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HÝD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
HÝD, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§132; §390;
HIDE, skin:
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  • Hýd

    cutis vel pellis; corium vel tergus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 73
    • ;
    • Som. 71, 31, 32
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44, 17, 18.
  • Getannede hýd

    subacta coria vel medicata vel confecta,

    • 17
    • ;
    • Som. 58, 103
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 22, 19.
  • Hiora hýd biþ swíde gód tó sciprǽpum

    their [walruses'] hide is very good for ship-ropes,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 18, 2.
  • Him seó hýd áheardod wæs on dǽm cneówum swá olfendan cneó beóþ

    the skin on his knees had got as hard as a camel's knees are,

    • Shrn. 93, 10.
  • Þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda

    through the wounds of his skin extinguished the wounds of his mind,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 156, 31.
  • Twegen sciprápas óðer of hwæles hýde geworht óðer of sioles,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 18, 22
    • .
  • Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde

    the boat was made of two hides and a half,

    • Chr. 891
    • ;
    • Erl. 88, 9
    • .
  • Þincþ him [cattle] genóg on ðam ðe hí binnan heora ǽgenre hýde habbaþ tóeácan ðam fódre ðe him gecyndelíc biþ,

    • Bt. 14, 2
    • ;
    • Fox. 44, 23
    • .
  • Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá binnan gehálre hýde geselle x scill. tó bóte gif sió hýd síe tóbrocen ...

    if a man fracture another's rib without breaking the skin let him pay ten shillings in compensation; if the skin be broken ...,

    • L. Alf. pol. 70
    • ;
    • Th. i. 98, 11-13.
  • Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hé hét hý behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang,

    • Ors. 4, 6
    • ;
    • Bos. 85, 1
    • .
  • Hé healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

    And gif hé ða hýde áweg sylle gilde xx óran,

    • L. Eth. iii. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 296, 118
    • .
  • Hwæt sind gescý búton deádra nýtena hýda?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 280, 30.
  • Ic bicge hýda and fell

    ego emo cutes et pelles,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 29.
  • Horses hýda hí habbaþ him tó hrægle

    pelliculas equorum ad vestimentum habentes,

    • Nar. 38, 2.
  • In the Laws the word is used in technical phrases relating to flogging [cf. colloquial 'to give one a hiding']
  • Wealh gafolgelda cxx scill. ... weales hýd twelfum

    the 'wer' of a tenant of British race is one hundred and twenty shillings ... the 'hide-gild' of a man of British race is twelve shillings [the 'hide-gild' of a þeów (v. infra), whose wer was half that of a wealh, was six shillings; if the same proportion was kept, the weales hýd would be, as here, twelve shillings],

    • L. In. 23
    • ;
    • Th. i. 118, 4
    • .
  • Þeówman þolie his hýde oððe hýdgyldes

    let a slave be flogged or pay the 'hide-gild,'

    • L. E. G. 7, 8
    • ;
    • Th. i. 172, 1, 7
    • :
    • L. C. S. 45
    • ;
    • 47
    • ;
    • Th. i. 402, 16, 26.
  • Ðara hyrda ǽlc þolige ðære hýde,

    • L. Edg. S. 9
    • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 3.
  • Gif þeów deóflum geldaþ vi scill. gebéte oððe his hýd

    if a slave offer to devils let him pay six shillings or be flogged,

    • L. Wih. 13
    • :
    • 15
    • :
    • 10
    • ;
    • Th. i. 40, S. 11
    • :
    • 38, 22.
  • Gif hwá his hýde forwyrce and cirican geierne síe him sió swingelle forgifen

    if any one be liable to flogging [lit. forfeit his hide] and escape into a church, let the scourging be forgiven him,

    • L. In. 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 104, 15.
  • Se ðe ǽnig ðissa dó, gilde wíte, fríman xii ór, þeówman ða hýde,

    • L. N. P. L. 56
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 298, 25.
    • v. Grm. R. A. 703
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. A. R. O. and N. hude
:
O. Frs. húd, héd
:
Icel. húð a hide
:
also a law term as above, e.g. fyrirgöra húð sinni to forfeit one's hide; leysa húð sína to redeem one's hide; cf. hýða to flog
:
O. H. Ger. hút cutis, corium, pellis, tergus, birsa
:
Ger. haut.
]
Linked entries
v.  hýd-gild.
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