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to humble, humiliate
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  • Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð,

    • Past. 116, 16
      • .
to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult
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  • Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade, and bebeád ꝥ hié mon on ǽlce healfe hiénde . . ., and bebeád ꝥ mon áfylde deófolgielda þá cirican

    spreta legatione sacras aedes repleri statuis imperavit,

    • Ors. 6, 3
      • ;
    • S. 258, 6
      • .
with the idea of violence.
to conquer, subject
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  • Læssan sige hæfð sé sé ðe burhware ofercymð, for ðon him bióð fremde ðá ðe hé ðǽr hínd and ðreátað

    minor enim est victoria urþium, quia extra sunt quae subiguntur,

    • Past. 218, 19
      • .

  • Þá hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde

    populis bello victis, pretio vinditis,

    • Ors. 5, l
      • ;
    • 8. 214, 13
      • .
to oppress, afflict
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  • Hé cóm tó ánre byrig Bosor geháten, on ðǽre wǽron ðá hǽðenan þe hýndon his mágas

    (cf. many of their brethren were shut up in Bosor,

    • i. Macc. 5, 26
      • ),
    • Hml. S. 25, 414
      • .
to lay low, destroy,
the object a person,
of the action of an individual
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  • Næs his hergiung on þá fremdan áne, ac hé gelíce slóg and hiénde þá þe him on siml wǽron mid farende. Hé ofslóg Amintas and his bróðor and Parmenion and Filiotes . . . and monege óþre . . . and Clitus

    nec minor ejus in suos crudelitas, quam in hostem rabies fuit. Docent hoc Amyntas occisus, fratres ejus necati, Parmenio et Philotas trucidati . . . multique exstincti, Clilus . . . interfectus,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 130, 19-24
      • .

  • Sum óðer hine wolde slán on his heáfde mid heardum ísene, ac ꝥ wǽpen wand áweg mid þám slege of þæs réðan handum þe hine hýnan wolde.

    • Hml. Th. ii. 510, 23
      • :
    • By. 324
      • .
of the operations of troops
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  • Se eahteþa dǽl þára legion . . . angunnan hergean and hiénan þá þe hié friþian sceoldon

    octavo legio . . . omnes, quibus subsidio praeerat, interfecit,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • S. 160, 10
      • .
the object a thing,
to lay waste, destroy,
the subject personal
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  • Hí hendon and hergedon Godes cyrican and yfeledon and slóg in crístene men

    uastari ecclesias, affligi interficique Christianas praeceperunt,

    • Bd. I. 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 18, 16
      • .

  • Noldon ðá hǽðenan þám bálgan geðafian þæt hé swá hálig treów ǽfre hýnan sceolde (cf. hí ne mihton on heora móde findan ꝥ hé ꝥ treów forcurfe,

    • Hml. S. 31, 395
      • ),
    • Hml. Th. ii. 508, 26
      • .
of the operations of nature
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  • Hé gebæd , . . ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽre eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan,

    • Hml. S. 14, 168
      • .
to accuse
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  • From hénendum

    ab accusatoribus,

    • Jn. p. 5, 9
      • .
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v.  hýnan hénan hinend.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hínan.” 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/52508.

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