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tó-hleótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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tó-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton ; pp. -hloten
To divide into lots, to divide into parts for which lots are to be cast
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  • Hý gedǽldan him mínhrægl and ðæt tóhlutan

    diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea et super vestem meam miserunt sortem, Ps.

      Th. 21, 16.
  • Hié (

    the apostles

    ) ðysne middangeard on twelf tánum tóhluton, and ǽghwylc ánra heora in ðærn dǽle ðe hé mid tán geeode manige þeóde úrum Drihtne gestreónde,
      Blickl. Homl. 121, 8.
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v.  hleótan.
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