HORN
- noun [ masculineneuter ]
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Oxan horn biþ x pæninga weorþ
an ox's horn shall be worth ten pence,
- L. In. 58; Th. i. 138, 21.
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Se horn mínre hǽlo
cornu salutis meæ,
- Ps. Th. 17, 3.
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Horn stundum song
sometimes the horn sounded,
- Beo. Th. 2851; B. 1423.
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Hwílum teóh mid glæse oððe mid horne
draw at times with a cupping-glass or horn,
- L. M. 2, 18; Lchdm. ii. 200, 13.
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Sete horn on ða openan scearpan
put a cupping-horn on the open scarifications,
- 1, 56; Lchdm. ii. 126, 21.
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwþer ne hrýme ne hé horn ne bláwe for þeóf hé biþ tó prófianne
if a man come from a distance, or a stranger, go out of the highway, and he then neither shout nor blow a horn, he is to be tried as a thief,
- L. Wih. 28; Th. i. 42, 24.
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Syððan hie Hygeláces horn and býman galan ongeáton, Beo. Th. 5879; B. 2943. ii hnæppas and iiii hornas
two bowls and four drinking-horns,
- Chart. Th. 429, 31.
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Ne býman ne hornas,
- Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 30; Ph. 134.
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Ne hér ðisse healle hornas [horn næs, Th.] ne byrnaþ
nor here do this hall's gables burn,
- Fins. Th. 7; Fin. 4.
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Ic wiht geseah wundorlíce horna ábitweónum húþe lǽdan
I saw a creature [the moon] wondrously bringing spoil between its horns,
- Exon. 107 b; Th. 411, 19; Rä. 30, 2.
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Heorot hornum trum
the hart firm-antlered,
- Beo. Th. 2742; B. 1369.
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Óþ wigbedes hornas
usque ad cornu altaris,
- Ps. Th. 117, 25.
Bosworth, Joseph. “HORN.” 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/19529.
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