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lutian

  • verb [ weak ]
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lutian, p. ode
To lie hid, be concealed, lurk, skulk, be latent
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  • Sum gedwyld lutaþ ðǽr

    aliquis latet error,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 44
      • ;
    • Som. 45, 46
      • .

  • Of ðam fýre ðe him on lutaþ

    from the fire that is latent in it,

    • Lchdm. iii. 274, 4
      • .

  • Hú moniga dígla costunga ðæs ealdan feóndes lutigeaþ on ðýs andweardan lífe

    quanta in hujus vitae itinere tentamenta antiqui hostis lateant,

    • Past. 21, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 159, 24
      • .

  • Ðú lutodest óþ ðis on ðam láðum cristendóme

    thou host skulked until now in that detestable Christianity,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 413
      • .

  • Ða iermingas út of ðæm holan crupon ðe heó on lutedan

    the wretched creatures crept out of the holes that they had lurked in,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 92, 30
      • .

  • Ða óðre ðe lutedon on ðære dígelnisse

    insidiæ, quæ latebant,

    • Jos. 8, 19
      • .

  • Lutiaþ ðǽr þrý dagas

    ibi latitate tribus diebus,

    • 2, 16
      • .

  • Eal ðæt gehýddes lutige

    omne, quod clausum latet,

    • Past. 21, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 153, 15
      • .

  • Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes

    non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17
      • .

  • Férde ðá lutigende geond heges and weges geond wudes and feldes swá ðæt hé [ king Alfred] gesund becom tó Æþelingége,

    • Shrn. 16, 11.

  • Dígelne leahter on menniscre heortan lutigende

    secret sin lurking in the human heart,

    • Homl. Th. i. 496, 18
      • .

  • Cwæþ ðæt hé god wǽre on mannes hiwe lutiende

    said that he was a god concealed in the form of a man,

    • ii. 474, 22.
Etymology
[
Laym. Trev. Piers P. Chauc. lotie to lie hid
:
O. H. Ger. luzén latere, Grff. ii. 322.
]
Similar entries
Cf. lot, lytig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lutian.” 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/21915.

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