Hnipian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hnipian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- hnipian
- Add :-- Hē, nyste hwæt hē cwedan sceolde, ac stōd þǣr and hnipode (hung his head), Hml. S. 23, 689. Hī hnappodon and swā lange hī hnipedon (they drooped their heads so long) ꝥ hī ealle on slǣpe wurdon, 23, 248. Sete þū þīne hand on þīn heáfod foran and hwōn hnipa (printed hniwa) swilce þū þē forgyfenesse bidde, Tech. ii. 122, 5. Hnipendre, gebīgedre curua, An. Ox. 1279. Hnipen[d]re cernua, Hpt. Gl. 436, 61. Bitere teáras hī symle ālēton and hnipiende eódon, Hml. S. 23, 46.