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hoðma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hoðma, an; m.
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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  • Ðǽr wísna fela wearþ inlíhted ðe ǽr under hoðman biholen lǽgon

    there many things were illumined that before lay concealed in darkness,

      Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 32; Cri. 45.
  • Rídend swefaþ hæleþ in hoðman

    knights and warriors sleep in the darkness [of death ],

      Beo. Th. 4907; B. 2458.
Etymology
[Cf. heóðu.]
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  • hoðma, n.