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hea-líce

(adv.)
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hea-líce, adv.
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Ðonne fremaþ hit heálíce it will do very great good, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 7. wolde ðæt his lof ðé heálícor weóxe he desired that his praise should grow the greater, Blickl. Homl. 33, 30.

here-togen

(part.)
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here-togen, [?]; pp.

Captiveheretogan

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Icel. her-numinn, -tekinn captive.]

hen-fugol

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Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

here-reáf

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Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu forhæfdon heó fram herereáfe (a spoliis), Prud. 54. Herereáf manubias, quae manu capiantur, An. Ox. 1925. Herereáfu spolia, Scint. 19, 8: 82, 15. Add

edesc-hen

(n.)

an edish hen, a quail cŏturnix

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an edish hen, a quail; cŏturnix, Ps. Surt. 104, 40

norþ-here

(n.)
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norþ-here, es; m.

An army belonging to the north

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An army belonging to the north Heó (the English force ) gehergade swíðe micel on ðæm norþhere, ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, and manega men ofslógon ðara Deniscena, Chr. 910; Erl. l00, 13

un-hár

(adj.)
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un-hár, adj.

Very grey

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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357

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here-gild

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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesedde þám here wið friðe. Ll Th. i. 288, ll.

hár-wenge

(adj.)
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hár-wenge, adj.
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Hoary, grey-haired wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

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here-láf

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cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add

sin-here

(n.)
Grammar
sin-here, gen. -her(i)ges ; m.
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.

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here-nes

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Behealden in Godes hyrnessum (here-, v. l.) Dei laudibus intentus, Gr. D. 224, 14. Add

hel-lic

of hellinfernaldiabolic

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Similar entries Cf. hell; I. 2 Þǽm hellicum gorgoneo (maculata cruore. Aid. 208, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 961 83: gorgoneis (molitur damna venenis, Aid. 166, n), 92, 66: 41, 44. of hell. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

here-gang

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capture and devastation made by an army: ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8.

hel-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hel-líc, adj.

Hellishinfernal

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Wé wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19. Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27

Linked entry: helle-líc

heáfod-hǽr

(n.)
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heáfod-hǽr, es; n.
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A hair of the head Heáfod-hǽr capilli, Ælfc. Gl; 70; Som. 70, 55; Wrt. Voc. 42, 63

Linked entry: hǽr

hýr-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýr-ness, e; f.

Obediencesubjection

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Wæs ǽrest arcebiscopa ðæt him eall Angelcynn hýrnysse geþafode is primus erat in archiepiscopis, cui omnis Anglorum ecclesia manus dare consentiret, 4, 2; S. 565, 22. Underþeódde on hérnysse subjecti, 30; S. 561, 36.

hár-hune

(n.)
Grammar
hár-hune, [and hár hune], an; f.
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Rómáne marubium nemnaþ and eác angle háre hune the Romans name it marrubium, the English also call it horehound, Herb. 46; Lchdm. i. 148, 14. Genim ða háran hunan take horehound, L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 24.

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heá-lic

loftytallhigh uppreciouselevatedraisedloudprofoundintenseextremenobleexcellent

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gewát tó ðan Hǽlende þe on heofenan heálicne standende geseah (cf. Video filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei, Acts 7, 56), Hml. Th. i. 48, 7. Heálice heofona heáhnyssa ástígan summa polorum culmina scandere, Hy.