Hlihhan

Take here hlehhan in Dict., and add: I. to laugh :-- Ic hlihe ridebo, Kent. Gl. II. Hlihcaþ rident, Germ. 391, 17. Weard micel gehlȳd hlihhendra deófla, Hml. S. 31, 810. I a. to have an emotion which may be expressed by laughing, to rejoice :-- Hió hlihd ridebit (mulier fortis in die novissimo), Kent. Gl. 1150. ¶ used of the mind :-- Wæs him frōfra mǣst geworden . . . hlihende hyge, El. 995. II. to laugh at (with gen.) :-- Seó eádmōdnes hlōh þǣre ofer-mōdignesse fylles humilitas deridet superbiam iacentem, Prud. 34 a. Þā hlōgon his gefēran þæs forcorfenan basinges, Hml. S. 31, 72. II a.with phrase expressing scorn, to laugh to scorn :-- Hē getǣlde his fæder . . . and his to bismere hlōh, Angl. xi. 2, 53. Hlōgen men his worda on bysmer (cf. hlōgan men Nōes worda . . . and bismerodan hine, 216, 28), Wlfst. 206, ii. III. with prep. :-- Ofer hine hig hlihchad (hlichait, Ps. Rdr., hlehhad. Ps. Vos., hlæhad, Ps. Srt.) super eum ride-bunt, Ps. L. 51, 8. Þeáh þē monn hwelces yfeles on hlingc (cf. M. E. to laugh on a person) and þū þē unscyldigne wite though scorn is poured on you for some evil and you know yourself to be innocent (see ProIV. trans. To laugh at, deride, scorn :-- Hlōgun and tēldun hine deridebant eum, Lk. R. 8, 53.