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hýnþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hýnþ, e; hýnþu [-o]; indecl. f.
Humiliation, abasement, disgrace, contempt, injury, harm, loss
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  • Hýnþ vel lyre vel hearm

    dispendium vel damnum vel detrimentum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 81
      • ;
    • Som. 73, 24
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 47, 29.

  • Mycel hýnþ and sceamu hyt ys men nelle wesan ðæt ðæt hé ys and ðæt ðe hé wesan sceal

    magnum damnum et verecundia est homini nolle esse quod est, et quod esse debet,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 32, 3.

  • Hénþa

    detrimentum, damnum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 69.

  • Sorh is mé tó secganne hwæt mé Grendel hafaþ hýnþo gefremed

    a grief it is to me to say what harm Grendel hath done me,

    • Beo. Th. 954
      • ;
    • B. 475
      • :
    • 1190
      • ;
    • B. 593.

  • Undóm déman earmum tó hýnþe

    to judge unjust judgment to the injury of the poor,

    • L. I. P. 11
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 24
      • .

  • Hí willaþ geinnian ða æftran hínþe mid ðám uferan gestreónum

    they desire to supply the consequent loss with the heavenly gains,

    • Hom. Th. i. 340, 33.

  • Hýnþu and hráfyl

    injury and slaughter,

    • Beo. Th. 559
      • ;
    • B. 277
      • .

  • Wé hénþo geþoliaþ

    we shall suffer humiliation,

    • Cd. 222
      • ;
    • Th. 289, 18
      • ;
    • Sat. 399
      • .

  • Helle hiénþu heofones mǽrþu

    the disgrace of hell, the glory of heaven,

    • Exon. 16 b
      • ;
    • Th. 37, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 591
      • .

  • Hýnþu unrim

    ills unnumbered,

    • Cd. 37
      • ;
    • Th. 48, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 776
      • .

  • Fela heardra hýnþa

    many cruel injuries,

    • Beo. Th. 334
      • ;
    • B. 166.

  • Hénþa,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 12, 41
      • ;
    • Met. 12, 21
      • .

  • Ná beóþ ða eádige ðe for hýnþum oððe lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ

    they are not blessed, who mourn for losses of temporal comforts,

    • Homl. Th. i. 550, 28
      • .

  • Eall gé ðæt mé dydon tó hýnþum

    ye did all that against me,

    • Exon. 30 a
      • ;
    • Th. 92, 24
      • ;
    • Cri. 1514.

  • Hié in hýnþum sculon wergþu dreógan

    in abject state shall they undergo damnation,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 420
      • ;
    • El. 210
      • .

  • Ðú hweorfest of hénþum in gehyld godes

    thou shall go from humiliations into the grace of God,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 233
      • ;
    • An. 117.

  • Ðæt wé on ðam tóweardan lífe hýnþa forbúgan mágon

    that in the life to come we may escape disgrace,

    • H. R. 17, 29.

  • Hénþa,

    • Dóm. L. 6, 88.

  • Ic heóld nú nigon geár wið ealle hýnþa ðínes fæder gestreón

    I have kept now nine years thy father's wealth from all losses,

    • Homl. Skt. 9, 42.
Etymology
[
O. E. Hom. henð
:
O. H. Ger. hónida contumelia, ignominia, calumnia, dedecor, crimen, humilitas.
]
Similar entries
v. heán, hýnan.
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v.  hénþ hiénþo.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hýnþ.” 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/20328.

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