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§5; §125; §163; §558;
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  • Sume

    (adverbs)

    synd

    localia,

    þæt synd stówlice, for ðan ðe hí getácniað stówa . . .

    hic

    hér,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 224, 15
      • .

  • Sume cumað of naman speliendan,

    hic

    hér,

    • 233, 9
      • .
in this place
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  • Wé nabbað hér

    (hic)

    bútun fíf hlá as,

    • Mt. 14, 17
      • .

  • Gód ys ús hér tó beónne,

    • 17, 4
      • .

  • Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande,

    • Ll. Th. i. 180, 27
      • .

  • Hé árás, nis hé hér (hír, L.),

    • Mli. 16, 6.
marking place to which a person has come to get something:
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  • Þ ic ne durfe hér feccan

    ut non ueniam huc haurire,

    • Jn. 4, 15.
in this country, region, place of residence:
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  • Úre ieldran, ðá ðe ðás stówa ǽr hióldon, hié lufodon wísdóra . . . Hér mon mæg giét gesión hiora swæð, . . . Hié woldon ðæt hér ðý mára wísdóm on londe wǽre,

    • Past. 5, 13-25
      • .

  • Hé onféhð friccan scíre and foreryneles ðá hér iernað beforan kyningum,

    • 91, 21
      • .

  • Hér mid ús,

    • Ph. 23
      • :
    • 31
      • .

  • Hér is ǽghwylc eorl óðrum getrýwe,

    • B. 1228.
used with a noun qualified by this:
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  • Rufinus wolde habban him self þon anwold þǽr east, and Stileca wolde sellan his suna þisne hér west,

    • Ors. 6, 37
      • ;
    • S. 296, 7
      • .

  • Hér sægeð on þissum bócum,

    • Bl. H. 45, 3
      • .
in answer to a call:
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  • 'Hwǽr eart þú ?' Him andwyrde ꝥ heáfod, 'Hér, hér, hér,'

      Hml. S. 32, 151.
in a weakened sense, more or less directly indicating something present to the sight or mind, where attention is called to what the speaker has, brings, or offers, or discovers
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  • Hér is seó stów

    ecce locus,

    • Mk. 16, 6
      • .

  • Hláford, hér ys þín pund

    domine, ecce mna tua,

    • Lk. 19, 20
      • :
    • 22, 38
      • :
    • Gen. 2226
      • .

  • Hér þú hæfst ꝥ þín ys

    ecce habes quod tuum est,

    • Mt. 25, 25
      • :
    • Gen. 2889
      • .

  • Hér ys geswutelod úre forwyrd,

    • Jud. 177. 289
      • :
    • Gen. 75. l
      • .

  • Nú hæbbe ic his hér on handa,

    • 678
      • :
    • Vald. 2, 18
      • .
on earth, in this world or life
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  • Ne wæs hér þá giét nymðe heolstersceado wiht geworden,

    • Gen. 103
      • .

  • Ǽghwilc man sceolde mid sáre on þás world cuman, and hér on sorhgum beón,

    • Bl. H. 5, 28
      • .

  • Þ gé hér on mínum naman syllaþ,

    • 41, 17
      • .

  • Ne mæg ic hér leng wesan,

    • B. 2801
      • .

  • Ge hér nytwyrde tó beónne, ge þider tó cumane,

    • Solil. H. 2, 16
      • .

  • Hér for worulde,

    • Bt. 37, 3
      • ;
    • F. 190, 10
      • :
    • Bl. H. 49, 19
      • :
    • Ll. Th. i. 328, 13
      • .
with defining phrase:
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  • Hér ofer eorðan,

    • Crä. 30
      • .

  • Sé þe hér on eorðan eáðmód leotað,

    • Möd. 68
      • .

  • On eorðan hér,

    • Ph. 638
      • .

  • Wé men cweðað on grunde hér,

    • Hy. 9, 39
      • .

  • Hér on lífe,

    • Ll. Th. i. 372, 35
      • :
    • Seel. 150
      • .

  • In lífe hér,

    • Gú. 1222
      • .

  • Hér on þyssum lǽnum lífe,

    • Kr. 108
      • .

