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hlehhan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hlehhan, hlæhan, hlihhan, hlichan, hlihan. hlihgan; p. hlóh; pl. hlógan
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §47; §69; §170; §177; §239; §254; §272; §326; §484; §510;
To LAUGH [with gladness or contempt], to deride
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  • Ic hliche

    rideo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26, 3; Som. 28, 53: 47; Som. 47, 15.

  • Hé gedép ðæt wé hlihhaþ on morgen

    ad matutinum lætitia,

      Ps. Th. 29, 5.

  • Eádgo ða ðe nú gie woepeþ forðon gie hlæheþ

    beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 21.

  • Wǽ iúh ða ðe hlǽhas forðon gie woepaþ

    væ vobis qui ridetis nunc quia lugebitis,

    25.

  • Hlihgaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 180, 14.

  • Hlihaþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 25, 23.

  • Hliehaþ,

      Past. 27; Swt. 187, 19.

  • Ðonne wé hliehaþ gligmonna unnyttes cræftes

    when we laugh at the useless art of gleemen,

      34, 1; Swt. 231, 7.

  • Ne hlóh ic ná ... ac ðú hlóge non risi ...

    sed risisti,

      Gen. 18, 15.

  • Ðú hlóge and ic weóp

    thou didst laugh and I wept,

      L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 398, 15.

  • Se eorl wæs ðé blíðra hlóh ðá,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 6; By. 147: Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 17; Jud. 23: Cd. 33: Th. 45, 10; Gen. 724.

  • Hlógun ł téldon hine

    deridebant eum,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 53.

  • Ða apostoli hlógon ðæra deófla leásunga and se ealdorman cwæþ mé stent ege ðysse andsware and ge hlihaþ

    the apostles laughed at the devils' lying words, and the general said 'Fear comes upon me at this answer, and you laugh,'

      Homl. Th. ii. 482, 25.

  • Ealle geseónde mé hlógon on bysmor

    omnes videntes me deriserunt me,

      Ps. Lamb. 21, 8: Exon. 120 a; Th. 160, 22; Hö. 21.

  • Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon hý teóþ ðé ðæs ðe hý sylfe habbaþ

    though you are derided [or blamed?] for anything, and know yourself to be innocent, you shall not care what they say; they accuse you of what they have themselves,

      Prov. Kmbl. 12.

  • Hé sǽde ðæt hé gesáwe crist selfne and ðæt hé him hlóge tó

    he said that he saw Christ himself, and that he smiled upon him,

      Shrn. 70, 9.

  • Hlehhan ne þorftun

    they had no need to laugh,

      Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47.

  • Ne þorfton hlúde

    hlihhan,

      Cd. 4; Th. 5, 17; Gen. 73.

  • Hwæt sceal ic ðonne búton hlehchan [Cot. MS. hliehhan] ðæs ðonne gé tó lose weorþaþ

    what shall I do but laugh at it, when you come to ruin;

    ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo,
      Past. 36, 1; Swt. 249, 1.

  • Forðon hí hlyhhan mǽgen

    for this reason they can laugh,

      L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 24.

  • Ða deóflu sægdon hlúde hlihhende

    the devils said, laughing loudly,

      Homl. Th. ii. 350, 376, 5; Herb. 9; Lchdm. i. 98, 27.

  • Hlichende,

      Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 18.

  • Mid hlihendum múþe

    with a smile on his lips,

      Homl. Th ; Elen. Kmbl. 1986; El. 995.

  • Ðǽm hlæhendum

    ridentibus,

      Lk. Skt. 5, 7
Etymology
[Orm. lahhȝhenn. Laym. lehȝen, lihȝen; p. loh, pl. loȝen: A. R. lauhwen: Ayenb. lheȝȝe: Piers P. Chauc. laughen: Wick. p. leiȝede; Goth. hlahjan; p. hlóh: O. Sax. hlahan; p. hlóg, pp. hlagan O. Frs. hlaka, p. hlackade: Icel. hlæja, p. hló, pl. hlógu; pp. hleginn: O. H. Ger. hlahan; p. hlóc: Ger. lachen.]
Derived forms
DER. a-, be, bí-hlehhan.
Linked entries
v.  a-hlehhan hlichan hlihan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlehhan.” 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/19210.

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