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wyrm-híw

(n.)
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wyrm-híw, es; n.
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The form of a reptile or serpent Hé sceolde hí áwendan of ðam wyrmhíwe (cf. serpentia terrae, Acts 10, 12), Homl. Skt. i. 10, 104

dim-híw

(adj.)
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dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

feala-híw

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Dele

hír-lic

Similar entry: un-hírlíc

hír-ness

hearingsubjectionservicea parish

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Take here hýr-ness in Dict., and add: hearing Eára hérnisse (-nisses, L.) aures audiendi, Mk. R. 4, 23, Hérnisses, Mt. L. 11, 15. Hérnises, Lk L. 8, 8. From hérnise auditu, Mt. L. 13, 14. Te hérnise auditui, Jn. L. 12, 38. subjection Hí him gehéton

Linked entries: hýr-ness hére-nes

híw-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cund, adj.

Domestic

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Domestic Híwcundum (híf-, MS. for híf = híw see An. Ox. 2530: 3784 given under híw) domesticis, Hpt. Gl. 413, 16

Linked entry: hifcund

híw-fæst

(adj.)
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híw-fæst, adj.

Beautiful

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Beautiful Híwfæst formosa, i. speciosa, An. Ox. 1054. Híwfæstre formosior, i. speciosior, 453

híw-gedál

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Híwgedál divortium, i. divisio conjugiorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 54: 28, 27. Híwgedále divortio, 14. Add

híw-lic

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híw-lic, adj.
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Of a married woman Þǽre híwlican matronalis (cf. (?) matronalis pudicitiae obliviscens, Ald. 59, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 19. For 'matronalis ... Lye' substitute:

híw-scipe

a housefamily

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Add: a house, family On eardungstówe húses ł híwscipes mínes in tabernaculo domus meae, Ps. L. 131, 3. Wæs sum híwscipes man erat quidam vir paterfamilias, Guth. Gr. 172, 1. a hide of land. Similar entries v. híwisc; II. Hé geann þæs landes æt Sandforda

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

scín-híw

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Hé wénde ꝥ hit wǽre sumes gástes scínhýw, Hml. S. 23 b, 170. Se swicola deófol hine gesewenlicne on manegum scínhíwum þám hálgan æteówde, 31, 712. Add

hil-háma

Similar entry: hyll-háma

hin-fús

(adj.)
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hin-fús, adj.

Ready to go away or depart,

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Ready to go away or depart, Beo. Th. 1514; B. 755: Andr. Kmbl. 1223; An. 612

híw-cúþ

(adj.)
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híw-cúþ, heow-; adj.

Familiar, well known

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Familiar, well known Híwcúþ familiaris, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 62; Wrt. Voc. 61, 36. Ic ne eom him suá híwcúþ familiaritatis ejus notitiam non habemus, Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5; Herb. 67, 1; Lchdm. i. 170, 13. Se ðe hine selfne híwcúþne ne ongiet Gode

Linked entry: híred-leóf

hiw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-líc, adj.

Having good form or colour, shapely; formosus

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Having good form or colour, shapely; formosus Ansíne hiwlíce hine habban fultum getácnaþ to see one's self with a handsome face betokens support, Lchdm. iii. 204, 8. Reáf hiwlíc habban blisse getácnaþ to have a handsome robe betokens bliss, 212, 6. Hiwlíc

Ii

(n.)
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Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Iona Heora cyng him gesealde ðæt ígland ðe man Ii nemnaþ ... Nu sceal beón ǽfre on Ii abbod and ná biscop and ðan sculon beón underþeódde ealle Scotta biscopas forðan ðe Columban was abbod ná biscop their king gave him [Columba] the island that is called

ge-heán

(v.)
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ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam

hyge-mǽð

(n.)
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hyge-mǽð, e; f.

reverence

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Honour that is shewn with the heart or mind, reverence; or fitness that is determined by the mind [?] Wígláf healdeþ higemǽðum [hige méðum, Th.] heáfodwearde Wígláf keeps guard reverently [or duly ], Beo. Th. 5810; B. 2909

híwan

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Add: the domestics of a household Þá híwan familiares domus illius, Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 231, 15. Ðá cóm sum þára hína, cleopode mec, 5, 3; Sch. 565, 12. Twégen æceras on gemang hína lande (land let to the members of a household?), C. D. iii. 400, 7. Hína