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be-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hydig, bí-hidig; adj.

Carefulvigilantwarywatchfulsolicitousanxioussollers

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Careful, vigilant, wary, watchful, solicitous, anxious; sollers He wæs se behydegesta [MS. behydegæsta] erat sollertissimus Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 13 : 4, 7; S. 574, 33

Linked entries: big-hydig bí-hydig

hýdig

Grammar
hýdig, of hide.
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Hídig fatu (higdi, MS.) calidilia [perhaps the reading is casidilia. v. Wülck. Gl. 97, 20. Cf. pung cassidele (-lic )], Coll. M. 27, 35. Add

hýra

(n.)
Grammar
hýra, a subject, <b>hýran</b> to hear. v. híra, híran, hýran
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to exolt

heon

(adv.)
Grammar
heon, hion.

Similar entry: heonan

hínan

to humblehumiliatedegradeinsultto conquersubjecto oppressafflictto lay lowdestroyto lay wastedestroyto accuse

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., and add: to humble, humiliate Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

HÝR

(n.)
Grammar
HÝR, e; f.

HIREinterest

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HIRE, payment for service done or money lent, interest Ne nim ðú ná máre æt him tó hýre ðonne ðú sealdest. Ne syle ðú ðín feoh tó hýre computabuntur fructus ex tempore, quo vendidit, et quod reliquum est, reddet emptori. Pecuniam tuam non dabis ad usuram

Linked entries: hýre hír

ge-heád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heád, adj. [heáh high]

Lifted upexaltedexaltātus

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Lifted up, exalted; exaltātus Wæs Bryten swýðe geheád Britain was very much exalted, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 27, MS. B

Linked entry: ge-hýd

heard-héwe

(n.)
Grammar
heard-héwe, heard-híwe.

Linked entry: -heáwe

heg-hús

Grammar
heg-hús, hig-hús, es; n.

A hay-housefœnile

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A hay-house; fœnile, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 20; Wrt. Voc. 58, 60

breóst-hyge

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-hyge, es; m. [breóst, hyge, hige
the mind
]

the mindThe breast-thought pectoris cogitatio

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The breast-thought; pectoris cogitatio, Andr. Elen. Grm. xxxix

sín

Grammar
sín, his.
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add

ge-híran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-híran, p. -hírde; pp. -híred

To hearexaudire

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To hear; exaudire Gehír, God! mín gebed exaudi, Deus! orationem meam. Ðys is gebed, and ná hǽs this is a prayer, and not a command, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52

Linked entries: ge-héran ge-hýran

hyht

(n.)
Grammar
hyht, es; m. [f. Ps. Th. 77, 53.]

Hopejoyous expectationjoy

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Hwílum hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wigweorþunga bǽdon ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede. Swylc wæs þeáw hyra hǽðenra hyht sometimes they vowed in their temples idolatrous honours, prayed that the destroyer of souls would afford them help.

Linked entry: hiht

a-hildan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hildan, p. -hilde; pp. -hilded, -hild

To inclinedeclineinclinaredeclinare

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To incline, decline; inclinare, declinare Ne ahilde ge náðer ne on ða wynstran healfe ne on ða swíðran non declinabitis neque ad dexteram neque ad sinistram, Deut. 5, 32

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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Bt. ll, 2; F. 34, 8. with dat. infin. to strive to do, Past. 105, 14 (in Dict.). with clause Hié hîgiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn ryhtlícé ongieten habbað student summopere ab aliis recte intellecta destruere, Past. 365, 23.

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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A HIVE Hýf canistrum vel alvearium, Ælfc. Gl. 25; Som. 60, 60; Wrt. Voc. 25, 2. Hýf alvearia, Wrt. Voc. 284, 40. Hýfe alvearii, ii. 4, 64. Hýfi alvearia, 100, 1. Wið ðæt beón æt ne fleón genim ðás ylcan wyrte ðe wé veneriam nemdon and gehóh tó ðære hýfe

Linked entries: híf héf

Bróm-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Bróm-dún, e; f. [bróm
broom
, dún
a hill
]

brooma hillBRUMDON, Dorsethodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi

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BRUMDON, Dorset; hodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi Ðæt gemót wæs on Brómdúne the meeting was at Brumdon, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 14: Cod. Dipl. 1322; A.D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 13, 14

heorr

a hinge

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Add: glossing cardo Heor cardo Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 39. a hinge; the bar which forms part of a hinge Heorras serras (seras portarum tuarum, Ps. 147, 13), Bl. Gl. a cardinal point (local) Heorras eorðan cardines terrae, Ps. Srt. ii. 186, 29. Heorra, Ps

Linked entry: heorra

trég

(n.)
Grammar
trég, (treg ?), tríg (cf.? hég, híg hay, for the form), es; n.

A traytrough

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A tray, trough Trég alueolum, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 70. Nim ðæt reáde ryden, dó on tríg; hǽt stánes swíþe háte, lege on ðæt trig innan, Lchdm. ii. 340, 5-6. Bye us vessel . . . Dysschys, cuppys, and sawsers, Bolles, treyes, and platers, Rich. 1490

Linked entry: tríg

ge-hygd

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hygd, -higd, -hýd, e; f : es; n.

Thoughtcogitationmeditationdeliberationconsultationcōgĭtātiomĕdĭtātioconsĭlium

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Landágende men ic lǽrde ðæt hie heora gafol mid gehygdum aguldon I taught landowners to pay their taxes carefully, Blickl. Homl. 185, 22

Linked entries: -hygd ge-higd ge-hýd