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hel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hel, hél, es; m.
(?) a pretext.
Calumny, a false charge
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  • Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre,

    • Ll. Th. i. 180, II.
  • þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde , . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men beswicað

    (they defraud the wretched folk with wicked false charges),

    • ii. 220, 18.
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v. hól.
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