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hýpe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hýpe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §386;
A heap
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  • Hýpe

    acervus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 74, 70.
  • Hí beóþ gegaderode tó micelre hýpan gif wé hí weaxan lǽtaþ

    they will be gathered together into a great heap, if we let them grow,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 466, 7
    • .
  • Goldes and seolfres ungeríme hýpan,

    • i. 450, 21.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. húfo; m. strues, acervus, tumulus, congeries.
]
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v. mold-hýpe, heáp.
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