Tó-hladan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-hladan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: tó-lúcan ;

Definitions

1 tó-hladan

p. -hlód ; pp. -hladen To disband, disperse: -- -Ne meahte hié (the builders of the eower of Babel) gewurðan weall forð timbran, ac hié earmlíce heápum tóhlódon hleóðrunl gedǽlde they could not combine to carry on the building of the wall, but, divided in speech, they miserably dispersed in troops, Cd. Th. 101, 36 ; Gen. 1693.. Cf. 235, 6; Dan. 302. . tó-hlecan (Ρ); p. -hlæc; pl. -hlǽcon; pp. -hlocen To disjoin, pull to pieces :-- Tóhlocene (tolocene? but see also hlec, hlccan. In the glosses among which the word occurs initial h before a consonant does not seem to be inserted elsewhere, though it is twice omitted, in lecum rimosae, 400, 69, wisligendre sibilantis, 394, 278) diuulsa, Germ. 398, 112. to-hladan

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚻᛚᚪᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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