hód
A hood; ⬩ cucullus, ⬩ caputium,
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A hood; cucullus, caputium, Cot. 31, Lye
hors-ærnnes
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dromus) Horsernysse ypodromi, An. Ox. 2, 133
Linked entry: hors-hús
hors-ryne
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dromus) Móthúses, horsyrnes prodromi (see the passage glossed under hors-hús), Hpt. Gl. 476, 61
Linked entry: hors-yrnes
hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness Ðǽr wísna fela wearþ inlíhted ðe ǽr under hoðman biholen lǽgon there many things were illumined that before lay concealed in darkness, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 32; Cri. 45. Rídend swefaþ hæleþ in hoðman knights and warriors
æsc-holt
Ash-wood ⬩ an ash-wood spear ⬩ lignum fraxineum ⬩ hasta fraxinea
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Ash-wood, an ash-wood spear; lignum fraxineum, hasta fraxinea Æscholt asceóc shook his ashen spear, Byrht. 138, 35; By. 230: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330
greót-hord
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An earthen treasure, i.e. the body Greóthord gnornaþ gǽst hine fýseþ on écne geard the body mourns, the spirit hastens to an eternal dwelling, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240
án-horn
A unicorn ⬩ unicornis ⬩ monoceros ⬩ μονόκερως
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A unicorn; unicornis, monoceros = μονόκερως Ánhornes unicornis, Ps. Surt. 91, 11. Ðonne ánhorna sicut unicornis, Ps. Th. 91, 9: [MS. ónhornan], 77, 68
Linked entry: HORN
aler-holt
An alder wood ⬩ alnetum
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An alder wood; alnetum
Linked entry: alor-holt
ceaster-hof
A city-dwelling ⬩ urbis ædes
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A city-dwelling; urbis ædes Storm upp arás æfter ceasterhofum a storm arose along the city-dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 2475; An. 1239
lind-hóh
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where lime-trees are growing[?] On lindhóh; of lindhó, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 76, 33
Dún-holm
DURHAM ⬩ Dunelmia
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DURHAM; Dunelmia Hér forlét Ægelríc bisceop his bisceopríce æt Dúnholm in this year [A. D. 1056] bishop Ægelric left his bishopric at Durham, Ch. 1056; Erl. 191, 14. Ða menn hine befóron innan ðære burh æt Dúnholme the men surrounded him in the burgh
gold-hord
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On þám þe wæs behýdd se heofonlica goldhord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 2. Se goldhord þe þú geméttest, Hml. S. 23, 603. Swíðe ealdne goldhord, 570. Unárímedlicu goldhord innumeri thesauri, Nar. 5, 10. Hér Rómáne gesomnodón al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron,
lǽs-hosum
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Perhaps for fótleáste lǽshosum should be read fótleáse lǽ-acute;sthosan footless hose, hose that did not cover the sole of the foot. v. lǽst; f
fen-hóp
A fen-heap ⬩ mound? ⬩ pălūdis agger?
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A fen-heap or mound? pălūdis agger? He meahte fleón on fen-hópu he might flee to the fen-mounds, Beo. Th. 1532; B. 764
gast-hof
A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium
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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium In ðam gast-hofe in the guest-house, Exon. 19 b; Th. 21, 24; Cri. 821
Linked entry: gæst-hof
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157
heonu
Lo ⬩ behold
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Lo, behold Heonu [henu, Rush.] ecce, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8. Heono, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 29. Hona lá mín hláford ecce dominus meus, Shrn. 60, 14
a-holan
To dig ⬩ fodere
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To dig; fodere.Mt. Kmbl. Rl. 5, 29
Linked entry: a-holede
a-hold
faithful ⬩ fidelis ⬩ fidus
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faithful; fidelis, fidus