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hildan

  • verb
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to bend, incline.
Take here hyldan in Dict., and add:
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  • Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld

    (inclina)

    þú hí wærlíce,

    • Gr. D. 142, 5
    • .
  • Þá þá hé helde ł bígede

    cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset,

    • An. Ox. 2105
    • .
intrans.
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  • Men gesáwon áne hand . . . of heofonum cumende; and seó hæfde áne gyldene róde, and wæs æteówod manegum mannum, and helde tóweard tóforan þæs húses duru

    ecce humana manus ab olympi nubibus ante ostium domus . . . porrecta videbatur,

    • Guth. Gr. 105, 18
    • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. hield.
]
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v. ge-hildan.
Linked entries
v.  hyldan heldan -hilde.
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