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† oluhnen, v. Obs.
Also 3 olhnen.
[Early ME. oluhnen (ü) app. for *olühtnen, f. OE. ólyht flattery (Blickl. Hom. 99), connected with olehtan, oleccan to flatter.]
trans. and intr. To flatter.
a1225Ancr. R. 180 Ȝif me is iluued more þen anoðer, & more ioluhned. Ibid. 248 Ne mei he buten scheawe þe uorð sumhwat of his apeware; & oluhnen, oðer þreaten þet me bugge þerof. a1225Juliana 53 Þen laddliche of helle þat olhnede swiðe & bed tus & bisohte.
Hence † oluhninge (olhtninge, olhtnunge, olhnung(e), vbl. n., flattering, flattery.
a1225Ancr. R. 192 (MS. T.) Olhtninge oðer hereward mihte sone make sum of ou fulitohen. a1225St. Marher. 5 For al me is thin olhnung ant thin eie. a1225Leg. Kath. 1502 Ah al þe helpeð an þin olhnunge. |