turf-hacce
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A turf-hoe, implement for cutting turf Ligones, ferrum fossorium (fusorium, MS.) tyrfahga (turfhacce? v. N.E.D. hack an implement for breaking or chopping up, mattock, hoe, &c. ), Txts. 112, 43
hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
hæft-méce
A hilted sword
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A hilted sword, Beo. Th 2918; B. 1457
hægl-scúr
A shower of hail, hailstorm
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A shower of hail, hailstorm, Andr. Kmbl. 2515; An. 1259
Linked entry: scúr
hǽþ-berige
Heath-berry, bilberry ⬩ vaccinium
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Heath-berry, bilberry; vaccinium Hǽþbergean wísan heath-berry plants, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 10
Linked entry: berie
hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Lacking means, poor, indigent; inops Hafenleás inops, Wrt. Voc. 74, 20. Hé wæs swíðe welig wædlum and þearfum and symle him sylfum swíðe hafenleás he was very wealthy for the poor and needy, and ever very indigent for himself, Homl. Th. ii. 148. 34.
Linked entry: hæfenleás
hafe-leást
Want of means, indigence
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Want of means, indigence For haueléste from lack of means, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 12
hafoc-fugel
A hawk
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A hawk Ðeáh hafucfugel ábite etiamsi accipiter momorderit, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 19
hafoc-wyrt
Hawk-weed ⬩ hieracium
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Hawk-weed [?]; hieracium, L. M. 1, 14; Lchdm. ii. 56, 11
hago-spind
The cheek
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The cheek Hagospind genæ, Wrt. Voc. 64, 41. Heagospind, 282, 56. Hecgaspind, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 78; Wrt. Voc. 43, 11. Heortes heagospind a hart's cheek, Lchdm. i. 336, 12
Linked entries: eago-spind higo-spind hagu-swind heago-spind spind
hafoc-cynn
The hawk species
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The hawk species Ne ete gé nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13
haga-þorn
Hawthorn
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Hawthorn Of hagaþornum de tribolis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 16
hamer-wyrt
Black hellebore
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Black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 330, col. 1: ii. 390, col. 1
hamer-secg
Hammer-sedge
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Hammer-sedge, L. M. i. 56, 2; Lchdm. ii. 126, 19
on-hǽle
Whole, entire
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Whole, entire Gemengde beóþ onhǽlo gelác engla and deófla the entire hosts of angels and devils shall be joined together, Exon. Th. 56, 5; Cri. 896
on-hǽle
Secret, hidden
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Secret, hidden Ne lǽt ðú ðínne ferþ onhíélne, dégol ðæt ðú deópost cunne, nelle ic ðé mín dyrne gesecgan, gif ðú mé dínne hygecræft hylest, Exon. Th. 333, 9; Gn. Ex. 1. Gif mec onhǽle án onfindeþ, ðǽr ic wíc búge (cf. gif ic mǽgburge mót míne gelǽdan
spær-habuc
Similar entry: spear-hafoc
spear-hafoc
A sparrow-hawk ⬩ nisus ⬩ nisus
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A sparrow-hawk Spaerhabuc alietum (alietus an hobey, Wülck. Gl. 562, 48), Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 67. Spearhafuc, 7, 65: i. 280, 20. Spearhafoc hetum, 62, 16: accipiter vel raptor, 29, 58: ismarus ( = ismerlus? cf. French émerillon a merlin ), 63, 25
Linked entry: spær-habuc