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hleápan

to runrushto jumpspringto leapto mountjump about

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Þá hét ic þá hors gerwan and eóredmen hleápan úp imperaui equitibus ut ascen-derent equos Nar. 21, 22. to spring up and down, jump about.

hleápan

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

To LEAP, jump, dance, run

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Lege on ða wunde gyf heó tósomne hleápan wolde lay on the wound if it be ready to close up [cf.Icel.sárið var hlaupit í sundr] Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. i. 198, 2.

óþ-hleápan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-hleápan

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á-hleápan

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ꝥ íren forð áhleóp ( prosiliens ) of þam hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26. Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) ꝥ hit ná gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add

ge-hleápan

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Add: to jump (fig. ) Æfter þissum hig gehleápað on metaplasmum, Angl. viii. 313, 28

ofer-hleápan

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a-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen [a from, hleápan to leap]

To leapleap upexsilireinsilireprosiliredesilire

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To leap, leap up; exsilire, insilire, prosilire, desilire Alexander ahleóp and ofslóh hine Alexander leaped up and slew him, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 7. Ahleópon ðá ealle then all jumped up, 5, 12; Bos. 112, 24. Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde-calla the herald

be-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen

To leap uponinto fixinsilire

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To leap upon or in, to fix; insilire Ðæs monnes mód and his lufu biþ behleápen on ða lǽnan sibbe the man's mind and his love are fixed on the fragile peace Past. 46, 5; Hat. MS. 67 a, 9

ge-hleápan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleápan, p. -hleóp, pl. -hleópon; pp. -hleápen

To leapdancesaliresaltare

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To leap, dance; salire, saltare Meotud gehleápeþ heá dúne the Creator shall leap the high downs, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 10; Cri. 717. He gehleóp ðone eoh he leaped upon the horse, Byrht. Th. 137, 20; By. 189

æt-hleápan

(v.)
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æt-hleápan, p. -hleop, pl. -hleopon; pp. -hleápen; v. intrans.

To leap outto fleeescapeget awayaufugereevadere

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To leap out, to flee, escape, get away; aufugere, evadere Ðéh þráéla hwylc hláforde æthleápe a domino suo servus si quis aufugerit, Lupi Serm. 1, 13; Hick. Thes. ii. 103, 4

be-hleápan

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Ic on behleápe insilio, Ælf. Gr. Z. 191, 4. Add

ofer-hleápan

(v.)

to overleap, pass by jumping

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to overleap, pass by jumping Ic oferhleápe transitio Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 40. Saltus lunae, ðæt is, ðæs mónan hlýp, for ðan ðe hé oferhlýpþ ǽnne dæg Lchdm. iii. 264, 24. Ðæt hors slóg on ðam wege oferhleóp, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 17. All eorþlíc þing wæs oferhleápende

hlehhan

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hlemman

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hleápung

(n.)
Grammar
hleápung, e; f.

Leaping, dancing

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Leaping, dancing Herodias swá mǽres mannes deáþ to gife hire déhter hleápunge underféng Herodias received as a gift for her daughter's dancing the death of so illustrious a man, Homl. Th. i. 488, 3: 480, 35

hleówan

(v.)
Grammar
hleówan, hleón, hlýwan; p. de.

to make warm, cherish, protect, shelterto become warm

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to make warm, cherish, protect, shelter Ðære sunnan hǽto ðe ðás eorðan hlýweþ the heat of the sun which warms this earth, Blickl. Homl. 51, 21. Wudubearwas eorþwelan hleóþ [cf. holtes hleó; or is rén the subject of the verb?] the groves protect the earth's

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hleótan

(v.)
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hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.

to cast lotsto obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain

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to cast lots Ic hleóte sortior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55. Ðá hluton ða consulas hwelc hiera ǽrest ðæet gewinn underfénge. Ðá gehleát hit Quintus Flaminius then the consuls cast lots which of them should first undertake that war. Then the lot fell to

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hleápend

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hlennan

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hleótan

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Add: to cast lots Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nán ne áxie þurh ǽnigne wiccecræft be ǽnigum ðinge . . . for ðan sé ðe þys déð . . . bið þám hǽðenum gelíc, þe hleótað be him sylfum mid ðæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mót mid geleáfan swá þeáh on woruld-ðingum