Hleótan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hleótan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hleótan
- Add: I. to cast lots :-- Ic eów forbeóde ꝥ eówer nān ne āxie þurh ǣnigne wiccecræft be ǣnigum dinge . . . for dan sē de þys dēd . . . bid þām hǣdenum gelīc, þe hleótad be him sylfum mid dæs deófles cræfte . . . Hleótan man mōt mid geleáfan swā þeáh on woruld-dingum būtan wiccecræfte, ꝥ him dēme seó tā gif hī hwæt dǣlan willad. Hml. S. 17, 73-86. Hleáte (hleátte, L.) wē sortiamur, Jn. R. 19, 24. II. to receive by appointment, be appointed to an office :-- Hē wæs hleótende þā ændebyrdnysse biscophādes ad episcopatus ordinem accessuus est, Gr. D. 192,