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hát-heort

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Hátheort furibundus, iratus, Hpt. Gl. 477, 29. Þǽre hátheortan furibundae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 45. Þǽm hátheortan funesto, 14. Háthort were viro furioso, Kent. Gl. 845. Add: —

heard-fyrde

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Dele

heard-mód

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Heardmód bið se mon þe ne mage þysum gelýfan. Hml. S. 36, 326. Add

heard-sǽlig

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Hwílum gebyrede ðám heardsǽlgan (-sǽlegum, v. l.) ꝥ him wǽre betere ꝥ hé bearn næfde ðonne hé hæfde carentem liberis infortunio dixit esse felicem, Bt. 81, 1; F. 112, 20. Add:

heard-sǽlness

Grammar
heard-sǽlness, (heartsǽlnes, v. l.
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see Mod. Lang. Rev, viii. 60, 25). After heardsǽlnes in l. 2 add:

heard-sǽlþ

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Se cyning . . . him wæs wániende ǽgþer ge his ágene heardsǽlða ge ealles þæs folces rex . . . nunc suam, nunc publicam infelicitatem deflet, Ors. 4, 5: S. 166, 20. Add

hell-heort

(adj.)
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hell-heort, adj.

Faint-hearted

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Faint-hearted (?) For ðám egsan þæs engles ansýnes þá weardas wǽron áfǽrede and hellheorte, and efne swá forhte gewordene swá heó deáde wǽron, Nap. 37

heort-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
heort-leás, adj.

cowed

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Without courage or spirit, cowed Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst. Wlfst. 137, 22) heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred sis memor illius qui tum pavor ante

heort-seócness

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Dele

heort-wærc

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Gif him oninnan heard heortwærc sié, þonne him wyxþ wind on þǽre heortan, Lch. ii. 60, 6: iii. 74u 21. Wið heortwærce, 18. Add

heoru-drync

a wound

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Drinking by the sword, a wound. [For the personifying of the sword and its drinking of blood when making a wound cf. such passages as : Gladius Domini repletus est sanguine, Is. 34, 6.] Hréðles eafora hiorodryncum swealt (cf. wundum sweltan, By. 293)

heoru-flá

(n.)
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an arrow for war Wǽpna and heoruflán arma et sagittę, Ps. L. 56, 5

sam-heort

(adj.)
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sam-heort, adj.

concors

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Of one heart, of the same disposition; concors Singaþ samheorte sangas Dryhtne, Ps. Th. 149, 1

wéden-heort

(adj.)
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wéden-heort, adj.

Mad, frenzied, furious

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Mad, frenzied, furious Wédenheortra synna furiarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 30

heáh-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-heort, adj.

High-hearted, haughty, proudproud

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High-hearted, haughty, proud, Cd. 202; Th. 250, 1; Dan. 540

heard-cwide

(n.)
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heard-cwide, es; m.

Harsh language, reproach, abuse, contumely

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Harsh language, reproach, abuse, contumely Ic geþolade hosp and heardcwide I suffered scorn and contumely, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 22; Cri. 1444

heard-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-líc, adj.

Severe, fierce, hard, strict

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Severe, fierce, hard, strict Heardlíc eornost severe seriousness, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 37: Andr. Kmbl. 3100; An. 1553: Exon. 116 b; Th. 447, 10; Dóm 37. Heardlícu wítu severe punishments 69 b; Th. 258, 11; Jul. 263

heard-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-heortness, e; f.

Hard-heartedness

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Hard-heartedness Hwæt is seó stǽnige eorþe búton heardheortnyss what is the stony ground but hard-heartedness, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 35. Þurh ðone wah seó heardheortnes ðara hiéremonna per parietem duritia subditorum, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 24. Ic can eówre

heard-hicgende

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-hicgende, adj.

Bold in purpose

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Bold in purpose, Beo. Th. 793; B. 394: 1602; B. 799

heard-fyrde

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-fyrde, adj.

Difficult to carry

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Difficult to carry Ðǽr oninnan bær eorl hard-fyrdne dǽl goldes there within bore the earl a weighty portion of gold, Beo. Th. 4483; B. 2245