heals
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Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7: 8. as part of an animal Hals is mín (a badger's) hwít and heáfod fealo, Rä. 16, 1.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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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.
Linked entries: heard-fyrde heard-lic heardlíce heardness hearh-eard
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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epithets of the helmet are brún, Jud. 318: brún-fáh, B. 2615: entisc, B. 2979: gold-fáh, B. 2811: heard, B. 2255: heaþo-steáp, B. 1245: 2153: hefig, Hml.
heáðu
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heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Add: a large room forming part of the residence of a great man, in which the social, public life of the household is carried on Hús domus, heall aulea,cavertún vestibulum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 82: ii. 8, 66.
hédan
to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of
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Add: to take charge or possession of (with gen.). the object a person Gif hé næbbe mǽgburg, héden his þá gefán, Ll. Th. i. 148, 19. the object a thing. [Hml. Th. ii. 114, 33: Exod. 583: Ll. Th. i. 436, 9: Hml. Th. i. 330, 31 in Dict.] to have a care
heaðu
war
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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.
healf
a half
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Gif hé mǽgleás sié, healf kyningc, healf se gesíð, Ll. Th. i. 116, 16. Geselle .cxx. sciłł, healf (dimidium) cyninge, healf biscepe, 66, 17: 296, 8: 294, 8, 9. Half, 258, 12, 17. Gelde healf, 20, 3
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heald
inclined ⬩ inclined to
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On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to Ꝥ ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?) wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt.
hecg
A hedge ⬩ fence
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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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HELP, aid, succour On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help probans se esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25. Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr
Linked entry: hylp
healf
HALF
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Ðæt wæs ehtoþe healf híd that was seven hides and a half, Chart. Th. 550, 12. Seofon and twentigoþan healfes fótes twenty-six feet and a half long, Lchdm. iii. 218, 4, 12, 16, 19
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Fyrdhwate on twá healfe tohtan sécað, 1180. one of the opposite sides in a conflict Hwæðer healf hæfð sige, Ors. 3, 1; S. 100, 9. Wæs swíðe feala manna forfaren on Cnutes healfe, Chr. 1025; P. 157, 18.
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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