Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

hleótan

  • verb [ strong ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
hleótan, p. hleát, pl. hluton.
Wright's OE grammar
§493;
to cast lots
Show examples

  • Ic hleóte

    sortior,

      Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 55.

  • Ðá hluton ða consulas hwelc hiera ǽrest ðæet gewinn underfénge. Ðá gehleát hit Quintus Flaminius

    then the consuls cast lots which of them should first undertake that war. Then the lot fell to Quintus Flaminius,

      Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 202, 33.

  • Ðonne seó tíd gewinnes and gefeohtes com ðonne hluton hí mid tánum tó ðám ealdormannum and swá hwylc heora swá him se tán ætýwde ðonne gecuron hí ðone him tó heretogan

    Satrapæ, ingruente belli articulo mittunt æqualtier sortes, et quemcumque sors ostenderit hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur,

      Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 24.
  • Léton tán wísian hluton hellcræftum. Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104.

  • Uton hleótan

    sortiamur,

      Jn. Skt 19, 24.
to obtain by lot, get a share, share in, participate, obtain.
Show examples

  • Ðæs ðú gife hleótest háligne hyht gif ...

    for that shall thou obtain grace and holy hope, if ...,

      Andr. Kmbl. 960; An. 480.

  • Hé feorhwunde hleát

    he got a mortal wound,

      Beo. Th. 4760; B. 2385.

  • Hí dóm hlutan eádigne upwæg

    they obtained glory, a blessed ascension,

      Menol. Fox 382; Men. 192.

  • Ða Godes þeówas on Israhéla þeóde náne landáre hleótan ne móston

    to the servants of God among the people of Israel might not be allotted any landed possessions,

      Homl. Th. ii. 224, 5.

  • Hé sceolde þurh deáþes cyme dómes hleótan

    he was to gain glory through the coming of death,

      Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 18; Gú. 945: 48 a; Th. 164, 20; Gú. 1014: 74 b; Th. 280, 1; Jul. 622: Runic pm. 1; Kmbl. 339, 6.

  • Leánum hleótan

    to obtain rewards,

      Exon. 19 a; Th. 49, 10; Cri. 783.
Etymology
[O. Sax. hliotan: Icel. hljóta to get: O. H. Ger. hliozan sortiri.]
Derived forms
DER. ge-hleótan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-hleótan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hleótan.” 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/19230.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hleótan, v.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.