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horu-weg

(n.)
Grammar
horu-weg, es; m.

A dirty road, a lane [?]

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A dirty road, a lane [?] Ðar horoweg útt sceát, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 173, 17. Horwegstige devia semita, Cot. 61, Lye

hoga-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hoga-scipe, es; m.

Prudence, carefulness, thoughtfulness, wisdom

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Prudence, carefulness, thoughtfulness, wisdom Hogascip prudentia, Rtl. 81, 14. Hogoscip prudentia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 47. Tó hogascipe ad prudentiam, 1, 17

hopp-scýte

(n.)
Grammar
hopp-scýte, an; f.

A coverlet [?]

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A coverlet [?] Ic geann ánes beddreáfes mid wahhryfte and mid hoppscýtan, Chart. Th. 529, 12

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, e; f.

A company, bandmultitudocohors

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A company, band Mid mægþa hóse with a band of maidens, Beo. Th. 1853; B. 924

dim-hofe

(n.)
Grammar
dim-hofe, dym-hofe, an; f.
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85. Gregorius on

Linked entries: dym-hefe hofe

drync-horn

(n.)
Grammar
drync-horn, drynce-horn, es; n.
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A drinking-horn Ic ann Æþelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodes drincæhornæs, Cht. Th. 555, 6. Cf. drinc-horn

leþer-hose

Grammar
leþer-hose, leþer-hosu ?. l. leþer-hosu, and add: — Leberhosa ocreae uel
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tibiales, Wülck. Gl. 125, 31

hol-leác

(n.)
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a kind of onion Holleác duricorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, II : ii. 26, 21 : Lch. iii. 20, 16: 46, 23. [v. N. E. D. holleke.]

hól-tihte

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Calumpnia hosp, hearmspreác, accusatio falsa hóltihte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 77. Add

hol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hol-ness, e; f.
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A hollow, depression in the earth's surface Hé sóhte þone Godes wer geond þá holnessa (holenesse, v. l.) þára dena virum Dei per concava vallium quaesivit. Gr. D. 99, 22

hóf

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Befealdende hófringas (= hóf-hringas) hófum inplicans orbes orbibus (Ald. 2, 36), An. Ox. 19. Add

-hóf

(suffix)

Similar entry: be-hóf

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Add: a promontory Hooh promontorium Hpt. 33, 251, 21. Hóg, III, 4. Tó ðám hó ; of ðám hó á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes hó; of dǽm hó, vi. 100, 10. On þone hó foreweardne

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Substitute: <b>hos,</b> pl. hossas and (?) hosa a shoot, tendril Hos butrus (cf. cyprus, arbor est habens . . . butros sicut erba pratorum, Ld. Gl. H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56. Mænifealde hosses spissos (palmitum) pampinos

hóp

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hop</b>, es; n. A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-

hog-

(prefix)

Similar entry: hoh-

hon-

(prefix)

Similar entry: hán

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, a heel.
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Befleh ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh ( calcaneum ), Gr. D. 198, 5, 9. Fyrsnum, hóum calcibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 48. [v. N. E. D. hough.] See next word. Add

hón

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Dele. The words 'his hon' in l. 3 seem to be a repetition of 'his hon[godon] ' in 1. 2. (?)

hón

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Add: to place a thing so that it is supported from above Mon héhþ ǽnne heáfodbeáh æt ærneweges ende, Bt. 37, 2; F. 188, 8. Hí gedydon ánne scyld and áne anlícnysse, and áhéngon (héngon, v. l. ) hí úp on heora Capitolium, Ors. 6, 25 ; Bos. 125, 2. Gá