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hǽr-loccas

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-loccas, m. pl.

Locks of hair, curlscincinni, crines

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Locks of hair, curls; cincinni, crines, Hpt. Gl. 526

hám-hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-hæn, -henn, e; f.

A domestic fowl

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A domestic fowl, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

hǽr-sife

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-sife, es; n.
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A hair-sieve Man sceal habban . . . hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264. 14

hǽr-nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-nǽdl, e; f.

A hair-pincalamistrum

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A hair-pin; calamistrum, Lye

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Laudable, noble Hé hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

hér-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hér-, hǽr-líc; adj.

Nobleexcellent

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Noble, excellent Næs ðæt hérlic dǽd that was no noble deed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18. Hǽrlíc, 1, 86; Met. 1, 43

hér

here . . . there

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Add 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 Wé nabbað hér (hic) bútun fíf hlá as, Mt. 14, 17. Gód ys ús hér tó

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2. Leofaþ sáwl min and ðé hereþ

Linked entry: hergan

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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[For pl. hearga; f. substitute: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar. a grove Hearga lucum (the word occurs among glosses to Aldhelm between one on Ald. 50, 25 and another on 50, 27: in the text between these lucum does not occur), Wrt.

ge-feaxe

Grammar
ge-feaxe, l. (?) ge-feax, and add: [O. H. Ger. ge-fahs comatus. ]
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Cf. ge-hǽre

felan

(v.)
Grammar
felan, p. fæl, pl. fǽlon; pp. folen

To stickadherehærēre

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To stick, adhere; hærēre Ðæt ic in ne fele ut non inhæream, Ps. Surt. 68, 15

Linked entry: felgan

æ-scære

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
æ-scære, adj. [æ = a, scær, p. of sceran to shear, cut]

Without tonsureuncutuntrimmedneglectedintonsusincultusneglectus

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Without tonsure, uncut, untrimmed, neglected; intonsus, incultus, neglectus Deóplíc dǽd-bót biþ, ðæt lǽwede man swá æscære beó, ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre, ne on nægle it is a deep penitence, that a layman be so untrimmed that scissors [iron] come not

Linked entries: a-scære -scǽre

gneáð

(adj.)
Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.

Sparingfrugalstingyscantysmall parcus

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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.

Linked entry: un-gníðe

beód-ern

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Intó hære béddarn . . . of hira bǽddern, Cht. Th. 493, 7, 18. Riht is þæt ǽnige wǽpnmen on mynecena beódderne ne etan ne ne drincan, ne lǽwede men on muneca, Wlfst. 269, 10. Gesealdum þǽre bellan tácne beódærn inngán, Angl. xiii. 393, 399.

byrne

(n.)
Grammar
byrne, a corslet.
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Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Hé geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

un-wynsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wynsum, adj.

Unpleasant

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Hé hine gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíþe heardum and unwinsumum, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24

feax

a bush

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Fexe, hǽre capillatura, An. Ox. 1214. Heó hire wætres bæd, and hí þwóhg, and hyre feax gerǽdde (crines composuit), Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 232, 9. Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2.

Linked entries: feaxede feax-gerǽdian

un-ǽmetta

(n.)
Grammar
un-ǽmetta, -ǽmta, an; m.

Want of leisure for doing, something, occupation, business

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Gif hit sié se ðe ðæt land hæbbe ðæt hé ðis forgýmeleásie búton hit hæres unǽmetta sié, ðonne ... if it happen that he who has the land neglect this arrangement, unless occupation in connection with the Danes be the cause of the neglect, then ..., Chart

Linked entry: ǽmetta