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hlystan

(v.)
Grammar
hlystan, p. te

To list, listen to, hear, hearken

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To list, listen to, hear, hearken Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan ðe hiera hlyst they fall on the heart that listens to them, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 97, 1. Mid ðam ðe hé hlyste ðæs heofonlícan sanges whilst he was listening to the heavenly song, Homl.

glæd

(adj.)
Grammar
glæd, adj.
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R. 1, 14. with clause Him mæg beón þe glædre his heorte þe hé sum þing hér of undergyte, Angl. viii. 317, 39. of things. of thoughts, looks, expressing gladness Hí gesáwon hine habban glædne andwlitan, Hml. Th. i. 72, 27.

on-líhtan

(v.)
Grammar
on-líhtan, -leóhtan.

of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine,to give sight to, make the sight clearto clear the mental vision, to enlightento give light (with dat.)To shine

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Onleóht heorte manna, Hymn. Surt. 23, 1. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 200. Manegum wearþ mód onlíhted, Apstls. Kmbl. 104; Ap. 52. Wé wurdon onlíhte þurh geleáfan, Homl. Th. i. 154, 21. Onlýhte, Blickl.

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Of Heort*-*wyllan on ða ealdan stíge; ðæt andlang stíge, 438, 34. Leóht stíge mínre lumen semitis meis, Ps. Th. 118, 105. Stíge calce (calle? ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 66: 95, 74. Gebígdre stíge flexo tramite, 149, 46: Hpt. Gl. 493, 18.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf.Icel.hlupu]; pp. hleápen

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort the lame shall leap as a hart, Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18. Se ðe hleápeþ he who dances, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble Hiora heorte wæs heán on gewinnum humiliatum est in laboribus cor eorum, Ps. Th. 106, 11. Ic heán gewearþ hé mé hraðe lýsde humiliatus sum et liberavit me, 114, 6.

FÁCEN

(n.)
Grammar
FÁCEN, fácn, es; pl. nom. acc. fácnu; gen. fácna; n.

Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio

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Innan of manna heortan yfele geþances cumaþ, fácnu ab intus ĕnim de corde hŏmĭnum mălæ cōgĭtātiōnes prōcēdunt, dŏlus, Mk. Bos. 7, 22.

Linked entries: fácn fácon fǽcne

hogian

(v.)
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Ox. 4374. with preposition Hí on heortan hogedon tó níðe, Ps. Th. 77, 20. Hí tó swice hogedon, 82, 3

HÝDAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝDAN, p. de

To HIDEconceal

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Ic on mínre heortan hýdde in corde meo abscondi, Ps. Th. 118, 11: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 109; Met. 29, 55. Ðe hǽlend hine hýdde Iesus abscondit se, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 59. Hýddon hié they hid themselves, Cd. 40; Th. 53, 12; Gen. 860.

Linked entries: a-hýdan hídan

nytt

(adj.)
Grammar
nytt, adj.

Usefulprofitableadvantageousbeneficial

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Hú nyt biþ ðæm men, ðéh hé geornlíce gehýre ða word ðæs hálgan godspelles, gif hé ða nel on his heortan habban, 55, 6 : Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 10 note. Nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 4; Rä. 12, 5.

swæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
swæðer, swaðer (= swá hwæðer, cf.
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Hí gefeallaþ on ða heortan suá nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóþ (whether they be profitable or unprofitable). Past. 15; Swt. 97, 2: 14; Swt. 85, 15. Biþ ǽlc gód weorc gód, sié swá open swá dégle, swæðer hit sié, 59; Swt. 451, 14.

Linked entry: swaðor

gíming

Grammar
gíming, gímung.
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P. 293, 23. caring, being anxious Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefigien eówre heortan mid monigfaldre giéminge ðisse worolde attendite ut non graventur corda vestra in curis hujus vitae Past. 129, 20

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Ic gefó heortas, and báras, and rǽgan, and hwílon haran, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 29. Wyrmas and wildeór, Beo. Th. 2864; B. 1430. v. wilde-deór, and following words

Linked entry: wildedeór

ge-þoht

(n.; v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-þoht, es; m. n. [ge-þoht, pp. of ge-þencan to think]

THOUGHTthinkingminddeterminationcōgĭtātiomens

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Ðæt geþohtas sýn awrigene of manegum heortum ut revēlentur ex meltis cordĭbus cōgĭtātiōnes, Lk. Bos. 2, 35: Ps. Th. 138, 2. Gé sind earmra geþohta ye are of poor thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 1488; An. 745: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 31.

ge-sendan

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Rtl. 102, 7: 100, 39. the object non-material Mið diúl gesende in heorta is ꝥte salde hine, Jn. L. R. 13, 2. with a stronger sense of motion, to cast, throw Hí gesendon nett in sǽ, Mt. L. 4, 18. Ðá yflo hí út gesendon (áwurpon, W.S.), 13, 48.

fǽringa

unexpectedlyof a suddenall at oncesoonat onceearlyby chanceforte

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Begýmað þæt [ne] fǽrunga beón gehefegude heortan eówre adtendite ne forte grauentur corda uestra, Scint. 105, 1

ge-limplíce

(adv.)
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S. 20, 82. so as to meet the requirements of a case, suitably, fitly Ꝥ þínes lífes lofu singan wé, heortan unclǽnre wom þú gelimplíce ( apte ) tólés, Hy. S. 72, 22.

ge-þanc

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Wearð him hýrra hyge and on heortan geþanc máran módsefan þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 491. Gleáw geþances, 743. Nis mé on geþance vel on móde non mihi est cordi, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 47.

þætte

(con.)
Grammar
þætte, ( = þæt þe; cf. eác wæs ðæt ðe beforan ðæm temple stód ceác, Past. 16; Swt. 105, 1, and : Ðá wæs ꝥte scyttelas wurdan tóbrocene, Blickl. Homl. 87, 5. Þætte is used in the same way as þæt, q. v.); conj.
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Sprec tó ðínum discipulum, ꝥte sý geblissad heora heorte, and hié sýn ofergytende ðisse sǽwe ege, Blickl.

hyldu

(n.)
Grammar
hyldu, e; hyldo; indecl. f.

Kindnessfavouraffectionfriendshipgracefidelityloyalty

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Ys mé heortan gehygd hyldu Drihtnes Deus cordis mei, Ps. Th. 72, 21. His hyldo is unc betere tó gewinnanne ðonne his wiðermédo his favour is better for us to gain than his hostility, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 20; Gen. 659.

Linked entry: helde