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helan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §503;
To conceal, hide, cover
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  • Gif ðú mé hylest ðíne heortan geþohtas

    if thou dost conceal from me thy heart's thoughts,

    • Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 12; Gn. Ex. 3.

  • Ðonne eówaþ hé hí nalles ne hilþ

    then it shews them and does not conceal them,

    • Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 26.

  • Swá hwá swá hilþ his gódan weorc

    si bona quæ agit occultat,

    • Past. 59, 4; Swt. 449, 29.

  • Ða ðe hira gód helaþ ðe hie dóþ

    qui bona que faciunt abscondunt,

    • 23; Swt. 179, 9.

  • Ic hæl míne scylda

    I concealed my sins,

    • Ps. Th. 31, 3
      • :
    • L. E. I. 30; Th. ii. 426, 21.

  • Ðú heora fyrene fæste hǽle

    operuisti omnia peccata eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 84, 2.

  • Hé hit hæl swíðe fæste wið his bróðor

    he concealed it very carefully from his brother,

    • Ors. 6, 33; Swt. 288, 14.

  • Hé ðæt hæl ǽrest sce petre

    he at first concealed that from St. Peter,

    • Shrn. 74, 20.

  • Ealle ða ðe ðone gylt mid him wiston and mid him hǽlon

    all those who were cognisant of that crime and joined with them in concealing it,

    • Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 80, 24.

  • Hí hǽlon ðæt hí forhelan ne mihton

    they hid what they could not keep hidden,

    • Lchdm. i. 392, 4.

  • Ðú him fæste hel sóþan sprǽce

    hide carefully from them true speech,

    • Cd. 89; Th. 110; 11; Gen. 1836.

  • Nán óðrum his þearfe ne hele

    let no one conceal from another what it is needful for him to know,

    • L. I.P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 20
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2329; An. 1166.

  • Ða ðe willaþ helan ðæt hí tó góde dóþ

    qui bona clam faciunt,

    • Past. 59; Swt. 447, 23.

  • Nele hé ús nánwiht helan se ðe ús lǽt hyne sylfne cunnan

    he will not conceal anything from us who lets us know himself,

    • Shrn. 202, 12.

  • Ic ne mæg leng helan be ðam lífes treó

    I cannot longer conceal concerning the tree of life,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1408; El. 706.
Etymology
[
Chauc. hele
:
A. R. i-holen, part. p
:
hele to cover, in the Surrey dialect
:
O. Sax. helan
:
O. Frs. hela
:
O. H. Ger. helan celare, tegere
:
Ger. hehlen
.]
Derived forms
be-, for-helan
Linked entries
v.  hal ge-hala be-helan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “helan.” 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/18612.

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