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hyhtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hyhtan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice
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  • Ic under fiðrum hihte

    sub pennis ejus sperabis,

    • Ps. Th. 90, 4
      • .

  • Ic ðé hihte tó

    sperantem in te,

    • 85, 2.

  • Hihte ic tó ðínra handa hálgum dǽdum

    in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo,

    • 91, 3
      • .

  • Heorte mín and flǽsc hyhtaþ georne on ðone lifgendan Drihten

    cor meum et caro mea exultaverunt in Dominum vivum,

    • 83, 2.

  • Hé hyhte tó mé

    in me speravit,

    • 91, 14.

  • Ðám [ðe] longe his hyhtan hidercyme

    to those who had long hoped for his advent,

    • Exon. 10 a
      • ;
    • Th. 9, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 142
      • .

  • Sione bearn symble hihtan

    filii Sion exultant,

    • Ps. Th. 149, 2.

  • Se þeóda láreów lǽrde ða rícan ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum, ac hihton on God ðæra góda syllend

    the teacher of the gentiles taught the rich that they should not set their hope on deceitful riches, but should hope in God, the giver of good things,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 328, 1.

  • Wé cunnon hyhtan ðæt wé heofones leóht ágan móton

    we can hope that we may possess the light of heaven,

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 84
      • ;
    • Leás. 44
      • .

  • Ic ellen wylle habban and hlyhhan and mé hyhtan tó

    I will have courage, and laugh and look forward with hope,

    • Exon. 119 a
      • ;
    • Th. 456, 22
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 70
      • :
    • 12 b
      • ;
    • Th. 21, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 340
      • .

  • Gód ys on Dryhten tó hyhtanne

    bonum est confidere in Domino,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 9.
Etymology
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O. and N. hihte.
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Similar entries
v. ge-hyhtan.
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v.  hihtan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyhtan.” 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/20287.

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