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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
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hlinian
- to lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 25
Witodlīce þā hē hlinode ofer ðæs Hǣlendes brēostum, hē cwæð tō him, Drihten, hwæt ys hē?- Certainly when he leaned over the Healer's (Jesus') breasts, he said to him, Lord, who is he?
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