An-hebban

Old English Dictionary Entry

An-hebban

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hæbban; Related words: on-hebban. an-hebban

Definitions

1 an-hebban

p. -hóf, pl. -hófon; pp. -hafen To heave up, lift up, exalt, raise up, take away, remove; elevare, erigere, exaltare, sublimare, attollere, auferre :-- Ðæt ðúðé ne anhebbe on ofermetto that thou lift not up thyself with arrogance, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 34. Mid ða heánnesse ðæs eorþlícan ríces anhafen regni culmine sublimatus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 9.

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᚻᛖᛒᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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