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in reference to persons.
where knowledge of a person's greatness is widespread, fame
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  • His hlísa ásprang tó Syrian lande,

    • Hml. S. 16, 137
      • .

  • Ásprang his hlísa geond þá land wíde,

    • 26, 239
      • .

  • Gif hæleða hwone hlísan lyste,

    • Met. 10, 1
      • .

  • Sé þe wile wíslíce æfter þám hlísan spyrian, þonne ongit he swíþe hraþe hú lytel hé bið,

    • Bt. 18, I
      • ;
    • F. 60, 28
      • .

  • Heora gemynd onweg gewát mid þám myclan hlísan

    the memory of them passed away along with the great fame

    (? the Latin is: Periit memoria eorum cum sonitu),

    • Ps. Th. 9, 7
      • .

  • Gé þone hlísan habban tiliað ofer ðióda má þonne eów þearf sié,

    • Met. 10, 22
      • .
where a certain character is attributed to a person, reputation, repute
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  • Sint tó manienne ðá ðe yfel dégellíce dóð and gód openlíce, ðæt hí geðencen hú hrædlíce se eorðlica hlísa ofergǽð

    (humana judicia quanta velocitate evolant)

    • Past. 447, 30
      • .

  • Gód word and gód hlísa ǽlces monnes biþ betera þonne ǽnig wéla,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • F. 38, 23
      • .

  • Ióhannes wæs wanigende on his hlísan, for ðan ðe hé wearð oncnáwen wítega, sé ðe wæs lytle ǽr Críst geteald,

    • Hml. Th. i. 356, 35
      • .

  • Beó á getreówra ðonne ðé mon tó wéne, ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe búton wið hlísan

    (unless you get credit for it)

    • Prov. K. 76
      • .

  • Wilnigaþ monige men anwealdes ðe hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh hí his unwyrþe sién,

    • Bt. 18, I
      • ;
    • F. 60, 26
      • .
used of the Deity,
glory:
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  • Nǽfre hlísan áh Meotud þan máran þonne hé wið monna bearn wyrceð weldǽdum

    no more glorious attribute has the Maker than his mercy to man

    • Az. 85
      • .
where special characteristics are attributed, reputation
for something, the thing expressed (or implied) by a noun
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  • Hlísa

    rumusculus (speciali castimonia),

    • An. Ox. 717
      • .

  • Hlíse singalre

    opinio crebra (lectionis assiduitate),

    • II. 162
      • .

  • Wilnung ungemetlices hlísan gódra weorca.

    • Bt. 18, l
      • ;
    • F. 60, 24
      • .

  • Hí willað habban ðone hlísan háligdómes

    odorem de se extendere sanctae opinionis quaerunt

    • Past. 439, 34
      • :
    • Gú. 31
      • .
of being or doing something, with clause
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  • His hlísa weóx . . . þæt hé sóð God wæs.

    • Hml. Th. i. 356, 33.

  • Ne hé ne scrífe ðæs hlísan búton hú hé ryhtosð wyrce,

    • Past. 323, 17
      • .

  • For ðám gódan hlísan (ðæt hié gifule ðyncen),

    • 339, 25
      • .

  • Monige menn noldan ðone hlísan habban ðæt hié unwiése sién,

    nonnulli aestimari hebetes nolunt

    • 67, 2
      • .

  • Monig mon déð micel fæsten, and hæfð ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse . . . monig bið ágiéta his góda, and wilnað mid ðý geearnigan ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful

    saepe sub parsimoniae nomine se tenacia palliat, contraque se effusio sub appetta-tione largitatis occultat

    • 149, 4-8
      • .

  • Hé wæs . . . beorn bóca gleáw. Boitius se hæle hátte, sé þone hlísan geþah,

    • Met. I. 53.

  • Þone eádegan hlísan

    faustam famam

      (
    • Ald. 161, 12
      • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 16
      • :
    • 37, 31
      • .
report of those who no longer exist
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  • Hwæt is hiora here búton se hlísán ?,

    • Met. 10, 54
      • .
what is told about a person
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  • Nis ús se hlísa tó forswigianne þe be ðám eádegan Gregorie ðurh ealdra manna sage tó ús becóm

    nec silentio praetereunda opinio, quae de beato Gregorio traditione maiorum ad nos usque perlata est

    • Bd. 2, l
      • ;
    • Sch. 108, 20
      • .
in reference to a thing.
fame of something admirable or remarkable
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  • Se gesǽliga hlísa hire geornfulnesse

    felix industriae eius rumor

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • Sch. 472, 16
      • .

  • Hí þancunge dydon for heora gemétinge. ꝥá ásprang se hlísa

    (the fame of this event)

    geond ealne þone híred,

    • Hml. S. 30, 384
      • .

  • ꝥ tácnode þone hlýsan þǽre fǽmnan hálignysse,

    • Shrn. 149,3.

  • Hí his wísdómes hlísan healdað,

    • Gú. 128
      • .
approbation, applause
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  • Herelof, hlísa

    rumusculus (virtu-tum),

    • An. Ox. 456, 4
      • .

  • Hlísena

    rumorum, i. opinionvm (integritatem immensis rumorum laudibus prosequitur,

    • Ald. 26, 7
      • ),
    • 1918
      • .

  • Hlísum

    rumusculis (cujus vitam tantis opinionum rumusculis extollit,

    • Ald. 33, 29
      • ),
    • 7, 150
      • .
Similar entries
v. mǽr-hlísa, un-hlísa, weorold-hlísa.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlísa.” 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/52760.

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