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stán-hýwet

Similar entry: stán-híwet

weorold-hyht

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-hyht, es; m.
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Earthly joy Ðú lǽtest wæter wynlíco tó woruldhyhte of clife clǽnum. Exon. Th. 194, 10; Az. 136

bisceop-hyrde

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Dele

ciric-hyll

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hyll, a hill near a church (?) or on which a church stands (?) [Churchill occurs several times in England as a local name; cf. Icel. Kirkju-fell.]
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Of cirichylle . . . on cirichylle, C. D. B. ii. 394, 30, 39

eáþ-hylde

(adj.)
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Substitute: <b>eáþ-hilde</b> (-hylde); adj. Lit. easy to hold (cf. ge-healden), content Gif munuc eáðhylde bið and geþæf si contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 2: 109, 6. Ðǽre sáwle miht is ðæt heó . . . beó hire eáðhylde, Hex. 40, 4

el-hygd

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Substitute: Alienation of mind, ecstasy, and add Se engcel his mód gegráp and gelǽdde in ellhygd búton him sylfum angelus ejus mentem in ecstasim rapuit extra se, Gr. D. 108, 4

feorh-hyrde

Grammar
feorh-hyrde, l. -hirde,
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Se cyning wile his treówe and his gehát wið ðé gehealdon, and þé feorhhyrde beón, Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 159, 23. and add

firen-hycge

(n.)
Grammar
firen-hycge, (firenicge ?), an; f.

An adulteress ⬩ a harlot

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An adulteress, a harlot Fyrnhicge (-hicgce, Hpt. Gl. 475, 29), An. Ox. 2940. Fyrynycgyna moecharum, 8, 235

Linked entry: -hycge

ge-hyld

Similar entry: ge-hild

here-hýþ

Grammar
here-hýþ, here-húþe. l. here-húþ,
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Hí læddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30, 390. Sé þe fint here-húða manige qui inuenit spolia multa, Ps. L. 118, 162. and add

hó-hylde

Similar entry: ó-heald

hýred-ness

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Dele

hysp-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hysp-full, adj.
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Scornful Hipsfulre gebisrn[r]u[n]gce ridiculoso ludebrii, An. Ox. II. 180

hýþ-lic

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hyld-áþ

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Add: [Ðá Wylisceen kingas cóman tó him and becóman his menn and him heldáðas swéron, Chr. 1114; P. 245, 25.]

ofer-hygd

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Add Of heorta monno smeáungas yfle ofcymeð . . . oferhygd (superbia), Mk. L. R. 7, 22. Þurh oferhigdes (superbiae) gást, Gr. D. 144, 4. Fram þǽre heánnesse þára oferhygda (-hýda, v. l.) ab elationis fastu, 188, 4. Hé þóhte on his oferhigdum hú hé sceolde

scóm-hylt

(n.)
Grammar
scóm-hylt, e; f.
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Substitute: <b>scóm-hylte,</b> es; n. Cf. heáh-hylte

sand-hyll

(n.)

a sand-hill

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a sand-hill Sondhyllas alga (cf. waar alga, 99, 69, wára sablonum, strand sablo,Hpt. Gl. 502, 76), Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 73

Linked entry: hyll

ǽmet-hyll

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Past. 191, 25. Add

gát-hyrde

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Gáthiorde caprarius Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 27. Add

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