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hlæder

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hlæder, e; f.: hlæddre, an (?). l. hlǽder; e: hlǽdre, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§134;
a ladder, set of moveable steps (lit. or fig.)
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  • Seó hlǽdder (hlǽddra,

    • R. Ben. I. 28, 7)

    (scala)

    tácnað úre líf ... þǽre hlǽdre sídan tácniað líchoman and sáule; on ðǽm twám sídum missenlice stæpas eáðmódnesse sió gelaðung gefæstnode,

    • R. Ben. 23, 9-14
      • .

  • Bið hé þám men gelíc þe árǽrþ sume heáge hlǽddre, and stíhð be þǽre hlǽddre stapum oð ꝥ hé tó ðǽm ænde becume, and wylle þonne git stígan ufor,

    • Hml. S. 1, 22
      • .

  • Sum heora mid hlǽddre (hlǽdre, v. l.) wolde unlúcan ꝥ ǽgðyrl,

    • 32, 205, 212
      • .

  • Hé stód on treówenre hlǽdre (treówene hlǽdran, v. l.

    in ligneis gradibus)

    and gefyllde þá leóhtfatu,

    • Gr. D. 45, 27
      • .

  • Hé

    (Jacob)

    geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan,

    • Past. 101, 18
      • .

  • Hé sceal habban ... hlǽdre,

    • Angl. ix. 263, 8.

  • Lytlum and lytlum stígan stæpmélum swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge, and wylle weorðan uppe on sumu sǽclife,

    • Solil. H. 45, 17
      • .
a set affixed steps in a building, flight of steps, stairs
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  • Martinus stáh tó ánre úpflóra. Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa,

    • Hml. S. 31, 602.

  • Sc̃s Petrus cyrice ... on þǽra hlǽddre twá and feówertig stæpena,

    • Angl. xi. 4, 8
      • :
    • 5, 10
      • .

  • Þǽr wæs gewuna þǽm folce ... ꝥ hié æfter hlǽddrum úp tó ðǽm glæsenum fæte ástigon (cf. þæs folces gewuna is ... þæt hí ... stæpmǽlum tó ðám fæte ástígað,

    • Hml. Th. i. 510, 3
      • ),
    • Bl. H. 209, 7
      • .

  • Suǽ suǽ on sume hlǽdre (hlǽdere, v.l.) stæpmǽlum, oð ðæt hió gestonde on ðǽm solore,

    • Past. 23, 17
      • .
Similar entries
v. scip-hlǽder.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlæder.” 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/52638.

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