Hlyn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlyn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hlin, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hlyn

m. [?] The name of a tree, maple [?], Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 17; Rä. 56, 9. [Icel. hlynr maple.]ðonne hit hát wǽre and mon ða earman men oninnan dón wolde hú se hlynn mǽst wǽre ðonne hie ðæt súsl ðǽron þrowiende wǽron ut cum inclusus ibidem subjectis ignibus torreretur, sonum vocis extortæ capacitas concavi aeris augeret, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 25. Hlynn wearþ on ceastrum a great cry arose in the cities, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 30; Gen. 2546. Hlyn scylda and sceafta the din of shields and shafts, 95; Th. 124, 12; Gen. 2061. Hlin. Exon. 101 a; Th. 381. 7; Rä. 2, 7. Hearpan hlyn the sound of the harp, 57 b; Th. 207, 1; Ph. 135: Cd. 52; Th. 66, 7; Gen. 1081: Beo. Th. 1227; B. 6, 11. DER. ge-hlynn. hlyn

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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