hére
Dignity ⬩ majesty ⬩ greatness
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Dignity, majesty, greatness Hwæt hiora hére búton se hlísa án what is their greatness but report alone, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 107; Met. 10, 54.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Handrófra here, Exod. 247. Dauid miclum his ágenes herges pleah cum damno exercitus, Past. 37, 7: Bl. H. 193, 2. Ic ríde herges on ende, Rä. 78, 8. Heriges wísa, Dan. 203. Herges wísa, freom folctoga, Exod. 13. Herges rǽswan, 234.
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Micel here turba multa, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 14. Here legio, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 30: exercitus, 23, 11.
Linked entries: hors-here flot-herge
here
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glosses fornaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 12 : 36, 2
hére
dignity
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In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe
here-hýþ
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Sé þe fint here-húða manige qui inuenit spolia multa, Ps. L. 118, 162. and add
here-wósa
One who is fierce in fight ⬩ a warrior [?]
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Here-wósan hige a warrior's soul. Cd. 206; Th. 255, 24; Dan. 629. Siððan herewósan heofon ofgǽfon since those who fiercely fought gave up heaven, 5; Th. 6, 7; Gen. 85
here-cumbol
A military signal
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A military signal Wordum and bordum hófon herecombol with shouts and shields they raised the war-signal, Elen. Kmbl. 49; El. 25. Cf.[?] Tacitus, Germania c. 3: 'As their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm. It is not so much an articulate sound,
here-man
A soldier
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A soldier Heremenn milites, Lk. Skt. Lind. 7, 8
here-serce
A coat of mail.
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A coat of mail. Beo. Th. 3027; B. 1511
here-téma
A leader of an army, of a people ⬩ a ruler ⬩ general
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A leader of an army, of a people, a ruler, general Se heretéma cyning selfa the leader, the king himself [Theodoric ], Bt. Met. Fox 1. 63; Met. 1, 31. Se heretýma, caldéa cyning. Cd. 205; Th. 253, 30; Dan. 603. Ðá cwæþ hé hwæs sunu is hit ðá cwæþ se
Linked entry: -tíma
here-toga
The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul
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The leader of an army or of a people, a general; dux, consul Heretoga vel heorl dux, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 2; Wrt. Voc. 42, 11. Heretoga comes, Rtl. 193, 9. Of ðé forþgǽþ se heretoga seðe recþ mín folc ex te exiet dux, qui reget populum meum, Mt. Kmbl
here-nes
Praise
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Praise Herenes mín laudatio mea, Ps. Th. 103, 32: 110, 8: 117, 14. Herenis laus, Rtl. 30, 23: 174, 31. In herenesse Godes in laudem Dei, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 17: 599, 12; Ps. 55, 10. Hé geearnode ðæt hé ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit
here-teám
plundering ⬩ spoiling ⬩ devastation ⬩ taking part in a 'here,' ⬩ what is got by an army ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty ⬩ spoil
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plundering, spoiling, devastation, taking part in a 'here,' i. e, a predatory band of more than thirty-five members [v. here] Se ðe hereteáme betogen sý he who is accused of taking part in a 'here,' L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 2, MS. H.
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Ðone here gefliémde and ða herehýþ áhreddon put the Danes to flight and rescued the spoils, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 26
here-draca
A war-drake ⬩ an arrow
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A war-drake, an arrow Herdracan, Hickes' Thes. p. 192. [Cf. hilde-nædre.]
here-býme
A war-trumpet,
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A war-trumpet, Cd. 147; Th. 183, 29; Exod. 99
here-byrne
A war-corslet,
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A war-corslet, Beo. Th. 2890; B. 1443
here-féða
A martial band,
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A martial band, Exon. 22 b; Th. 63, 1; Cri. 1013
here-fléma
One who flees from battle,
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One who flees from battle, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 112, 23; Æðelst. 23