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hindan

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Wright's OE grammar
§446; §558;
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where there is movement towards the back of an object,
of the direction of an action
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  • Hé hét Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan,

    • Shrn. 131, 33
    • .
  • þ á Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon,

    • Chr. 1066
    • ;
    • P. 199, 15.
with verbs of pursuit
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  • Hé ofi nþ þá sunnan hindan and cymþ wiþforan þá sunnan úp

    it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore the sun,

    • Bt. 39, 13
    • ;
    • F. 234, 2
    • .
marking position, at the back, behind,
  • Ph. 293
  • (in Dict.),
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v. on-hindan, wiþ-hindan.
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