  • Libban hér on worulde.

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • F. 70, 15
      • ;
    • Bl. H. 35, 35
      • .

  • Þ ðá yfelan hér on worulde habban sceoldan,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • F. 198, 15
      • :
    • Gen. 474
      • .

  • In worulde hér,

    • GO. 864
      • .
in reference to speech or action,
at this point of a book
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  • Hér endaþ seó ǽreste bóc,

    • Bd. I. 34
      • ;
    • Sch. 105, 14
      • .

  • Hér endaþ nú seó æftre fróferbóc and onginþ seó þridde,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 76. 2
      • :
    • Solil. H. 54, 6
      • :
    • 55, 1
      • .
at this juncture
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  • Uton gebyddan unc hǽr dæglanges, and spurian tó morgen furður

    hodie satis scripsimus,

    • Solil. H. 45, 22
      • .
referring to what has just been said
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  • Nú ic þyses Alexandre s hér gemyngade

    Alexandri istius mentione commonitus,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • S. no, 9
      • .

  • Hér

    (in the lesson just read)

    sagaþ Matheus,

    • Bl. H. 27, 3
      • :
    • 49, 3
      • :
    • 23, 12
      • .
referring to what immediately follows
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  • Hér is Eádgáres cyninges gerǽdnes,

    • Ll. Th. i. 262, I
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  • Hér seó clǽnnes þá fúlnesse þreáð,

    • Prud. 14
      • (and often).
with verbs of coming or bringing
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  • Þæt hý hí wið þæt warnien bæt hý hǽr

    (in locum hunc tormenforum)

    ne cumen,

    • Solil. H. 68, 6
      • .

  • Þá ic héer ǽrest cóm,

    • Gen. 2711
      • :
    • Bo. 7
      • :
    • B. 244
      • :
    • 376
      • .

  • Hér syndon geferede Geáta leóde,

    • 361
      • :
    • An. 1175
      • .
hér . . . þǽr here . . . there (with indefinite force)
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  • Gyf eów hwá segð, 'Nú Críst ys hér, oððe þǽr,'

    • Mt. 24, 23.
along with other adverbs, from which juxtaposition arise later compound forms.
æfter, bæftan
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  • Swá swá wé eft hér æfter secgað

    ut in sequentibus dicemus,

    • Bd. 3, 30
      • ;
    • Sch 332, 3
      • :
    • Angl. viii., 317, 37
      • .

  • Hýr efter.

    • Ll. Th. i. 26, 6
      • :
    • 36, 13
      • .

  • Is hér bæftan gecweden on endebyrdnesse þæs godspelles,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 80, 24
      • .
be-eástan cf. I a.
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  • Wé witan óþer égland hér be-eáston

    (to the east of this country),

    • Cl. r. P. 3, II
      • .
beforan
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  • Ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuurifene siondon.

    • C. D. i. 294, 3
      • :
    • Hml. Th. ii. 368, 5
      • .

  • Swá hit hér beforan gecweden is,

    • Ll. Th. i. 204, 2
      • :
    • 390, 9
      • .
be-ufan
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  • Ðás gewriotu ðe hér beufan stondað,

    • C. D. ii. 121, 23
      • .
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(v. hér-bufan in Dict.)
inne. Cf. I.
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  • Bróðor gang hider in tó ús; se ylca is hér inne ðe áhredde ðá cnihtas,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 312. 4
      • :
    • Gen. 436
      • .

  • Hér syndon inne dóhtor míne,

    • 2464.
neáh
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  • Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh,

    • Gen. 2517
      • .
of
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  • Hé sum þing hér of undergyte,

    • Angl. viii. 317, 39
      • .
on-gemang.
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v. hér-ongemong in Dict.
tó
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  • Hér tó bið understanden se Hálga Gást,

      Hml. Th ii. 362, 25.
tó-eácan:
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  • Ðás ðing . . . and fela hér tóeácan,

    • Wlfst. 48, ll
      • :
    • 67, 4
      • .
wiþ-neoþan:
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  • Be þyssa witena gewitnysie þe hér wiðnyðan áwritene standað,

    • Cht. E. 236, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hér.” 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/52376.

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