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hús-bonda

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þonne gé tó gereorde gelaðode beóð, ne sitte gé on þám fyrmestam setlum, þe lǽs ðé árwurðra (honoratior te. Lk. 14, 8) wer æfter ðé cume, and se húsbonda (-bunda, v. l. ) háte þé árísan and rýman þám óðrum, Mt. 20, 28. Add

hús-brycel

(adj.)
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hús-brycel, adj.
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Burglarious Húsbrycel clasmatorius efractor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 64

hús-carl

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Chr. 1041 ; P. 162, 6. Add: — Hér lét Harðacnut hergian eall Wihracestrescíre for his twégra húscarla þingon

hús-heofon

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For ' Cot. 119, Lye' substitute: Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 58

hús-wist

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hux-lic

(adj.)

Linked entry: husc

hors-hús

(n.)
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a hippodrome Móthúses, horshyses (-húses? The passage glossed is: Ad imperialis ypodromi vestibulum, Ald. 40, 33, to which refer also yppodromi þæs húses, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 24: imperialis hypodromi þæs cáserlican húses, 48, 45), An. Ox. 2998. (?)

hrægel-hús

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Substitute: A place where clothes are kept Hrægel-hús vestiarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 46. Be mynstermonna hrægelhúse, R. Ben. 89, 2. Ágifen á þá ealdan þonne him man níwe reáf sylle and tó hrægelhúse (rægel-, R. Ben. I. 92, 8, vestiario ) betǽcen þearfum

leornung-hús

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Add: — Leorninghúses gymnasii, An. Ox. 3223. On n

mót-hús

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Add: [v. N. E. D. moot-house.] Cf. gemót-hús

níd-hús

(n.)
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níd-hús, es; n.
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A necessary room Sýn eác binnan claustre slǽpern, beódern, hǽdern, and ealle þá neódhús þe bróðra beþurfon (cetere habitationes usibus fratrum necessariae), Chrd. 21, 18

wundor-hús

(n.)
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wundor-hús, es; n.
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An upper chamber, upper part of a house Þá se mæssepreóst gestód in þám solore þæs mynstres. . . þá þurhwuniendum unonwendedlíce eallum þám getimbre þæs hámes ꝥ wundorhús (solarium) sylf gefeóll, in þám stód se preóst, Gr. D. 119, 27

reord-hús

(n.)
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reord-hús, es ;n.;

A house; or ;room where meals are taken;

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; A house; or ;room where meals are taken; Reordhús ;cenaculum,; