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hére

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hére, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §55; §156; §274; §278; §351; §353;
Dignity, majesty, greatness
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  • Hwæt hiora hére búton se hlísa án

    what is their greatness but report alone,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 10, 107; Met. 10, 54.
  • The prose,
    • Fox 70, l0
    , has

    'Hwæt is heora nú tó láfe bútan se lytla hlísa and se nama mid feáum stafum áwriten

    signat superstes fama tenuis pauculis inane nomen litteris.'

Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. hére: f. dignitas, majestas, magnitudo
:
cf. O. H. Ger. hér-tóm dignitas, auctoritas, principatus,
  • Grff. iv. 994
:
O. Sax. hér-dóm
.]
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  • hére, n.