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hyldan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hyldan, heldan; p. de; trans.and intrans.
To bend, incline, heel, tilt
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  • Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe fæstlíce ðæt heó ne helt on náne healfe

    thou hast fixed earth very firmly, so that it does not incline to any side,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 130, 36.

  • Heldeþ,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 327
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 164
      • .

  • Hylde hine hleór bolster onféng

    he bent himself [to the couch] and the pillow received his cheek,

    • Beo. Th. 1380
      • ;
    • B. 688.

  • Ðá hig hyra andwlitan on eorþan hyldan

    cum declinarent vultum in terram,

    • Lk. Skt. 24, 5.

  • Hié tó gebede hyldon

    they bent down to pray,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2054
      • ;
    • An. 1029
      • .

  • Ne hyld ðú míne heortan

    ut non declines cor meum,

    • Ps. Th. 140, 5.

  • Ic hyldan mé ne dorste

    I dare not bow myself [the Ruthwell cross hashælda ik ni darstæ],

    • Rood Kmbl. 90
      • ;
    • Kr. 45
      • .

  • Is mín feorh tó helldore hylded geneahhe

    vita mea in infernum appropinquavit,

    • Ps. Th. 87, 3.
Etymology
[
Laym. scipen gunnen helden
:
A. R. helden wín ine wunden
:
Prompt. Parv. heldyñ or bowyñ inclino, flecto, deflecto, p. 234, see note
:
Wick. Piers P. helde fundere
:
O. Sax. af-heldian
:
Icel. halla to lean or turn sideways; hella to pour out
;
Dan. hælde to incline
:
Swed. hälla
:
O. H. Ger. halden vergere, recubare; haldian, heldian inclinare, declinare.
]
Derived forms
á-, on-hyldan
Linked entries
v.  heldan hylde hyldere.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hyldan.” 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/20299.

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