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a lot that is cast
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  • Hig wurpun hlotu (hlott. R.)

    miserunt sortes,

    • Lk. 23, 34
      • .

  • Hý ásendan hlota ofer þá xii cyn Israhéla,

    • Hml. A. 130, 456.
the urn in which the lots are placed (fig.):
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  • Hlote

    urna,

    • An. Ox. 1838
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(v. hlít Ia).
the result determined by lot, the lot falls on a person:
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  • Ðá gefeóll þæt hlot ofer Júdan cyn,

    • Hml. A. 130, 457
      • .
a casting of lots
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  • Of hlotti (hlote, R.) eóde ꝥte roecels gesette

    sorte exiit ut incensum poneret

    • Lk. L. l, 9
      • .

  • Mið hlod

    sorte

    • p. 3, 4
      • .

  • Hǽðenscipe bið ꝥ man morð-weorc gefremme on ænige wísan, oþþe on blóte (hlotæ, v. l.,

    which the old Latin version renders in sorte; but the better reading seems to be blót.

    Cf. ǽnige hǽðenscipe oþþe on blót oþþe on firhte,

    • ii. 296, 15
      • )

    oþþe on fyrhte,

    • Ll. Th. i. 378, 22.
on allotted portion, a share, lot.
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v. mans-lot
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  • On Fearnes felda gebyrað twéga manna hlot landes . . . and þreóra manna hlot on Normantone . . . and feówer manna hlot,

    • C. D. B. iii. 230, 31-231, 2.

  • Ne forlǽt Dryhten gyrde synfulra ofer hlot rihtwísra

    (super sortem iustorum).

    • Ps. L. 124, 3.
(part or) lot with another:
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  • Gif þu nylt mé ofsleán, nafa þú nán hlot mid mé on heofena ríce,

    • Hml. A. 180, 350
      • .
an allotted amount to be paid, lot (and scot)
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  • Omnis Francigena qui tempore Eadwardi fuit in Anglia particeps comuetudinum Anglorum quod ipsi dicunt

    an hlote et an scote,

    • Ll. Th. i. 491, 9
      • .
lot, fate, fortune
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  • Þám ytemestan hlote

    supprema sorte

    • An. Ox. 1990
      • .
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v. ge-hlot, hwón-hlotum.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlot.” 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/52785.

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