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hwópan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
hwópan, p. hweóp
Wright's OE grammar
§519;
To threaten
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  • Ne ondrǽd ðú ðe ðeáh ðe elþeódige egesan hwópan heardre hilde

    fear not though strangers threaten terror and cruel war,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 164
      • ;
    • El. 82.

  • Bǽlegsan [bell egsan, MS.] hweóp hátan líge ðæt hé on wéstenne werod forbærnde nymðe hie moyses hýrde

    with terror of fire, with hot flame it [the pillar of fire] threatened that it would consume the host in the wilderness, unless they hearkened to Moses,

    • Cd. 148
      • ;
    • Th. 185, 12
      • ;
    • Exod. 121
      • .

  • Geofon deáþe hweóp

    the ocean threatened death,

    • 166
      • ;
    • Th. 206, 6
      • ;
    • Exod. 447
      • :
    • Th. 208, 3
      • ;
    • Exod. 477
      • .

  • Ongan ðá þurh swefn sprecan tó ðam æþelinge and him yrre hweóp

    then did God speak in a dream to the prince and in anger threatened him,

    • 125
      • ;
    • Th. 159, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 2636
      • .

  • Ðonne hý him yrre hweópan frécne fýres wylme,

    • Exon. 35 a
      • ;
    • Th. 113, 22
      • ;
    • Gú. 161
      • .

  • Ðǽr ǽnig ne mæg lǽþþum hwópan

    there cannot any threaten injuries,

    • 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 236, 31
      • ;
    • Ph. 582
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. hwópan to boast.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hwópan.” 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/20205.

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