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hǽr

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§119;
Hair, a hair
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  • Hǽr

    capillus

    ,
    • Wrt. Gl. 70, 30
    :

    pilus,

    • Recd. 38, 21
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 64, 30
      • .

  • Hǽr

    pili,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 70
      • ;
    • Som. 70, 54
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 62
      • .

  • Loccas vel unscoren hǽr

    comæ,

    • 70, 56
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 42, 64
      • .

  • Gif hǽr tó þicce síe

    if the hair be too thick,

    • L. M. i. 87, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 156, 8
      • .

  • Ne sceal eów beón forloren án hǽr of eówrum heáfde

    there shall not a hair of your head be lost,

    • Homl. Th. i. 236, 22
      • .

  • Ðú ne miht wyrcan án hǽr ðínes feaxes hwít oððe blacc

    thou canst not make one hair of thy locks white or black,

    • 482, 19
      • .

  • His reáf wæs geworht of oluendes hǽre

    his raiment was wrought of camel's hair,

    • ii. 38, 9
      • .

  • Ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle

    that iron come not on hair, nor on nail,

    • L. Pen. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 20
      • .

  • Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd

    the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35
      • .

  • Wið wiðerweard hǽr onweg tó ádónne

    for contrarious hairs, to remove them,

    • Lchdm. i. 362, 8
      • .

  • Héras heáfdes

    capilli capitis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 10, 30
      • .

  • Hiora is mycle má ðonne ic mé hæbbe on heáfde nú hǽra feaxes

    multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 4
      • .

  • Mid hérum oððe fæx hire

    capillis suis,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 2
      • .

  • Se eádiga wæs blíðe on andwlitan mid hwítum hǽrum

    the blessed man was cheerful in aspect, with white hair,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 186, 20
      • .

  • Mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd

    clothed with camel's hair,

    • i. 330, 2
      • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4
      • .

  • Ic beleás hérum ðám ðe ic hæfde

    I lost the hairs that I had

    ,
    • Exon. 107 a
      • ;
    • Th. 407, 36
      • ;
    • Rä. 27, 5
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hár
:
O. Frs. hér
:
Icel. her
:
O. H. Ger. hár
:
Ger. haar
.] For notices as to the importance attached to the hair in early times, see Grimm R. A. pp. 146, 240, 283, 339, 702; and see feax and its compounds.
Derived forms
hrycg-, tægl-hǽr
Linked entries
v.  hér.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽr.” 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/17928.

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