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hýn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hýn-ness, e; f.

Humiliation ⬩ abasement ⬩ proscription

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Humiliation, abasement, proscription Unsceaþþiendra hýnnysse proscriptionibus innocentum, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 25, note

lifer-hol

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-hol, es; n.
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A hollow in the liver Hwæðer on ðám liferbýlum ðe on ðám liferholum, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

Linked entry: lifer-býl

mearc-hof

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-hof, es; n.

A dwelling in a mark or country

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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

morþor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-hof, es; n.

A place of torment or extreme misery

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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303

grorn-hof

(n.)
Grammar
grorn-hof, es; n.
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324

stán-hof

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hof, es; n.
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39

súsl-hof

(n.)
Grammar
súsl-hof, es; n.
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A place of torment, hell Of helle, of ðam súslhofe, Hy. 10, 31

swegel-horn

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-horn, es; m.
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Some kind of musical instrument Sueglhorn sambucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 56. Swegelhorna sambucorum, simphoniarum (cf. simfonia, lignum concavum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 60) i. cithararum, Hpt. Gl. 445, 19

trúð-horn

(n.)
Grammar
trúð-horn, es; m.
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The trumpet of a trúð, q. v. Trúðhorn lituus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 67. Trúðhornes salpistae (the passage is: Horrorem belli etclassicae salpistae metuentes). Hpt. Gl. 422, 77

tyge-horn

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-horn, es; m.
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A cupping-glass Mid tigehorne. Lchdm. ii. 120, 17

wód-hen

(n.)
Grammar
wód-hen, wód-henn, e; f.

A quail

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A quail Wódhae[n] coturno, Txts. 53, 583. Wódhen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 30

ersc-hen

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Erschen ortigomera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 53. Add

fihte-horn

Similar entry: fyhte-horn

ge-hén

Similar entry: ge-híne

han-créd

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Add: cock-crowing Scyllendre cocca fiþerslehte and . . . hancréde concrepante pullorum plausu et sonante gallicinio, An. Ox. 4893. a division of the night Betwux hancréde læg se hálga wer geedcucod, Hml. Th. ii. 334, 30. Cf. han-grǽd

han-grǽd

(n.)
Grammar
han-grǽd, es; m. Cock-crow: — Gif on [h]angrǽde hit þunrað si gallicantu tonilruaverit, Archiv, cxx. 50, 15.

hen-streát

(n.)
Grammar
hen-streát, (?),

Similar entry: streát

hín-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hín-ness, e; f. I.

subjecting ⬩ destruction

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a trampling upon, subjecting Ic salde iów mæhte hénnisse (hénisæs, L.) ł niðrunge. ofer nédre dedi uobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, Lk. R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce

Linked entries: hýn-ness hé-nis

hóf-ring

Similar entry: hoffingas

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