For-hylman

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-hylman

According to the Old English Dictionary:

for-hylman
Substitute: To cover up, leave unperformed, neglect:--Cwæð Dryhten: 'Ic bebeóde . . . þæt þeós onlícnes eorðan séce' . . . Ne dorste þá forhylman Hǽlendes bebod wundor fore weorodum, ac of wealle áhleóp fyrngeweorc, An. 736. and cf. for-gǽgan. for-hylman

Related words: ofer-hylmend,

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