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ge-hæc

Linked entry: -hæc

ge-hata

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Substitute: A rival, an opponent Gehata emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 20

haal-staan

Similar entry: heall-stán

hand-hwíl

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Add: cf. span used of time On ánre handhwíle uno momenta, R. Ben. I. 24, 3. Tídum and handhwílum horis et momentis, Hy. S. 145, 5

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

hand-mitta

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Substitute Handmitta exagia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 70, 13

hand-scálu

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hand-scálu, l.
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-scalu

hand-selen

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For 'Cot. 136, Lys.' substitute Handselen manci*-*patio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8; 59

hand-spitel

(n.)
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a kind of spade Mattoc vel handspitel fovessoria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 25

Linked entry: spitel

hand-stoc

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Substitute: A sleeve Gylecan tácen his þæt þú strece forð þín wenstre handstoc and plyce innan mid þínre wynstran hande, Tech. ii. 127, 14. Ymbe þæt útan þe þæs scapularæs handstoca áteóriað, 20. Handstocu mid godewebbum gestefnede manicę sericis clauatę

Linked entry: stocc

hand-tam

(adj.)
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hand-tam, adj.
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So tame that it may be handled; mansuetus Gif ðú mid wilddeórum mé nú bǽtan wylt hí beóð sóna handtame, Hml. Skt. 8, 86

Linked entry: tam

hand-þweál

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Handþweál manulauium, Wülck. Gl. 146, 9. (Omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 16.) Add: —

hand-weorc

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hand-wyrst

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Handwyrst articulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 24. Elnboga vel hondwyrst cuba, 137, 40. Se earm betweónan elnbogan and handwyrste cubitus, 22, 62. Add

hamer-wyrt

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Add: 'Hammerwort is Pellitorie of the wall', Gerarde's Herbal Homorwyrt perdicalis, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 60. (Cf. þás wyrte þe wé perdicalis (glossed in a later MS. by halmer wet ) nemdan, Lch. i. 186, 17). Hamorwyrte blóstman, Lch. i. 374, 5 : iii. 4, 8

hand-æx

(n.)
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hand-æx, e; f.
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An axe that could be used with one hand, a hatchet Handæx dextralis (dextralis securis genus, idem quod manuaria, Migne. Cf. Spanish destral a small axe or little hatchet), Wrt. Voc. ii. . 140, 1

hand-cræftig

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Dele

hand-cweorn

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Nime þonne clǽnne lengtenbere and grinde, on handcwyrna ; nime siþþan mæderan and dríge on handcwyrna, Archiv. lxxxiv. 326 (d). Add

hand-dǽd

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Dele

hand-gang

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Substitute: Submission, surrender. Cf. on hand gán. v. hand; 5 b δ Hondgong deditio, Txts. 56, 337. Handgong, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 23. Handgang deditio, i. traditio, 139, 66. Freódóm emancipatio, handgang manus impositio (cf. (?) manus impositio reconciliatoria

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