hete-sweng
A hostile blow,
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A hostile blow, Beo. Th. 4453; B. 2225
hete-þanc
A hostile thought
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A hostile thought, Beo. Th. 955; B. 475: Exon. 70a; Th. 261, 14; Jul. 315
heáh-weg
A highway
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A highway, main road Hiis terminibus circumcincta. Ab oriente cyninges héiweg; a meritie strét tó scufelingforde . . . an cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 66, 31-67, 2
hell-rún
A sorceress
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A sorceress, one who has a spirit of divination Helrún pithonis (cf. pithonissa, spiritus inferni. Corp. Gl. H. 6, 252), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 64: 69, 20. Fram helrúnum a pithonibus, 3, 37
Linked entry: hel-rán
heofon-flód
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Flood produced by heavy rain Wæs seó eá for regna micelnesse swíðe réðe, and heofonflód micel on sæt (on gesett, v. l.) fluuius prae inundantia pluuiarum late alueum suum immo omnes ripas suas transierat. Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 18
here-rǽs
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An inroad by an army, a raid by the Danes Gif hwæt fǽrlices on þeóde becymð, beón hit hererǽsas, beón hit fǽrcwealmas, beón hit miswyderu, Wlfst. 271, 2
heort-gryre
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Terror of heart, mortal terror Fela cynna egesan geweorþað on eorðan folce tó heortgryre, Wlfst. 86, 15
Linked entry: gryre
heort-scræf
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39
here-beorg
Harbour ⬩ shelter ⬩ lodgings ⬩ quarters
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Harbour, shelter, lodgings, quarters Þá genam hé þǽr herebeorge, Nap. 82
hege-hymele
Hedge
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Hedge (or wild) hop plant Cicena mete muronis, hegehymele humblonis, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 27-28. Þis is seó gréne sealf. . . brócminte and óþre mintan, cicena mete, hegehymele, Lch. iii. 6, 8-15
Linked entry: hymele
hege-steall
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The site of a hedge (?), a place with a hedge (?) (cf. Haystall a small portion of wood on the outskirts of a large wood (in Herefordshire), Halliw. Dict.) Æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 10
hege-sugge
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A hedge sparrow Hegesugge cicada, uicetula, Wülck. Gl. 131, 34
Linked entries: hæg-sugga heges-sugge
gafol-heord
A taxable stock or hive of bees ⬩ grex ad censum
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A taxable stock or hive of bees; grex ad censum Beóceorle gebýreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beo. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole it behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of
Linked entries: heord gafol-swán
here-draca
A war-drake ⬩ an arrow
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A war-drake, an arrow Herdracan, Hickes' Thes. p. 192. [Cf. hilde-nædre.]
hege-clife
Hedge clivers ⬩ galium aparine
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Hedge clivers; galium aparine, L. M. 1, 9; Lchdm. ii. 54, 8
hell-cræft
Hellish art,
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Hellish art, Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104
hell-deóful
Orcus, Pluto
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Orcus, Pluto, Cot. 145, Lye
hell-dor
The gate of hell
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The gate of hell Tó helldore in infernum, Ps. Th. 87, 3. Æt heldore, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 29; Gú. 531: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 20; Gen. 380: 23; Th. 29, 8; Gen. 447
hell-firen
A hellish crime,
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A hellish crime, Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 3; Reb. 6