Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hyht-lic

Dictionary links
Add:
feeling joyous, exultant
Show examples
  • Hergas wurdon on fleáme . . . him on láste stód hihtlic heorðweorod,

      Gen. 2076.
causing joy or
pleasure, pleasant
Show examples
  • Þæt is sió án rest eallra geswinca, hyhtlicu hýð heáum ceólum módes usses,

      Met. 21, ll.
    . nóht hyhtlic hám, ac þaelig-acute;r is helle grund Dóm. 24.
  • Wile mon mec hátan hyhtlic gewǽde,

      Rä. 36, 12.
giving ground for hope, hopeful, promising, v. hyht-ful;
Show examples
  • Þ á wearð Iafede geogoð áféded, hyhtlic heorðwerod heafodmága,

      Gen. 1605.
Linked entries
v.  hyht-ful.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hyht-lic,