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HYPE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HYPE, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §386;
The HIP, haunch, upper part of the thigh
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  • Hype

    clunis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 71, 49:

    ilia,

      ii. 110, 54.
  • Ánra gehwylc hæfde sweord ofer his hype for nihtlícum ege

    every man had his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night

    • [Song of Sol. 3, 8]
    • ,
    • Blickl. Homl. 11, 18
    • .
  • Dó his sweord tó his hype

    ponat vir gladium super femur suum,

    • Past. 49, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 383, 2.
  • Hypas

    clunes,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 74
    • ;
    • Som. 71, 70
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44, 52
    • .
Etymology
[
A. R. R. Glouc. hupe
:
Wick. Chauc. hipe, hippe
:
Goth. hups; m
:
Icel. huppr: m
:
O. H. Ger. huf; f. femur, coxa, clunis
:
Ger. hüfte.
]
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  • HYPE, n.