Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlid

Part of speech: es;

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1 hlid

n. A lid, cover, the opening which is closed by the cover :-- Hlidd opertorium, Ps. Spl. 101, 28. Ðá lédon ða þegenas ðone Hǽlend ðǽron and mid hlide belucon úre ealra Álýsend then the thanes laid Jesus therein, and closed up with a cover the Redeemer of as all, Homl. Th. ii. 262, 4. Se engel áwylte ðæt hlid of ðære þryh the angel rolled away the cover from the tomb, i. 222, 8. Hé tóáwylte mycelne stán tó hlide ðære byrgene advolvit saxum magnum ad ostium monumenti, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60. [Icel. hlið gate, gateway: O. H. Ger. hlit operculum.] DER. ge-hlid. hlid

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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