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  • Hen

    gallina,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 35
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  • Henn,

    • 281, 29
      • :
    • 41, 18
      • .

  • Án henne ǽg

    unum ovum gallinaceum,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • Sch. 301, 18
      • .

  • Dó henne ǽges ꝥ hwíte tó,

    • Lch. ii. 110, 2
      • .

  • Hænne flǽsc næs swíþe gesoden,

    • 194, 7
      • .

  • Oþ hénne stigele ,

    • Cht. Crw. 7, 53
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  • Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.),

    • Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

  • Mettas þe gód blód wyrceað, swá swá sint wilda henna,

    • Lch. ii. 244, 25.

  • Beóð henna

    (galline)

    gelíce þám þe mid ús beóð reádes híwes; and gyf hí hwylc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneð, þonne forbærnað hí sóna eall his líc,

    • Nar. 33, 26
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  • Henna hróst,

    • Angl. ix. 262, 4
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  • Æt .x. hídum tó fóstre . . . .x. gees, .xx. henna,

    • Ll. Th. i. 146, 18
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hen.” 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/52256.

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