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ge-hyhtan

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to hope,
intrans.
to hope, trust in
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  • Wé gehyhtað on þé. Ps. Th. 32, 18.
  • Gehihtaþ ł hopiaþ,

      Ps. L. 32, 22.
  • On þone gé gehyhtað (gihyhtas,

      R.), Jn. 5, 45.
  • Þá þe on þé gehihtað, Hml. S. 30, 236 : Gr. D. 70, 19, Þá þe gehihtiaþ on his mildheortnysse

    qui sperant super misericordia eius

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      Ps. L. 32, 18.
  • Beóð gehyrte and gehihtað on God,

      Hml. S. 25, 257.
  • Gihyhte in nome Drihtnes

    speret in nomine Domini

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      Rtl. 19, 27.
to look with hope to
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  • Tó hwám mæg ic heononforð gehyhtan (-hyltan,

      MS.) ?, Hml. S. 33, 273.
trans.
To hope for, hope to get.
with acc.
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  • Ðæt ꝥ ic gehihte, ꝥ ic hæbbe nú,

      Hml. S. 7, 235. ꝥ wé gehihtan sceolon þá máran gód þurhþá lytlan, Gr. D. 70, 23.
with clause,
to hope that
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  • Ꝥ gód þe gehwylc man gehyhteþ ꝥ sý gedón for hine,

      Gr. D. 348, 11.
  • Hé gehyhte þæt him God sealde his gewinnes frófre,

      Guth. 94, 7.
  • Wé gihyhton ðætte hé wére eftlésing Israéles, Lk. R. L. 24, 21. (bb) to look to a person with hope that :-- Basilius gehihte tó him and gewilnode ꝥ hé hine befæste Æquitio

    Basilius petiit ab eo ut eum Equitio committeret,

      Gr. D. 27, 23.
to look forward with hope, to rejoice
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  • Gehiht

    exultat, i. gaudet, laetatur, gloriatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 28.
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