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á-hildan

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literal, of downward direction,
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  • 'Áhyld hit wærlíce' (cf. áhyld þá flaxan

    inclina flasconem,

      Gr. D. 142, 5) . . . Hé
    áhylde þæt wín wærlíce, Hml. Th. ii. 170, 18-20.
  • Heó áhylde hire heáfod tó ðǽre mýsan,

      184, 2.
  • Áhældon ꝥ onsión on eorðo

    declinarent vultum in terram,

      Lk. L. 24, 5.
  • Næs him nán wén ꝥ se beám . áhwár wende búton tó ðám hálgan swá swá hé áhyld wæs,

      Hml. Th. ii. 508, 32: Hml. S. 31, 407.
  • Áhyldne

    reclinem,

      An. Ox. 2227.
  • Áhyldum heáfde

    inclinato capite,

      R. Ben. I. 36, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 258, 2.
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  • Sunne tó setle áhylde,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 498.
  • Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf nyþer wið þá eorþan áhyldende,

      Lch. i. 274, 14.
figurative,
trans,
to incline, decline
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  • Hi (

    conjunctions

    ) áhyldað and gebígað heora swég tó ðám stæfgefége þe him ætforan stent,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 2.
  • Ne ne áhylde

    nec inclinat (statum cordis ),

      An. Ox. 7, 307.
  • Hé bið áheld

    declinatur (a malo ),

      Kent. Gl. 549.
to cast down, destroy
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  • Áfyl ł áhyld praecipita, Ps. Spl. 54, 9: Bl. Gl. Áheldre declivi. vel

    proni, humiliati,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 12.
intrans.
To incline, decline
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  • Ealle hí áhyldon

    omnes declinaverunt,

      Ps. Spl. 13, 4.
  • Ne áhaeld ðú from ðiówe ðínum

    ne declines a servo tuo,

      Ps. Srt. 26, 9.
Similar entries
v. á-hyldan in Dict., and heald, on-hildan.
Linked entries
v.  á-held á-hyldan.
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