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hlifian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Þæt treów þe wexeð on þám wudu-bearwe þæt hit hlifað úp ofer eall þá óðre treówu . . . bið hit swíðlícor geweged þonne se óðer wudu. Swá be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan,

    • Wlfst. 262, 5-11
      • .

  • Þǽre byrig hlifað án munt

    urbi mons praeeminet

    • Gr. D. 225, 14
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  • Of ðám munte þe ofer his mynstre hlifade

    ex eo monie qui ejus monasterio in excelso prominet

    • 12, 8.

  • Hlifode ofer mycel stánclif and swá hlifiende . . . ꝥ stánclif þe him ofer hlifode

    magna desuper rupes eminebat . . . prominens . . . saxum quod desuper incubuerat

    • 213, 10-24
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  • Fore golde and fore gimmum forð hlifað seó reádnes and bryne ðæs swyles

    pro auro et margaritis rubor tumoris ardorque promineat

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • Sch. 450, 10
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlifian.” 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/52739.

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