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§387; §563;
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hope, expectation of something desired
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  • Ðæt sió manung hine tó hyhte gehwierfe

    ut admonitio eum ad'spent reducat,

      Past. 265, 21. la.
in gen.
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  • Ne bið him wynne hyht,

      Ph. 480.

  • Þú mé gelǽddest mid lufan hyhte

    deduxisti me quia factus es spes mea,

      Ps. Th. 60, 2.

  • Þone onwrig-enan hyht reste þǽre écean wé habbaþ

    revelatam spem quietis aeteritę tenemus,

      An. Ox. 40, 19: An. 1054.

  • Sæle blidse mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht

    redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui,

      Ps. C. 100.
marked by a preposition:-Gú ðlác upp gemunde hám in heofonum. Him wæs hyht tó þám, Gú. 69. Utan ús tó þǽre hýðe hyht staðelian, Cri. 865.
expressed in a clause
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  • Hyht is onfangen, þæt bletsung mót bǽm. gemǽne symle wunian,

      Cri. 99.
feeling of trust or
confidence in a person or thing
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  • Þá gehýrde hé hú þá menn . . . Crístes helda swóron . . . Ðá cwæð hé on his móde . . . ' Gyrstanǽfen nán man ne mihte Crístes naman nemnian mid hihte,' Hml. S. 23, 534.

  • Hé (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. II a. where object of trust is given :-- Byð his heorte gearo hyhte tó Drihtne

    paratum cor ejus sperare in Domino,

      Ps. Th. 111, 7.

  • Good is þæt ic on God mínne hiht sette

    bonum est ponere in Deo spem meant,

      72, 23: Gú. 406 : Hy. 4, 36.

  • Ðæt hí heora hiht ne besetton on ðám swicelum welum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 326, 35.

  • Ic in mínne fæder hyht staðelie,

      Jul. 437 : El. 798.

  • Ðá ðe hiht on hine habbað fæste,

      Ps. Th. 129, 7: 143, 3.

  • Ic God gemyndgade þǽr ic hæfde mǽstne hiht,

      76, 3.
hope of doing,
intent, desire
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  • Þǽr mín hyht myneð tó gesécenne,

      Gú. 1061.

  • Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyre hyht ne gǽð,

      Leás. 14.

  • Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, micel módes hiht tó ðǽre mǽran byrig,

      An. 287.

  • Mé bið forwyrned þurh wiðersteall willan mínes hyhtes,

      Jul. 442.
joyous expec-tation, joy, exultation
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  • Hyht æs á in heofonum,

      Dóm. 64: Seef. 122.

  • Lufu, lífes hyht, and ealles leóhtes gefeá,

      Cri. 585: Gú. 631.

  • Hieru-salem, þú bist full hálgan hyhtes, swá þú geháten eart (cf. Gerusalem is gereht ' sibbe gesyhþ',

      Bl. H. 81, l), Cri. 58.

  • Manna gehwám mód bið on hyhte, fyrhð áfréfred,

      An. 637.
  • Dreám wæs on hyhte, 876.
  • Þæs þú gife hleótest, háligne hyht on heofonþrymme, 481.

  • Ic þé háte þæt þú hellwarum hyht ne ábeóde, ah þú him secgan miht sorga mǽste,

      Sat. 695.

  • Hyht geceóseð, woruld wynsume sé þe wís ne bið sáwle rǽdes,

      Leás. 40.
a person or thing that gives hope or promise
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  • Middaneardes Álýsend . . . heofonwara hyht and eorþwara, and eác úre hyht,

      Bl. H. 87, 10.

  • Þú mé eart se héhsta hyht, Drihten

    tu es, Domini, spes mea,

      Ps. Th. 90, 9: El. 197 : Hy. 7, 9: Ph. 423 : Pa. 73.

  • Gér byð gumena hyht, þonne God lǽteð hrúsan syllan beorhte bléda beornum,

      Rún. 12.

  • Weoruda Scyppend hafa þé tó hyhte,

      Fä. 63.

  • Gemunað wigena wyn, háligra hyht, heofonengla God,

      Jul. 642.
an object of hope, what is hoped for
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  • Híðendra hyht,

      Rä. 89, 5 : 65, 3.

  • Is mín hyht mid God, Gú. 289 : 61. VI a.

    what is expected

    :-- Nabbað hié tó hyhte nymðe cyle and fýr,
      Sat. 335 : 176.
ground of hope, promise, v. hyht-full; II, hyht-lic;
v. ge-hyht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hyht.” 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/53679.

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