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ge-hleótan

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to obtain by lot
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  • Þá hluton þá consulas hwelc hiera ǽrest þæt gewinn underfénge. Þá gehleát hit Quintus Flaminius bellum . . .

    quod Quinctius Flaminius sortitus

    ,
      Ors. 4, II; S. 202, 34.
to have allotted, obtain, get
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  • Mildheormyss fram mid-þoligende fremedre yrmþe nama(n) gehlét

    misericordia a compatiendo aliene miserte nomen sortita est

    ,
      Scint. 147, 4.

  • Hé gehleát sortitur, i.

    adipiscitur

    ,
      An. Ox. 3619.

  • Hé gehleóte ámánsumunge wrace

    sortiatur excommunicationis vindictam

    ,
      R. Ben. I. 57, 15.

  • Gehieóte hé þá genyþerunge þe Scarioth geearnude,

      C. D. B. i. 156, 4.
to allot, assign as a person's share,
give
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  • Hít wæs gehloten tó Jósepes bearna lande

    fuit in possessionem filiorum Joseph

    ,
      Jos. 24, 32.
    [Nas hit noht swá iloten, Laym. 7819.

  • Þú art ilote to him,

      H. M. II. 13.
    ]
intrans.
To be allotted. [Cf. Icel. hljótask to be allotted, fall by lot]
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  • Hié sendon hlot him betweónum, hwider hyra gehwylc faran scolde tó lǽranne. Se eádiga Matheus gehleát tó Marmadonia (cf. þám (

    Matthew

    ) God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland,
      An. 14), Bl. H. 229, 6.
Etymology
[Him scal ileoten bitterest alre baluwen, Laym. 31306.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hleótan.” 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/48332.

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