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hleonian

(v.)

Similar entry: hlinian

hleónian

(v.)
Grammar
hleónian, p. ode

To shelterprotecttake care (hleów) of

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To shelter, protect, take care (hleów) of Ic hǽle and hleónie curam Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 41

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Hé fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleonian funde he found the mountain trees resting on the grey rock, Beo. Th. 2835; B. 1415. Ofer ða se hálga bisceop hlyniende forþférde cui incumbens obiit, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 18.

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

hleóþian

(v.)

Similar entry: hlóþian

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

hleówan

Similar entry: hlíwan

hleówsian

(v.)
Grammar
hleówsian, hlíwsian; p. ode.

To shelterprotect

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To shelter, protect Þú hlíwsast favis Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 21

Linked entry: hlíwsian

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

Linked entry: hleón

hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
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

Linked entry: ge-hleótan

hleóðrian

(v.)
Grammar
hleóðrian, p. ode

To sound, make a sound [with the voice], to speak, sing, cry, exclaim, resound

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To sound, make a sound [with the voice], to speak, sing, cry, exclaim, resound: — Drihten hleóðraþ of heofonum and se hýhsta syleþ his stefne intonuit de cælo Dominus et altissimus dedit vocem suam, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 19: Ps. Spl. 17, 15. Ðonne hleóðriaþ

ofer-hleóðrian

(v.)

to outsound, exceed in soundto exceed

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to outsound, exceed in sound Ðeáh ánra gehwylc hæbbe gyldene býman, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé hý ealle oferhleóðraþ, and ealle ða

ge-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To share or appoint by lotto getreceivesortirinancisci

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To share or appoint by lot, to get, receive; sortiri, nancisci He ðæs weorc gehleát he got pain for this, Cd. 131; Th. 166, 10; Gen. 2745 : Ps. Th. 105, 24. Se eádiga Matheus gehleát to Marmadonia St. Matthew was allotted to Mermedonia, Blickl. Homl.

Linked entry: ge-hloten

ge-hleótan

(v.)
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Add: trans. to obtain by lot Þá hluton þá consulas hwelc hiera ǽrest þæt gewinn underfénge. Þá gehleát hit Quintus Flaminius bellum . . . quod Quinctius Flaminius sortitus Ors. 4, II; S. 202, 34. to have allotted, obtain, get Mildheormyss fram mid-þoligende

ge-hleówan

Similar entry: ge-hlíwan

tó-hleótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten

To divide into lots,to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast

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To divide into lots, to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast Hý gedǽldan him mínhrægl and ðæt tóhlutan diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem, Ps. Th. 21, 16. Hié (the apostles) ðysne middangeard on twelf tánum

Linked entry: hleótan

hleór-bán

(n.)
Grammar
hleór-bán, es; n.

Cheek-bone, temple

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Cheek-bone, temple Þunwængum ł hleórbánum temporibus, Ps. Lamb. 131, 5

ge-hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hlinian, ge-hleonian; p. ode.
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of a person, to recline, rest, sit at table Sé ðe gehlinað (-hlionað, R.) . . . sé ðe gehrestað (gihlionað, R.) qui recumbit . . . qui recumbit Lk. L. 22, 27. Gehlionade discubuit, 7, 36: recubuit II, 37. Gehlionade ł geræste recumbens Mt. p. 8, 17.

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.

A, secret place, a corner

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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

fyrgen-beám

(n.)
Grammar
fyrgen-beám, es; m.

A mountain-treesaltuensis arbor

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A mountain-tree; saltuensis arbor He fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleónian funde he found mountain-trees leaning over the hoar rock, Beo. Th. 2833; B. 1414

Linked entry: firgen-beám

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13