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hǽre

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sackcloth used as a garment,
a hair-shirt
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  • Hé scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreowode,

      Hml. S. 31, 445.

  • Mid héran

    eilicio,

      Ps. Srt. 34, 13.

  • Heó

    (St. Cecilia)

    wæs gegyred myd hǽran æt hyre líchaman, and onufan þǽre hǽran heó wæs gegyred myd golde áwefenum hrægelum,
      Shrn. 149, 20.

  • Hí mid hǽran hí gescrýddon tó líce

    they wore sackcloth next their skin,

      Hml. S. 12, 36 : Hml. A. 108, 207.

  • Heó áwearp hire hǽran and hire wudewan reáf,

      109, 228.
sackcloth used to lie on
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  • Hé oftost læg uppon ánre hǽran on þǽre baran flóra,

      Hml. S. 31, 853.
  • On stíþre hǽran licgende, 1351 : Hml. Th. ii. 516, 31.
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[v. N. E. D. hiere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽre.” 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/51546.

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