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hlihhan

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Take here hlehhan in Dict., and add:
to laugh
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  • Ic hlihe

    ridebo,

    • Kent. Gl. II.

  • Hlihcaþ

    rident

    • Germ. 391, 17.

  • Wearð micel gehlýd hlihhendra deófla,

    • Hml. S. 31, 810.
to have an emotion which may be expressed by laughing, to rejoice:
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  • Hió hlihð

    ridebit (mulier fortis in die novissimo),

    • Kent. Gl. 1150
      • .
used of the mind:
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  • Wæs him frófra mǽst geworden . . . hlihende hyge,

    • El. 995.
to laugh at (with gen.)
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  • Seó eáðmódnes hlóh þǽre ofer-módignesse fylles

    humilitas deridet superbiam iacentem,

    • Prud. 34 a.

  • Þá hlógon his geféran þæs forcorfenan basinges,

    • Hml. S. 31, 72.
with phrase expressing scorn,
to laugh, to scorn:
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  • Hé getǽlde his fæder . . . and his to bismere hlóh,

    • Angl. xi. 2, 53
      • .

  • Hlógen men his worda on bysmer (cf. hlógan men Nóes worda . . . and bismerodan hine,

    • 216, 28
      • ),
    • Wlfst. 206, ii
      • .
with prep.
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  • Ofer hine hig hlihchað (hlichait,

    • Ps. Rdr.,

    hlehhað.

    • Ps. Vos.,

    hlæhað,

    • Ps. Srt.)

    super eum ride-bunt

    • Ps. L. 51, 8
      • .

  • Þeáh þé monn hwelces yfeles on hlingc

    (cf. M. E. to laugh on a person)

    and þú þé unscyldigne wite

    though scorn is poured on you for some evil and you know yourself to be innocent

      (see
    • Prov. Kmbl. 12 in Dict.
      • ),
    • Prov. M. 12
      • .
trans.
To laugh at, deride, scorn
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  • Hlógun and téldun hine

    deridebant eum

    • Lk. R. 8, 53
      • .
Similar entries
v. ge-hlihhan.
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v.  hlehhan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hlihhan.” 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/52742.

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