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hég-síþe

Similar entry: híg-síþe

heg-stów

Similar entry: hege-stów

hel-rán

Similar entry: hell-rún

hen-fugol

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Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

her-pæþ

Similar entry: here-pæþ

heáh-hád

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hád, es; m.

A high order, religious order

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A high order, religious order Heáhhádes men men in holy orders, L. I. P. 22; Th. ii. 334, 6

heá-lícness

(n.)
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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

helm-berend

(n.)
Grammar
helm-berend, es; m.

One who wears a helmet

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One who wears a helmet Ne róhte helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642

hére

(n.)
Grammar
hére, e; f.

Dignitymajestygreatness

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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.

heorr

a hinge

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Æfter þám feówor heorren heofenes and eorðan, Lch. iii. 84, ii. an essential point Heorr cardo. i. finis, Germ. 388, 3.

Linked entry: heorra

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note.

Linked entry: hædern

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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Héht ðæt cuóme tó him he commanded that he should come to him, Chart. Th. 47, 11.

Linked entry: ge-hátan

heáh-boda

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-boda, an; m.

An archangel

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An archangel Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider gefleógan bade the triumphant Lord his archangel fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 3; Cri. 295

druncen-hád

(n.)
Grammar
druncen-hád, es; m. [MS. -hed]

Drunkenness ebriĕtas

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Drunkenness; ebriĕtas Þurh heora druncenhád [MS. -hed] through their drunkenness, Chr. 1070; Th. 345, 42

heáh-nes

Grammar
heáh-nes, heán-, heá-nes, -ness, e; f.

Highness, height, highest point, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, excellence

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On ðæs heáhnysse ufeweardre on the very top of it [the stalk], Herb. 173. 1; Lchdm. 302, 24. Wé ne mágon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse hí nǽfre geseón we cannot ever see it [heaven] for its remote elevation, Lchdm. iii. 232, 15.

fǽmnan hád

(n.)
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fǽmnan hád, fǽmn-hád, es; m. [fǽmne a virgin, woman]

Virginity, maidenhood, womanhoodvirgĭnĭtas

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Heó lyfode mid hyre were seofen geár of hyre fǽmnháde vixĕrat cum vĭro suo annis septem a virgĭnĭtāte sua, Lk. Bos. 2, 36

Egones hám

(n.)
Grammar
Egones hám, Egnes hám,es; m. [Ethelw. Ignesham: Flor. Eignes*-*ham: Hunt. Aegnesham: Gerv. Egenesham]

ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi

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ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas and genom Egones hám in this year [A.D. 571] Cuthwulf fought against the Britons and took Eynsham, hr. 571; Erl. 18, 14. Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod.

niht-helm

(n.)
Grammar
niht-helm, es; m.

The covering of nightnight's curtain

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The covering of night, night's curtain Niht-helm geswearc deorc ofer dryhtgumum night's curtain dark was drawn over men, Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789

heáh-nama

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-nama, an;

A great, exalted name

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A great, exalted name Swá is gehálgod ðín heáh-nama thus is thy great name hallowed, Hy. 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18