hopa
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a person or thing that gives hope for the future, or
expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation
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On hopan (
spe
) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom.- 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3.
- Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.
- Hopa þe byð ge-lencged geswencð sáwle (Prov. 13, 12), 9.
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Fandung wyrcð hopan ; hopa ná gescynt,
- 7, 19.
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Ne þǽr árfsestnes, ne sib, ne hopa, ne swige gegladað
nec pax, nec pietas, spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident
,- Dóm. L. 220: Wlfst. 139, 12.
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Þá þe yfele dón ná geswícað mid ídelum hopan (
uana spe
) forgyfenysse be Codes miltsunge séceað,- Scint. 130, 13.
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Hé ealle his geþóhtas and hopan on God beset,
- R. Ben. 3, 24.
- I a. where the object of hope is given :-- Se miccla hopa tó þínum Hǽlende ꝥ hé þíne synna ádwǽscan wylle, Dóm.
- L. 28, 9.
- I b. personified :-- See
a feel-ing of trust or confidence
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On ege Drihtnes trúwa strencðe, and bearnum his byð hopa
in timore Domini fiducia fortitudinis, et filiis eius erit spes
(Prov.- 14, 26), Scint. 65, l.
in which hopes are centred
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Þú eart hopa þínra se mǽsta
tu spes tuorum maxima
,- Hy. S. 98, 15.
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Ys dǽdbót lǽcedóm wunde, hopa hǽle (
spes salutis
),- Scint. 47, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hopa.” 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/52980.
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