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hopian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hopian, p. ode, ede
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §536;
To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.]
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  • Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hé hit nylle sylf dón

    I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it,

    • Chart. Th. 548, 20.

  • Ðú dysegost manna ðú hopast ðæt ðú hæbbe þoftrǽdene tó ðam áwyrigedan deófle

    thou most foolish of men, thou trustest that thou hast fellowship with the accursed devil,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 416, 14.

  • Swá eác úre hiht ne becom ná tó ðam ðe hé hopaþ

    so also our hope has not arrived at that for which it hopes,

    • i. 250, 25.

  • Ðonne hé eall forsihþ eorþlícu gód and hopaþ tó ðám écum,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 87;
    • Met. 7, 44.

  • Se synfulla hopaþ symle ðæs rihtwísan

    considerat peccator justum,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 32.

  • Ðæt ðæt Maria dyde tó ðam wé hopiaþ

    that which Mary did, for that we hope,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 442, 33.

  • Landfranc gewát of ðissum lífe ac wé hopiaþ ðæt hé férde tó ðæt heofanlíce ríce.

    • Chr. 1089;
    • Erl. 226, 15.

  • Ic tó ðé hopode

    in te speravi,

    • Ps. Th. 30, 17.

  • Hé hopode ðæt hé gesáwe sum tácen

    sperabat signum aliquod videre,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 8.

  • Hæbbende ðæs ðe wé ǽr hopedon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 250, 35.

  • Wé tó ðínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan.

    • Blickl. Homl. 87, 11.

  • Hopedon

    sperabamus,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 21.

  • Ðá fíf cyningas hopodon tó lífe

    the five kings hoped to save their lives,

    • Jos.10, 16.

  • Ne hopige nán man tó ðyssere leásunge,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 572, 21.

  • Hit nys nó unnyt ðǽt wé hopien tó Gode forðæm hé ne went swá swá wé dóþ

    it is not vain for us to have hope in God; for he does not change as we do,

    • Bt. 42;
    • Fox 258, 20.

  • Ðæt hí swá hopigen tó ðære forgiefnesse

    ut sic de spe fiduciam habeant,

    • Past. 53, 5;
    • Swt. 415, 19.

  • Bebeódaþ ðæt hí ne hopian on heora ungewissum welan

    bid them not to put their trust in their uncertain riches,

    • Homl. Th. i. 256, 25.

  • Ne þearf hé hopian nó ðæt hé ðonan móte

    he has no ground for hoping that he may go thence,

    • Judth. 10;
    • Thw. 23, 12;
    • Jud. 117.

  • Ða hopiendan on ðé

    sperantes in te,

    • Ps. Spl. 16, 8.
Etymology
[M. H. Ger. hoffen.]
Derived forms
tó-hopian.
Linked entries
v.  á-hopian tó-hopian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hopian.” 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/19490.

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