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óht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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óht, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§117; §471;
Fear, terror (? cf. óga and Icel. ðtti fear), or hostile pursuit, persecution, active enmity (? cf. éhtan and O. H. Ger. áhta persecutio, áhtunga persecutio)
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  • Wǽron ðá gesóme ða ðe swegl búan wróht wæs ásprungen óht mid englum and orlegníð

    then were at peace the dwellers in heaven, discord was at an end among angels, and enmity (or fear) and war,

      Cd. Th. 6, 5 ; Gen. 84.
  • Ðǽr on fyrd hyra fǽrspell becwom, 6ht inlende

    (the pursuit by the Egyptians, or the terror which their coming caused);

    egsan stódan wælgryre weroda,
      186, 9; Exod. 136.
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