Heófan
Dizionario Anglo-Sassone Inglese Antico di Bosworth & Toller - heófan
Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:
- heófan
- p. de To lament, grieve, wail, mourn :-- Hungre heófeþ laments for hunger, Exon. 91 b; Th. 342, 30: Gn. Ex. 150. Heófaþ mid handum [Ps. Th. wépaþ and heówaþ] plaudite manibus, Ps. Spl. T. 46, 1: 97, 8. Wé heófdon and gé ne weópon lamentavimus et non plorastis, Lk. Skt. 7, 32. Gif hé mid inweardre heortan heófe if he heartily grieve, L. Pen. 8; Th. ii. 280, 10. Heófende spræc lamenting he spoke, Andr. Kmbl. 3113; An. 1559. Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved, Beo. Th. 6275; B. 3142. [Goth. hiufan; p. hauf, O. Sax. heobandi, hiobandi, part. pres: O. H. Ger. hiufit luget; hiufanti luctuosus.] v. heófian, heáfan. heofan