Tó-hopa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-hopa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an ; Related words: tó-hyht. to-hopa

Definitions

1 tó-hopa

m. Hope, expectation :-- Eádig byþ se wer ðe his tóhopa byþ tó swylcum Drihtne beatus vir cujus est nomen Domini spes ejus, Ps. Th. 39, 4. Hwæt is mín tóhopa quae est expectatio mea ? 38, 9. On ðé ys eall úre níél and úre tóhopa Domini est salus, 3, 7. Wå eów welegum ðe eówer lufu eall and eówer tóhopa is on eówrum worldwelum, Past. 26 ; Swt. 180, 24. Sió lufu and se geleáfa and se tóhopa fides spes et caritas, 21 ; Swt. 167, 19, 25 : Shrn. 179, I: Bt. 10; Fox 30, 8. Se tóhopa ðære wræce, Bt. 37, l; Fox 186, 23: Met. 25, 50. Ðú mē gesettest on tóhopan (in spe). Ps. Th. 4, 9 : 15, 9. Ymbe ðone tóhopan ðe gé habbaþ on eów de ea, quae in vobis est, spe, Past. 22 ; Swt. 173, 9. Ealne his tóhopan sette hē on God, L. E. I. 21 ; Th. ii. 416, 17. [Nimeþ tohope to helme sumentes galeam spei, O. E. Homl. i. 155, 8. O. L. Ger. tó-hopa.]

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᚻᚩᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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