heáh
High
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High Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum the burning mounts aloft to heaven, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 7; Ph. 521: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 15; Exod. 467: Ps. Th. 138, 6. Heáor altius, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 16. On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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Hire sáwle mon sceolde lǽdan tó helle her soul was to be conducted to hell, 35, 6; Fox 168, 5
hér
hair
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hair
hér-
Noble ⬩ excellent
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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
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Dele
heáge
High
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High Heáge flíhþ se earn sublime volat aquila, Ælfc. Gr. 41, 16. Beheald ðás sunnan hú heáge heó ástíhþ behold this sun, how high it mounts, Homl. Th. i. 286, 31
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heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Hét mec hláford min hér heard (?her-heard, MS.; see hearh-eard. Grein suggested eard, but the alliteration seems to require heard. Cf. oððe þis waroð þe hér áworpen ligeð, Rä 41, 49) niman, Kl. 15.
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HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Him nǽnig gewin hér on worlde tó lang ne tó heard þuhte no labour here in the world seemed to him too long or too hard, Blickl. Homl. 227, 3; Cd. 17; Th. 20, 30; Gen. 317. Hunger se hearda severe famine, 86; Th. 108, 32; Gen. 1815.
Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce
heard-héwe
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helde
tansy
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tansy. Helde tanicetum, An. Ox. 56, 395: tenedisse, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 24. Add:
heáne
Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly
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Ignominiously, shamefully, abjectly Ðú sylfa mé heáne gehnǽgdest humiliasti me, Ps. Th. 118, 71. Scyldigra scólu áscyred weorþeþ heáne from hálgum the band of the guilty shall with shame be separated from the holy, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 17; Cri. 1609:
heden
A hood, chasuble ⬩ dress ⬩ a jacket of fur or skin
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A hood, chasuble Heden casla, Cot. 32, Lye. Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam, L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9. Swá hwylc swá wile lectiones rǽdan ne biþ hé nýded tó ðon
heáne
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Þú miht oferhýdige . . . heáne gehnǽgean tu humiliasti superbum, Ps. Th. 88, 9. Add
hearde
Severely, very much, greatly, sorely
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Severely, very much, greatly, sorely Ðá cwæþ se Hǽlend ðæt him hearde þyrste then said Jesus that he was sore athirst, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 31. Hearde ofsceamode sorely ashamed, 518, 31. Ðæs ðe wé wénaþ and hearde ondrǽdaþ according to what we expect and
HÉLA
The HEEL
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The HEEL Héla calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hél calcaneum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th.
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hearde
firmly ⬩ tightly
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Add: of falling or striking (lit. or fig. ) Hé sume ác ástáh, . . . and hé hearde feóll (cf. in arborem ascendens deciderat deorsum, et contrito corpore spiritum exhalavit, Vit. Cuth. c. 34), Hml. Th. ii. 150, 32. Ic wæs hearde cnyssed impulsus. Ps.
helde
Tansy ⬩ tanacetum vulgare
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Tansy; tanacetum vulgare Helde tanicetum, Wrt. Voc. 79, 24: tanaceta, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 87; Wrt. Voc. 30, 33. Genius heldan take tansy, L. M. 1, 36; Lchdm. ii. 86, 20
healre
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On healre dúne; of healre dúne, Cht. Crw. 4, 25. Tó healre mere; of healre mere, C. D. iii. 79, 1. Cf. In loco siluatici ruris usitato nomine hellere lége, i. 63, 9
helpe
Help
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Help Gif ðás fultumas ne sýn helpe if these remedies are no help, L. M. 2, 48; Lchdm. ii. 262, 15. [Or should this be placed under help?] Hé him helpan ne mæg ǽnige gefremman he can give him no help, Beo. Th. 4888; B. 2448
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help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Add: help, assistance, succour Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, Is micel þearf ealre þisse þeóde helpes and rǽdes. Wlfst. 243, 4. Sende se túnrǽd his helges biddende. Hml. S. 31, 1220. Hé hyne bæd hylpes, Shrn.
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