral has the form hliet (v. hlét), which seems to correspond with the Gothic hlauts and would suggest ý not y in hlyt. But compare Icel. hlutr, hlaut, Cl. and Vig. Dict.]
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v. hlot.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlyt.” 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/19335.

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