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hand-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gemaca, an; m.
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A close companion Þá hyrdecnapan mid heora handgemacan ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 421. Cf. hand-gesella, hand-gestealla

Linked entry: ge-maca

gryndle

(n.)
Grammar
gryndle, an; f.
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A herring Grindle alleh (cf. taricus vel allec hærinc, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 16

Linked entry: grindle

grépe

(n.)
Grammar
grépe, an; f.
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A ditch, drain, privy Latrina genge, groepe atque ductus cloacas (aqueductus cloacae?), Txts. 73, 1172. Groepum scrobibus, 95, 1819. See preceding word

grípe

(n.)
Grammar
grípe, an; f.
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A ditch, drain Adelseáþa grýpan cloacarum cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Grýpan, adelseáþes cloacę 4290. Tó wiþersacunge adelseáþe, grýpan ad apostasię cloacam, 4744

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

gold-óra

(n.)
Grammar
gold-óra, an; m.
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A mass of gold Wudebǽre gyrda bearewum on smǽtum rédes goldórun, [gold- ?] wecgum vimina siluestria (e frondosis) nemoribus (allata mutavit) in obrizum flauentis auri metallum (cf. ðá grénan gyrda wurdon tó reádum golde áwende, Hml. Th. i. 64, 1), An

Linked entry: gold-wecg

grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
grǽfe, an; f.: grǽfa, an; m. (? v. mearc-grǽfa.)
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a thicket, copse Ðis syndon ðá gemǽru. Ǽrest grǽfan hrycg se wudu tó dúnhám styde, C. D. iii. 388, 29. Úp on ðá blacan grǽfan; of ðǽre grǽfan, v. 339, 7: ii. 172, 29. On hincstes gréfan; of hincstęs grǽfan ( but gráfan, C. D. B. iii. 655, 13), iii. 134

Linked entry: grǽf

grama

(n.)
Grammar
grama, an; m.
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A fiend Ꝥ heó wǽre gramena mǽge, þeóstra gefǽra, Hml. S. 2, 173. Forligr macað of Godes temple gramena wununge, 16, 279

granu

(n.)
Grammar
granu, granae, grane, an; f.
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A moustache Granae, granæ, gronae mustacia, Txts. 79, 1343

Linked entries: grana granae grona

hæg-sugga

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-sugga, an ; m.
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A hedge-sparrow Hægsugga. ficitula, Hpt. 33, 241, 48

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

heort-cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
heort-cóðu, es; f.

Heart-disease

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Heart-disease: Cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis, vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel ece, módstócnes vel unmiht, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 65. Hwílum wyrmas heortcoþe wyrceað. Lch. ii. 176, 13. Substitute:

heard-hara

(n.)
Grammar
heard-hara, heardra, an; m.
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The name of a fish. Heardhara cefalus, Txts. 52, 270. Haerdhera caefalus, 115, 167. Heardra cephalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 4: ceffalus, 281, 70: cefalus, ii. 14, 20. Heardhara mugil, 114, 40. Hacod oððe heardra, 55, 81. Heardran mullos, An. Ox. 56, 339.

Linked entry: heardra

hirste

(n.)
Grammar
hirste, an; f.

a frying-pan ⬩ a gridiron

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a frying-pan Bán míne swá swá on herstan (frixorio) herste sint, Ps. Vos. Srt. 101, 4. a gridiron Hyrste craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53. Herst[um?] graticulis, ferreis factis (flectis?), Ld. Gl. H. 36, 175. Herst[an?] latriuncula, craticulas prunis

Linked entries: hyrste herste

heáfod-hebba

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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of a person, an author, originator. Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 365. of a thing, a beginning Ǽrest wé wyllað

Linked entry: hebba

heáfod-loca

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-loca, an; m.
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A stull Heáfodlocan (cf. heáfudponnan, lxx, 9) capitali, Lch. i. lxxiv, 10

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17. Heáhcræftegan (-igan,

heáh-fore

Grammar
heáh-fore, e.Substitute: heáh-fore (-u), an, e; heáh-fru, e,
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Ǽnlic héhfore aurea quadrupes, i. uacca, An. Ox. 1462. Heáhfru antile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 57. Hiord arimentum, oxa bova, heáhfru antile, cú vacca, i. 287, 53-56. Farra míno and héhfaro (altilia) gislægno, Rtl. 107, 21. Ðerh blód héffera and calfra and add

heáh-heoloþe

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heoloþe, an; f.
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Elecampane Heáhhioloþe, Lch. ii. 104, 1 : 138, 16. Genim heáhheoloþan, 18, 22. Heáhhioloþan, 102, 23: 274, 2

Linked entry: eh-heóloþe

heáh-sunne

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sunne, (?), an; f.
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The arch-sun, the Deity Wǽre þú forinwordlíce dysig ðá þú wilnodest þæt þú scoldest myd swilcum æágum þá heáhsunnan (heán sunnan ?) and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17

hunig-swéte

Grammar
hunig-swéte, For Th. An. 45, 4' substitute: Hml. Th. ii. 118, 22,
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and add: lit. Gutta, ꝥ ys hunigswéte dropa, Angl. viii. 299, 48. Huniswéttre mellite (dulcedinis gustum), An. Ox. 336. fig. Huniswé[te] lippan mellea labia, An. Ox. 3183. Orþiende wyrtbráþa swétnyssa líflicra hunigswéte spirans odorum balsama vitalium

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