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the horn of an animal
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  • Swýþor þonne æþele cealf, þeáh þe him upp ágá horn on heáfde

    super vitulum novellum cornua producentem

    ,
      Ps. Th. 68, 32.

  • Hé geseah ánne ramm betwux þám brémelum be þám hornum gehæft,

      Gen. 22, 13.

  • Úr feohteð mid hornum,

      Rún. 2.

  • Atol deór monig írenum hornum,

      Sal. 470. I a.

  • Fearres horn gebrǽdedne tó acsan,

      366, 9. v. cú-, wesend-horn.
horn as emblem of power and might (Biblical use)
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  • Hé ús hǽle horn árǽrde,

      Lk. i. 69.

  • Ealle hornas synfulra ic tóbrece and beóð úp áhefen hornas ryhtwíses,

      Ps. Rdr. 74, II. Ic cwæð tó ðǽm ðe syngodon: ' Ne
    hebbe gé tó úp eówre hornas. ' Ðonne áhebbað ðá synfullan swíðe úp hira hornas, ðonne hí hí nǽfre nyllað geeáðmédan . . . , Past. 425, 21-24.
a vessel formed from a horn,
a drinking-horn, v. drync(e)-, wín-horn; andcf. Contulit magno regi duo cornua (or under IV.?) auro argentoque decorata (cf. mec a drinking-horn)mon þeceð golde and sylfore,Rä. 15, 2) ut eo liberius hoc praerogatiuum roboretnr, C. D. ii. 293, 17. Offero refectorario dicti monasterii . . . cornu meae mensae, ut senes monasterii bibant inde in festis sanctorum, et in suis benedictionibus meminerint aliquando animae donatoris, i. 305, 3-13.
a receptacle for other liquids or powder, v. blæc-, ele-, pipor-horn.
a horn for cupping
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  • Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽeces ansýne and bǽr horn and his blódsex (

    cornu et tripedicam ferens

    ),
      Gr. 161, 2. v. tyge-horn.
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horn tube for inhaling
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  • Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc,

      Lch, ii. 316, II: 56, II.
a horn for blowing, a trumpet, v. blǽs-, swegel-, trúþ-horn
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  • Horn-bláwere cornicen, horn

    cornu

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 64.

  • Horn

    salpix

    ,
      An. Ox. 18 b, 86.

  • Nǽfre mon þæs hlúde horn á þýteð ne býman ábláweð,

      Dóm. 109.
a projection like a horn at each corner of the altar in the Jewish temple
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  • Tó horne weófedes,

      Ps. Rdr. Spl. 117, 27.

  • Oð horn wíbed,

      Ps. Vos. 117, 27.

  • Oð horn

    ad cornua

    ,
      Ps. Srt. 117, 27.
each of the pointed extremities of the moon in her first and last quarters, Rä. 30, 2 (in Dict.]. VI a.
each end of a bow. Cf. horn-boga
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  • Hé forbricþ hornas bogana

    confringit cornua arcum

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      Ps. Rdr. Vos. Srt. 75, 4.
  • See Rä. 15 for various uses of the horn, and Tupper's notes on the riddle.
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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/53010.

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