heard
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What is hard: Nán wiht þǽs heardes ne þæs hnesces, Wlfst. 184, 20. Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286
edesc-hen
an edish hen, a quail ⬩ cŏturnix
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an edish hen, a quail; cŏturnix, Ps. Surt. 104, 40
hár-wenge
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Hoary, grey-haired Hé wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18
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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
hár-hune
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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
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Hé gewát tó ðan Hǽlende þe hé 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.
hea-líce
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Ðonne fremaþ hit heálíce it will do very great good, Herb. 4, 2; Lchdm. i. 90, 7. Hé wolde ðæt his lof ðé heálícor weóxe he desired that his praise should grow the greater, Blickl. Homl. 33, 30.
heá-líc
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Hé næs ácweald þurh ðam heálícan fylle he was not killed by the fall from such a height, 300, 20. Mid heálícum gedwylde through profound error, 506, 27. On heálícum gemóte in a principal meeting, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 348.
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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
norþ-here
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
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.
here-láf
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Hé cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add
sin-here
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936
aersc-hen
a quail
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a quail, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Wrt. Voc. 29, 42
æsc-here
A spear-band ⬩ company armed with spears ⬩ a ship or naval-band ⬩ exercitus hastifer ⬩ exercitus navalis
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A spear-band, company armed with spears, a ship or naval-band; exercitus hastifer, exercitus navalis, Byrht. Th. 133, 53; By. 69
feax-hár
Hoary-haired ⬩ cŏmam cānam hăbens
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Hoary-haired; cŏmam cānam hăbens Ic wæs feaxhár I was hoary-haired, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 13; Rä. 73, 1
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féðe-here
A foot army ⬩ infantry ⬩ pĕdestris exercĭtus ⬩ pĕditātus
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A foot army, infantry; pĕdestris exercĭtus, pĕditātus On his féðehere wǽron XXXII M in his infantry were 32,000, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 17