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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §325; §344;
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that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture
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  • Bytte hlid

    cordias,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80.

    'Gange hé him tó mínre byrgene and áteó áne hringan úp of ðǽre þrýh' . . . ' Getíða mé ꝥ ic áteó þás hringan úp of ðysum hlide (hlyde, v. l.)' . . . Hé teáh ðá ꝥ ísen úp of ðám stáne,

    • Hml. S. 21, 67
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  • Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged,

    • 20, 82
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  • Þrýh hlid

    sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum

    • An. Ox. 3970
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  • Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . . Ðonne þú hlid habban wylle,

    • Tech. ii. 125, 6.
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  • Gerýna hlidum beclýsincga

    (mysticis) sacra-mentorum operculis clausa (coelitus reserantur),

    • An. Ox. 1521
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that which closes an aperture in a wall, fence, &c., a gate, door
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  • On Lullan hlyd on ðá hegestówe,

    • C. D. iii. 213, 8
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v. eág-hlid, ceaster-hlid.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlid.” 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/52732.

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