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expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation
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  • On hopan (

    spe

    ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom.
      8, 24), Scint. 130, 3.
  • Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.
  • Hopa þe byð ge-lencged geswencð sáwle (Prov. 13, 12), 9.
  • Fandung wyrcð hopan ; hopa ná gescynt,

      7, 19.
  • Ne þǽr árfsestnes, ne sib, ne hopa, ne swige gegladað

    nec pax, nec pietas, spes nulla quietis flentibus arrident

    ,
      Dóm. L. 220: Wlfst. 139, 12.
  • Þá þe yfele dón ná geswícað mid ídelum hopan (

    uana spe

    ) forgyfenysse be Codes miltsunge séceað,
      Scint. 130, 13.
  • Hé ealle his geþóhtas and hopan on God beset,

      R. Ben. 3, 24.
  • I a. where the object of hope is given :-- Se miccla hopa tó þínum Hǽlende ꝥ hé þíne synna ádwǽscan wylle, Dóm.
      L. 28, 9.
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a feel-ing of trust or confidence
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  • On ege Drihtnes trúwa strencðe, and bearnum his byð hopa

    in timore Domini fiducia fortitudinis, et filiis eius erit spes

    (Prov.
      14, 26), Scint. 65, l.
a person or thing that gives hope for the future, or
in which hopes are centred
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  • Þú eart hopa þínra se mǽsta

    tu spes tuorum maxima

    ,
      Hy. S. 98, 15.
  • Ys dǽdbót lǽcedóm wunde, hopa hǽle (

    spes salutis

    ),
      Scint. 47, 2.
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