Hleówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hleówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hleón, hlýwan; Related words: 7: Th. i. 226, 14. v. hleów, hleówe, gehlýwan. hleowan

Definitions

1 hleówan

p. de. I. 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 wealth, Exon 54 a; Th. 191, 8; Az. 85. Se king ðǽr sæt hleówwinde hine beo ðan fýre the king sat there warming himself by the fire, Shrn. 16, 16. [Icel. hlýja to cover, shelter, make warm.] II. to become warm :-- Gif hit wæter sý hǽte man hit óþ hit hleówe tó wylme if it be water let it be heated until it become so warm as to boil, L. Ath. i

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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