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HÝR

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
HÝR, e; f.
HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest
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  • Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre

    computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori. Pecuniam tuam non dabis ad usuram,

    • Lev. 25, 27, 37.

  • Tó híre

    ad usuram,

    • Deut. 23, 19.

  • Hwí ne sealdest ðú mín feoh tó hýre

    quare non dedisti pecuniam meam ad mensam,

    • Lk. Skt. 19, 23
      • .

  • Ðe hyra feoh lǽnaþ tó hýre

    qui pecuniam suam mutuam dant fænore,

    • L. Ecg. P. iii. proem
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 194, 31.
Etymology
[
Laym. hure
:
A. R. hure, huire
:
Piers P. hyre
:
Wick. hire
:
Du. huur wages
:
Dan. hyre hire
:
O. Frs. hére a lease.
]
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v.  hír hýre.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “HÝR.” 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/20335.

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