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hyht-ful

  • adjective
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hyht-ful, adj.
Full of hope or joy, joyous, exultant, glad, pleasant
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  • Ic þurh Judas ǽr hyhtful gewearþ and nú gehýned eom þurh Judas eft

    through Judas formerly I became exultant, and now again through Judas am I humiliated,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1842
    • ;
    • El. 923.
  • Ontýn eárna hleóðor ðæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorþe

    auditui meo dabis gaudium,

    • Ps. C. 50, 78
    • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 78
    • .
  • Him on láste beleác hihtfulne hám hálig engel

    a holy angel closed behind them the pleasant abode [paradise ],

    • Cd. 45
    • ;
    • Th. 58, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 946.
  • hyhtfulle hǽlo gelýfaþ

    we, filled with hope, trust the salvation

    [or hyhtfulle

    may agree with

    hǽlo],
    • Exon. 9 b
    • ;
    • Th. 8, 17
    • ;
    • Cri. 119
    • .
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v.  hyht-leás.
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