Hlýp

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlýp

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hlýp

m. A leap, jump :-- Hlýp saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 61: Som. 68, 49; Wrt. Voc. 39, 33: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 14. Se dæg is geháten saltus lunæ ðæt is ðæs mónan hlýp the day is called saltus lunæ, that is, the moon's leap, Lchdm. iii. 264, 24: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 16, 29; 46, 1, 13; Cri. 720, 726, 730, 736. Hlýpum by leaps, Th. 46, 31; Cri. 747. Heorta hlýpum leaping like the hart, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 5; Dan. 574. [Laym. lupe, leope: A. R. lupes, pl: Icel. hlaup; n: O. H. Ger. louf cursus: Ger. lauf.] hlyp

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