Helian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - helian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- helian
- p. ode, ede To hide, conceal, cover :-- Mín unriht ic ná ne helede wið ðé injustitias meas non operui, Ps. Th. 31, 5. Heó helode hire nebb ðæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan she had covered her face that he might not know her, Gen. 38, 15. Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige we enjoin that no man in orders conceal his tonsure, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13. [A. R. helien: Piers P. helien, hylien; pp. helid, hiled: Laym. helede, p: Wick. hilide: O. Sax. bi-helian: O. H. Ger. hellen: Ger. hehlen.] helian