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Hyht-ful

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adj. Full of hope or joy, joyous, exultant, glad, pleasant :-- Ic þurh Judas ǽr hyhtful gewearþ and nú gebýned eom þurh Judas eft through Judas formerly I became exultant, and now again through Judas am I humiliated, Elen. Kmbl. 1842; El. 923. Ontýn eárna hleóðor ðæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorþe auditui meo dabis gaudium, Ps. C. 50, 78; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 78. Him on láste beleác hihtfulne hám hálig engel a holy angel closed behind them the pleasant abode [paradise], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 14; Gen. 946. Wé hyhtfulle hǽlo gelýfaþ we, filled with hope, trust the salvation [or hyhtfulle may agree with hǽlo], Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 17; Cri. 119. hyht-ful
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ᚻᚣᚻᛏ-ᚠᚢᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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