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ge-hyrtan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hyrtan, p. -hyrte; pp. -hyrted, -hyrt [hyrtan to hearten, encourage; heorte the heart]
To encourage, animate, refresh; confortare, animare, refrigerare
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  • Beó ðú húru gehyrt, and hicg þegenlíce

    be thou only encouraged, and strive nobly,

    • Jos. 1, 18
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  • Ðæt ðínre wylne sunu sý gehyrt

    that the son of thy slave may be refreshed;

    ut refrigeretur filins ancillæ tuæ,

    • Ex. 23, 12
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  • Drihten us gehyrte

    the Lord encouraged us,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 538, 12
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  • Mín werod gehyrted wæs

    my army was encouraged,

    • Nar. 8, 17
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  • Gehyrtan

    refocillare, confortare,

    • Hpt. Gl. 478
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  • Se læg dæg and niht geswógen. He wearþ ðá gehyrt

    he lay day and night senseless. He then revived,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 356, 27
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v.  hyrtan.
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