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hyll

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §259; §276; §352;
A hill
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  • Hyll

    collis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 97
    • ;
    • Som. 76, 62
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54, 6
    • .
  • Þurþ hylles hróf

    through the top of the hill,

    • Exon. 104 b
    • ;
    • Th. 397, 29
    • ;
    • Rä. 16, 27
    • .
  • Stondende on lytlum hylle,

    • Shrn. 70, 14.
  • Hí huntiaþ hí of ǽlcere hylle

    they shall hunt them from every hill,

    • Homl. Th. i. 576, 28.
  • Hyllas

    montes,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 71, 3.
  • Hyllas and heá beorgas.

    • Cd. 192
    • ;
    • Th. 240, 7
    • ;
    • Dan. 383.
  • Hyllas and cnollas,

    • Exon. 18 a
    • ;
    • Th. 45, 11
    • ;
    • Cri. 717.
  • Gebígde synt hylla middaneardes

    incurvati sunt colles mundi,

    • Cant. Abac. 6.
  • Dúna and hylla

    montes et colles,

    • Hymn. T. P. 75.
  • Ðonne hie cweþaþ tó ðǽm dúnum and tó ðǽm hyllum

    tunc incipient dicere montibus et collibus,

    • Blickl. Homl. 93, 33
    • :
    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 30.
Etymology
[
Laym. A. R. hul
:
Orm. hill
:
Ayenb. hell
:
Prompt. Parv. hylle.
]
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v. sand-hyll.
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