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hlyst

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hearing as one ot the five senses, faculty of hearing
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  • Stemn is geslagen lyft gefrédendlic on hlyste,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 4, 6
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  • Ic syngode on gesihðe and on hlyste, eác on swæcce, on stence, and on hrepunge,

    • Angl. xi. 112, 16
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  • Hé his hlyst næfde,

      Hml. S. 21, 271.
the action of hearing, hearing of something
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  • Hú ic þé mid hearpan hlyste cwéman mihte,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 3
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the action of intent hearing, listening
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  • Hé ábeád for þǽre duguðe deóp ǽrende . . . hlyst wæs þǽr inne

    (there was attentive hearing given),

    • Az. 169
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  • Hlyst ýst forgeaf,

    • An. 1588
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  • Þonne swíað hé and hlyst gefeð,

    • Ph. 143
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