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hel

(n.)

a pretext

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a pretext Mid yfelan helan earme men beswícaþ with evil pretexts defraud poor men, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 18. [?]

Linked entries: hell hyll

hen

Linked entry: hæn

HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HERE ⬩ in this world ⬩ at this time

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HERE, in this world, at this time Hér hic, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse. Hér is his mildheortnes ofer

Linked entries: þes here-spel hér-æfter here-spel hér-tó

hér

hair

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hair

hér

(adj.)
Grammar
hér, adj.

Noble ⬩ excellent ⬩ honourable ⬩ holy ⬩ sublime

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Noble, excellent, honourable, holy, sublime Gehýr ðis hére spel [herrespel, Thorpe], hear this noble lay, Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 32; Sch. 37

Linked entry: hér-

hér-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hér-, hǽr-líc; adj.

Noble ⬩ excellent

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Noble, excellent Næs ðæt hérlic dǽd that was no noble deed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18. Hǽrlíc, 1, 86; Met. 1, 43

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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A hide of land. The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 5, 25, seems to shew that the word is connected with híwan, hígan, and this etymology is supported by the use of familia and híd in the Latin and English versions respectively of Bede's

hig

hay

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hay

hig

they

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they

hód

(n.)
Grammar
hód, es; m.
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A hood; cucullus, caputium, Cot. 31, Lye

HÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HÓF, es; m.
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A HOOF Hóf ungula, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 6; Wrt. Voc. 43, 59: Wrt. Voc. 71, 76. Hors hófum wlanc the horse proud of hoofs, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 5; Rún. 19

Linked entries: hóh-hwyrfing hoffingas

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hó; gen. hós; m.
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A heel, hough: — Hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hó calx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei

Linked entries: hó hó-banca

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, hó, hoo a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod. Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms. Kemble's supposition is borne out by the following passage, in which the word occurs independently
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Wé ðá fóron forþ be ðæm sǽ and ðǽr ða heán hós and dene and gársecg ðone æthiopia wé gesáwon promuntoria ad oceanum in ethiopia vidimus, Nar. 24, 9

hoh-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-fæst; adj.
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Firm of mind, prudent, wise Hogfæstum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25

Linked entry: hog-

hoh-

(adv.; prefix)
Grammar
hoh-, hog-líce; adv.
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Prudently, thoughtfully Hoglíce, prudenter, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 8

HOL

(n.)
Grammar
HOL, es; n.
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A HOLE, hollow, cavern, den Tó ðám ealdan hole; of ðám hole, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 423, 22. Swá swá leó déþ of his hole quasi leo in cubile suo, Ps. Th. 9, 29. Mec hæleþ út týhþ of hole hátne a man draws me out hot from a hole, Exon. 125 a; Th. 480,

Linked entries: holl holh

hól

(n.)
Grammar
hól, es; n.
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Vain speech, evil speaking without cause, calumny, slander Hól and hete and rýpera reáflác ús derede slander and hatred and the rapine of robbers hath harmed us, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 70. Hól calumnia, Off. Episc. 8, Lye. Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for

Linked entries: hoelan hólian hel

hom

Similar entry: ham

hón

(n.)
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tendrils of a vine [?] Ðá geseah ic gyldenne wíngeard trumlícne and fæstlícne and ða twígo his hongodon geond ða columnan. ða wundrode ic ðæs swíðe. wǽron in ðæm wíngearde gyldenu leáf and his hón and his wæstmas wǽron cristallum and smaragdus eác ðæt

hám

Grammar
hám, <b>;
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VIII a.</b> l. domiduca

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