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hlípe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hlípe, an; f.
a place to leap from, a place to mount a horse from.
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v. hleápan; II a.
Take here passage under hlýpa in Dict.
a place to jump over
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  • On hlýpan; of hlýpan.

    • Cht. Crw. 3, 14.
  • hindehlýpan,

    • C. D. iii. 385, 29.
  • On ðone holan weg æt hindehlýpan; þonne of hindehlýpan,

    • ii. 249, 35.
  • Hyndehlýpan,

    • 421, 19
    • .
a precipitous fall in a river (?)
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  • Andlang slades tó Wulláfes hlýpan,

    • C. D. iii. 431, 17
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  • Tó preóstan lýpan,

    • C. D. B. ii. 310, 25
    • .
  • On swealewan hlýpan . . . tó swacan hlýpan,

    • C. D. iv. 27, 13-21
    • .
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v. hlíp; f.
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v.  hlíp hlýpa.
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  • hlípe, n.