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hleápan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hleápan, p. hleóp, pl. hleópon and hlupon [cf. Icel. hlupu]
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §135; §325; §518;
; pp. hleápen To LEAP, jump, dance, run
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  • Ic hleápe

    salio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 45.

  • Ðonne hleápþ se healta swá swá heort

    the lame shall leap as a hart,

      Homl. Th. ii. 16, 18.

  • Se ðe hleápeþ

    he who dances,

      Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 11; Vy. 83.

  • Hé hleóp on ðæs cyninges stédan

    ascendens emissarium regis,

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 9: 3, 9; S. 534, 3.

  • Roger hét án of heom se hleóp into ðam castele æt Norþwíc

    Roger was the name of one of them, he threw himself into the castle at Norwich,

      Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 34.

  • Hér Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl hlupon út and mislíce férdon on wuda and feldon

    in this year earl Edwin and earl Morcere fled away and went different ways through wood and open country,

      1072; Erl. 210, 26.

  • Ðæt hie ne hliépen unwillende on ðæt scorene clif unþeáwa

    per multa, quæ non appetunt, iniquitatum abrupta rapiuntur,

      Past. 33, 1; Swt. 214, 7.

  • Lege on ða wunde gyf heó tósomne hleápan wolde lay on the wound if it be ready to close up [cf.

    Icel.

    sárið var hlaupit í sundr], Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. i. 198, 2.

  • Hwílum hleápan léton on geflit faran fealwe mearas at times they made their fallow steeds run, contend on the course, Beo. Th. 1733; B. 864, Hé á wæs gangende and hleápende

    ambulans et exsiliens,

      Bd. 5, 2; S. 615, 23.

  • Heó him beforan hleápende wæs

    the hind kept running before them,

      Lchdm. iii. 426. 32.

  • Herodes swór ðæt hé wolde ðære hleápendan déhter forgyfan swá hwæt swá heó bǽde

    Herod swore that he would give the dancing daughter whatever she asked,

      Homl. Th. i. 452, 34.
Etymology
[Laym. lepen; p. pl. leopen, lupen: Orm. læpen; subj. p. lupe: Ayenb. lheape; p. lhip: Piers P. lepen; p. pl. lope: Chauc. lepe; p. lep, leep: Goth. us-hlaupan to leap up: O. Sax. a-hlópan: O. Frs. hlápa; Icel. hlaupa to leap; also to run: O. H. Ger. hlaufan currere: Ger. laufen.]
Derived forms
DER. á-, æt-, be-, ge-, ofer-hleápan.
Linked entries
v.  hleápere hleápettan hlípe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hleápan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19200.

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