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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-hét

promised

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promised

wór-hen

(n.)
Grammar
wór-hen, wór-henn, e; f. The word glosses cracinus,
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Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 75 : 136. 59

edisc-hen

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Edischen (-hæn) ortigome(t)ra, Txts. 83, 1460. Edischenn cicius (ciaus? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 23. Edischen ciaus (cicius?), ii. 16, 22: coturnix, 22, 76. Add

fódder-hec

(n.)

a rack

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a rack or manger to hold fodder Man sceal habban . . . fódder-hec, Angl. ix. 265, l

Linked entry: hec

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

Linked entry: swealwe

hég-hús

Similar entry: híg-hús

hég-síþe

Similar entry: híg-síþe

heg-stów

Similar entry: hege-stów

hel-lic

of hell ⬩ infernal ⬩ diabolic

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Add: referring to classical mythology. Similar entries Cf. hell; I. 2 Þǽm hellicum gorgoneo (maculata cruore. Aid. 208, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 961 83: gorgoneis (molitur damna venenis, Aid. 166, n), 92, 66: 41, 44. of hell. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

hel-rán

Similar entry: hell-rún

hen-fugol

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Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas. C. D. i. 312, 9. Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

her-pæþ

Similar entry: here-pæþ

hó-hylde

Similar entry: ó-heald

hú-ilpa

Similar entry: hwilpa

mǽr-heg

Grammar
mǽr-heg, l. -hege,
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and add Tó ðám mǽrhege, C. D. iii. 79, 13. Ollonc þæs gemǽreheges (cf. gemǽrheges, 1) onbútan Hreódlége; ðæt swá on þone mǽrhege ðe sceót tó ðǽre hálgan ǽc, vi. 234, 12 : v. 126, 26

heá-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
heá-lícness, e; f.

Loftiness, sublimity, greatness

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Loftiness, sublimity, greatness Heálícnyss sublimitas, Hymn Surt. 74, 26. Seó heofenlíce heálícnyss wearþ geopenod the greatness of heaven was revealed, Homl. Th. i. 106, 31

hed-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
hed-cláþ, es; m.

A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble

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A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346, 17

hó-banca

(n.)
Grammar
hó-banca, an; m.

A couch, ⬩ sofa; ⬩ sponda,

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A couch, sofa; sponda, Wrt. Voc. 290, 13

Linked entry: banca

ge-þearf

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þearf, ic, he;

I have ⬩ or he has need or necessity

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I have, or he has need or necessity

dear

Grammar
dear, ic, he
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I dare, he dares, Gen. 44, 34: Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684; pres. of durran