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hýre-mann

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hýre-mann, hiére-, hýr-mann, es; m.
One who obeys, or is subject to, another, a subject, follower, servant, subordinate, [as an ecclesiastical term] a parishioner, a hearer:
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  • Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum biþ geborgen

    for often from the ignorance of the teacher the followers go astray, and often from the wisdom of the teacher the followers are preserved;

    per pastorum ignorantiam hi, qui sequuntur, offendant,

    • Past. 1, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 29, 5.

  • Se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn

    hi, qui subsequenter inhærent, dorsa nominantur,

    • Swt. 29, 12.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða ealdormen on oðre wísan ða hiéremenn

    quomodo admonendi subditi et prælati,

    • 28
      • ;
    • Swt. 189, 13.

  • Bist ðú úre cyning oððe beóþ wé ðíne hýrmen

    rex noster eris aut subjiciemur ditioni tuæ?

    • Gen. 37, 8.

  • Wé beódaþ eác úrum híremannum

    we also command our subjects,

    • L. Æðelst. v. 8, 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 238, 1
      • .

  • Æt his hýremannum

    from his subordinates,

    • 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 240, 16
      • .

  • Eówrum hýremonnum cýðon

    to make known to your parishioners,

    • L. E. I. 26
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 422, 20.
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v. hýran.
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v.  hýrig-mann hýr-mann.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hýre-mann.” 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/20353.

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