hám-weorþung
Honour or ornament to the house or home
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Honour or ornament to the house or home Eofore forgeaf ángan dóhtor hámweorþunge he gave Eofor his only daughter, an ornament of his home, Beo. Th. 5988; B. 2998
heá-lic
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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On þám heálicon gedwylde þæt hí swá fúle [men] him tó godum gecuran, Wlfst. 107, 24. On ðæt heálice gedwyld, Sal. K. p. 123, 106. Hí þǽr heálicne on hryre gefremedan multiplicata est in eis ruina, Ps. Th. 105, 23. Wið eallum þǽm heálicum synnum, Bl.
heá-líc
High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound
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Gebletsod ys Abram ðam heálícan Gode ... and gebletsod ys se heálíca God blessed be Abram of the most high God ... and blessed be the most high God, Gen. 14, 19, 20.
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hete-grim
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Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5. Add
cniht-hád
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Sum cild hál geboren . . . ðiónde on cræftum þá hwíle þe hit on cnihtháde bið, and swá forþ eallne ðone giogoðhád, Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 23. Fram cnihtháde a pueritia, Kent. Gl. 1066. Of his cnihtháde ab annis puerilibus, Gr. D. 11, 6.
cniht-hád
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add
bisceop-hád
BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric ⬩ munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia
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His bisceophád [biscophád, Spl.] brúcan feóndas let his enemies enjoy his episcopate, Ps. Th. 108, 8
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hám-sócn
Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace ⬩ the crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own house ⬩ an inroad or attack on one's home ⬩ attack on one's house
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all that he owns, and that it be in the king's judgment whether he have his life, L.
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fulwiht-hád
A baptismal vow
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A baptismal vow Ðæt hie heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan that they keep well their baptismal vows, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26
mylen-ham
An enclosure in which a mill stands
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An enclosure in which a mill stands Hit (the boundary) cymþ nyðer to ðam mylenhammæ and se mylenham and se myln ðǽrtð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 10
hál-wende
Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome
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Hit is háluwende bóte it is a healing remedy, 374, 24. Wé mágon eów sellan hálwende geþeahte hwæt gé dón mágon possumus salubre vobis dare consilium quid agere valeatis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 14.
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Fearn-ham
FARNHAM, in Surrey ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi
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FARNHAM, in Surrey; lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi Sió fierd him wið gefeaht æt Fearnhamme the army fought against them at Farnham, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 26
mǽgþ-hád
Kinship ⬩ relationship
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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ hé wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.'
hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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Gif mon becume on his gefán and hé hine ǽr hámfæstne ne wite si quis superveniat in hostem suum, et eum antea residentem nesciat, L. Alf. pol. 42; Th. i. 90, 15
cild-hád
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Sé þurh his cildhádes nytennysse þis ríce tóstencte, Lch. iii. 434, 26. Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, Hml. A. 52, 67. Add
æþeling-hád
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Princely condition Sóna swá hé tó his cynedóme gecoren wearþ, wæs swíþe gemundige his behátes þe hé on his æþelincghade Gode behét. Lch. iii. 438, 5
hál-wendnes
Salubrity
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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29
híre-mann
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Ðæt is ðæt hé ðreáge his híremenn, 125, 22. Take here hýre-mann and hýrig-mann in Dict., and add
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hird-ness
watchful care ⬩ taking charge ⬩ taking care ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a watch
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On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon hí sylfe forseón on þysum lífe, 39, 30.