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heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.
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Ðá gemétte hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

hara

(n.)
Grammar
hara, an; m.
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sætte be ðám haran ðæt hí mósten freó faran he decreed concerning hares, that they should go free, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 30

hán

(n.)
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)

Linked entry: hǽnan

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in
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In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.
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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

hád

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Gif leornere wǽre ꝥ þurh láre geþunge ꝥ hád hæfde and þénode Críste, Ll. Th. i. 192, 13. nolde ꝥ ǽnigóðer man sceolde hire hád on sættan he would not have her take the veil from any one else, Hml.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, omen.
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Nǽfre on aldordagnm ǽr ne siððan heardran hǽle healþegnas fand never in all the days of his life, before or since, less auspiciously (cf. Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add

hál

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Gif slǽpð, byþ hál ( saluus ), Jn. 11, 12. Dryhten wine sínne grétte, . . . héht his líchoman háles brúcan . . . Árás þá mægene róf . . . hál, næs him gewemmed wlite, . . . bán gebrocen, An. 1472. Hálne valentem sospitem (Ald, 40, 1), Wrt.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.
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Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble Hiora heorte wæs heán on gewinnum humiliatum est in laboribus cor eorum, Ps. Th. 106, 11. Ic heán gewearþ mé hraðe lýsde humiliatus sum et liberavit me, 114, 6.

hír-ness

hearingsubjectionservicea parish

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Embehtsum[n]ise ł hérnisse gefe Gode obsequium praestare Deo, Jn. L. 16, 2. gefealh singallíce his þegnungum and hýrnessum ejus obsequiis sedule atque incessanter adhaerebat, Gr.

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.
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The first person is he who speaks about himself alone . . . The second person is he whom the first speaks to . . . The third person is he about whom the first person speaks to the second person, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 23, 49-53.

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.
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A command, hest, behest Hǽs jussio, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 40. Gehír God mín gebed exaudi Deus orationem meam. On ðysum is gebed and ná hǽs hear my prayer, O God. In this there is a prayer, not a command, Ælfc.

Linked entry: be-hǽs

hát

(n.)
Grammar
hát, es; n.
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Hát þrowian to suffer heat, Beo. Th. 5204; B. 2605

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.
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Se biþ hál geworden he shall be saved, Blickl. Homl. 21, 36. þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden he was at once by that restored to health, 223, 26.

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hamer

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Þeáh ðǽra manna ǽghwylc hæfde ǽnne hamor on handa, and þeáh man . . . mid þám hameron beóte on þæt ísene þell . . . ne áwacode nǽfre for eallum þissum, tó ðám wérig wǽre, Wlfst. 147, 3-8. Hameras sleánde mallei percutientes, Scint. 171, 14.

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.
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Ger. heis: Ger. heiser.]

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.
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Ðes atola hám this horrid abode [hell], Cd. 215; Th. 270, 26 ; Sat. 96. Tó cyniges háme ad mansionem regiam, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 7: Shrn. 187, 7, 22.

hæt

(n.)
Grammar
hæt, hætt, es; m.
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A hat, covering for the head; pileus, mitra, tiara Fellen hæt galerus vel pileus, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 111; Wrt. Voc. 22, 26. Hæt calamanca, Wrt. Voc. 41, 8 : capitium, 74, 57.

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hæc

(n.)
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A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir, N. E. D.]

in-here

(n.)
Grammar
in-here, es ; m.

A native armyhome-force

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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to