heolfor
Blood from a wound ⬩ gore ⬩ cruor
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Blood from a wound, gore; cruor Blód út ne com heolfor of hreþre ðeáh mec bite stíðecg stýle there came not out blood or gore from my breast though the steel with stiff edge bit me, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13. Heolfres þurstge thirsty for gore
Linked entry: helabr
heoru-word
A hostile, fierce word,
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A hostile, fierce word, Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 7; Fä. 84
hrǽc-gebræc
hoarseness
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A cold in the chest, hoarseness: Hrǽc-gebræc branchos[ = βράγχος], Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 23; Wrt. Voc. 19, 29
HREÓD
A REED
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A REED Hwí férde gé on wéstene geseón ðæt hreód ðe byþ mid winde ástyred quid existis in desertum videre harundinem vento moverí, Lk. Skt. 7, 24: Mt. Kmbl. 11, 7. For cynegyrde him hreód forgeáfon gave him a reed for a sceptre, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 27.
Linked entry: hreódeum
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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A reed-bed Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned
hreód-wæter
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Fenny land where reeds are growing Ðá wæs ðæt land eall swá wé geférdon ádrigad and fien and hreádwæteru palus erat sicca et ceno habundans, Nar. 20, 23
hreód-writ
pen ⬩ calamus scribæ
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A reed for writing, pen; calamus scribæ. Ps. Spl. C. 44, 2
hridder
A sieve
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A sieve, instrument for winnowing corn: Hridder capisterium, taratantara, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 116, 117; Wrt. Voc. 34, 45, 46. Ðá ábæd his fóstormóder án hridder ... Benedictus genam ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores ... hí ðæt hridder up áhéngon
hring-nett
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A net-work of rings, a coat of mail formed of rings Hringnet bǽron locene leoþosyrcan, Beo. Th. 3783; B. 1889
hrís
A twig ⬩ branch ⬩ RISE
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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye
hrot
scum ⬩ mucus
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Thick fluid, scum, mucus Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain
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hrycgmearh-liþ
The spine
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The spine Hrygmergliþ spina, Wrt. Voc. 283, 46
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hrycg-ribb
A rib
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A rib Hricgrib spondilia, Wrt. Voc. 65, 22. Hrycrib, 283, 49
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Hugas
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The name of a people in the neighbourhood of West Friesland, Beo. Th. 4998; B. 2502: 5820; B. 2914
hundred
A hundred
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A hundred, a territorial division, the assembly of the men in such a division Hú mon ðæt hundred haldan sceal. Ǽrest ðæt hí heó gegaderian á ymb feówer wucan and wyrce ǽlc man óðrum riht how the [assembly of the] hundred is to be held. First, they [the
hungor-geár
A year of famine
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A year of famine Ðá hæfde se hálga wer gedǽled ðæs mynstres þing hafenleásum mannum for ðam hungergeáre the saint had distributed the provisions of the monastery to indigent men on account of the year of famine, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 20
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HÚS
A HOUSE ⬩ a family
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A HOUSE, a family Hic lar þis fýr on ánfealdum getele, and hit getácnaþ hús on mænigfealdum getele, hi lares ðás hús; ðanon is gecweden lardum spic, forðan hit on húsum hangaþ lange, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 48. Baðiendra manna hús ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne
Linked entry: cǽpe-hús
hús-hleów
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Shelter afforded by a house Gif[e] his húshleów and mete and munde ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe let him give the shelter of his house and food and protection to him that needs it, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 25
hwat
Augury ⬩ divination
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Augury, divination Ne gímon hwata ne swefna non augurabimini nec observabitis somnia, Lev. 19, 26. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc forbeóde hwata and galdra we enjoin that every priest forbid auguries and incantations, L. Edg. C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3
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ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity Ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas idleness nourishes bad habits, Prov. Kmbl. 1. Ǽlc ýdel fét unhǽlo, 61. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóstas ðǽr ne geþafian ne ídele spǽce ne ídele dǽde ne ǽnig ídel we enjoin that priests do not permit there