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hild

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §272; §376;
grace.
Substitute:
watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to
persons
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  • Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan,

    • Ps. Th. 51, 8
      • .

  • Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon,

    • Dan. 481
      • .

  • Hié on friðe Drihtnes of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, gleáwmóde guman on gástes hyld,

    • 440.

  • Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild Godes,

    • Exod. 568
      • .
things
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  • Onbyhtscealcas þe on Godes húse gearwe standað, and on cafertúnum Crístes húses, úres þæs hálgan Godes, held begangað (-eð, MS.)

    who ore caretakers in the house of God;

    servi qut statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri.

    • Ps. Th. 133, 2.
preservation, safety experienced by a person
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  • Þæt hí fore his hyldon (gehylde, v. l.) heora béne geóten

    pro eius custodia preces fundant,

    • Bd. I. 27
      • ;
    • Sch. 73, 14
      • .
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v. ge-hild.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hild.” 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/52483.

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