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on-hildan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
on-hildan, -hieldan, -heldan, -hyldan.
trans.
of actual motion,
to lean, incline, recline, bend down
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  • Onheldeþ hine and falleþ

    inclinabit se et cadet,

      Ps. Surt. 9, 31.

  • Se biscop hine onhylde tó ánre ðære studa,

      Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 37: 4, 9; S. 577, 7.

  • Hé his heáfod onhylde swá swá hé slápan wolde,

      3, 11; S. 536, 30: 4, 24; S. 599, 6: Exon. Th. 178, 14; Gú. 1244.

  • Walle onhældum

    parieti inclinato,

      Ps. Surt. 61, 4.

  • Onhylded

    reclinem,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 80.
metaphorically
with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing,
to incline
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  • Tó mé ðín eáre onhyld,

      Ps. Th. 101, 2.

  • His breósð síen onhielde tó forgiefnesse,

      Past. 10, l ; Swt. 61, 12.

  • Onhelded wið ðæs gecyndes,

      Met. 13, ll.
with the idea of subjection,
to bow, bend
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  • Mid hwelcum monnum mágon gé onheldon eówra feónda swyrbán,

      Shrn. 86, 22.
to turn from the right course
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  • Hié onhældon in ðé yfel

    declinaverunt in te mala

    ,
      Ps. Surt. 20, 12.
to cause to sink
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  • Onhælde sind ríce

    inclinata sunt regna,

      45, 7.
intrans.
To decline, deviate, incline, sink
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  • Heofones gym west onhylde,

      Exon. Th. 174, 32; Gú. 1186.

  • Onhylde (onhældeþ, Ps. Surt.) of ðysum on ðys (

    inclinavit

    ),
      Ps. Spl. 74, 8.

  • Alle onhældon

    omnes declinaverunt,

      Ps. Surt. 13, 3.

  • Onheldan

    declinare,

      16, 11.

  • Onhældende

    declinantes,

      100, 4.
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v.  on-heldan on-hyldan on-hæld.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “on-hildan.” 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/24615.

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