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helle-hinca

(n.)
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For hancettan l. huncettan

á-held

Similar entry: á-hildan

cyne-helm

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Add: a crown Cynehelme palma, i. corona, An. Ox. 3093. Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm

eorþ-hele

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A covering of the ground(?) Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:

gif-heal

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Add: Cf. Hé healreced hátan wolde gewyrcean . . . and þǽr on innan eall gedǽlan . . . swylc him God sealde, B. 68-72

helle-duru

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Tó þám sweartum tintrehstówum helleduru (tintreges gómum helledures (= -dores?), v.l.) hí hine gebróhton ad nefandas tartari fauces perducunt, Guth. Gr. 131, 185. Þonne wendeð Scs. Petrus fram þǽre helleduru, and hé belúceð þá helleduru, Verc. Forst.

helle-fýr

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On hwylc gerád is hit tó gelýfanne ꝥ ꝥ líchamlice hellefýr mage geniman þá unlíchamlican wísan þǽre sáwle ?, Gr. D. 303, 18. Hweþer hit sý tó gelýfanne ꝥ sý án hellefýr (unus gehennae ignis) . . . witodlíce án hellefýr is, 333, 13-16. Cwælmed in þǽm méstan

helle-god

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helle-grund

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helle-hinca

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helle-hús

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Hellehús hafað forclas micle, Verc. Forst. 109, 6. Ꝥ hellehús is mid swíðe láðlicum gástum áfylled, 112, 2. Add

helle-smiþ

Similar entry: smiþ

helle-stów

(n.)
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an infernal region Be þám wítelicum hellestówum de locis poenalibus inferni, Gr. D. 332, 9

heall-ærn

Similar entry: heal-ærn

heall-gamen

Similar entry: heal-gamen

heall-reced

Similar entry: heal-reced

heall-þegen

Similar entry: heal-þegen

heall-wudu

Similar entry: heal-wudu

heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604. Helsta vel

íren-helm

Similar entry: ísern-helm