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hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-ful; adj.
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Ðá wearþ ðæt mǽden mycclum hohful hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde then became the maiden very anxious how she was ever to direct men, Homl. Skt. 2, 121.

hen

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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

hám

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Þá hí æt hám (húse, L., R. domi) wǽron, Mk. 9, 33. Hit cýþán þám ðe æt hám (húse, R.) synt, Lk. 9, 61. Maria sæt æt hám (háme, L., R.), Jn. 11, 20. Se gesíð him nolde ǽr yfles gestiéran æt hám, Ll. Th. i. 134, 6.

hosa

(n.)
Grammar
hosa, an; m. [or hose; f. (?) v. next word, and cf. other dialects] .

a covering for the leg, HOSE ⬩ caliga ⬩ breeches, hose.] ⬩ a husk, a covering for a grain or seed [or is this a different word ?]

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Ger. hose; f. caliga: Ger. hose; f. breeches, hose.] a husk, a covering for a grain or seed [or is this a different word ?] Wilnade gefylle womb his of beánbælgum ł písum hósum cupiebat implere ventrem suum de siliquis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 16. v.

Linked entry: leðer-hose

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Hafað se hálga helle bereáfod, Cri. 558. in classical mythology Þǽre helle hund . . . þæs nama wæs Ceruerus, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 15. Of helle ex herebo, Wrt.

híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Twelf hund ILLIGIBLE . . . þreó hund hída mille ducentarum familinrum . . . trecentarum familiarum, 4, 16; Sch. 425, 20, 23

Linked entry: hígid

hulu

(n.)
Grammar
hulu, e; f.

A hull ⬩ husk

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A hull, husk Hnute hula culliole, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 105; Wrt. Voc. 37, 34: Gl. Prud. 156: Hpt. Gl. 439

hún-spuran

(n.)
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Substitute: hún-sporu, hún-spuru, an; f. A sword-stick Húnsporan dolones (cf. dolones, tela absconsa, Corp. Gl. H. 44, 351), Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 65. Húnspuran, 25, 66. v. hand-sporu, stæf-sweord

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.
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Gimmas hwíte and reáde and hiwa gehwæs gems, white and red and of every hue, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 46; Met. 19, 23: Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 31; Pa. 20.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.
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In hús fadores mínes hámas meniga sint in domo patris mei mansions multæ sunt, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2: 23. Nǽron ðá welige hámas there were not then splendid mansions, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.
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Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ], Th. Chart. 208, 11. Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning Haue rex Iudæorum, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Lk. Skt. 1, 28 : Andr. Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9.

Linked entry: hǽl

hof

(n.)
Grammar
hof, es; n.
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Gif hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó genime mandragoran on middan ðam huse swá mycel swá hé ðonne hæbbe ealle yfelu hé út ánýdeþ if any one see some grievous evil in his home, let him take mandragora into the middle of the house, as much

hér

here . . . there

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Hér seó clǽnnes þá fúlnesse þreáð, Prud. 14 (and often). with verbs of coming or bringing Þæt hý hí wið þæt warnien bæt hý hǽr (in locum hunc tormenforum) ne cumen, Solil. H. 68, 6. Þá ic héer ǽrest cóm, Gen. 2711: Bo. 7: B. 244: 376.

hád

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Swá hé nǽfre þone hád (wǽpnedhád, v. l. ) on hu líchaman næfde ac si sexum non haberet in corpore, Gr. D. 26, 30. condition. in respect to mode of life, of profession, &c.

hors

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Óðer healf hund æcera and þǽrtó þrittig oxna and twéntig cúna and týn hors, Cht. Th. 312, 20. Hæbbe Eádwold hyre taman hors, 539, 6. Hors anstyllan, Angl. ix. 262, 23.

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom, hamm, e; f.
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The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee Hamm poples, hamma suffragines, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 44, 66, 65. Ham poples, 71, 50. Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, hom; gen. hammes; m.
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A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession. 'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m. 'The Latin word which appears most nearly to translate it is vicus, and it seems to be identical in form with the Greek κώμη. In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the houses of the freemen. Whenever we can assure ourselves that the vowel is long, we may be certain that the name implies such a village or community,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxviii-ix. The distinction between -ham and -hám seems to have been lost before the Norman Conquest, as in the Chronicle one MS. has tó Buccingahamme, another
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tó Buccingahám, 918; Th. i. 190, col. 1, 2, l. 21

hát

(n.)
Grammar
hát, es; n.
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Heat Hát biþ onæled heat shall be kindled, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 18; Dóm. 9: 116 b; Th. 447, 11; Dóm. 37. Hát and ceald heat and cold, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 29; Dan. 377; 216; Th. 273, 5; Sat. 132: Exon. 117 b; Th. 451, 20: Dóm. 106. Hát þrowian to suffer

heá

Similar entry: HEÁH

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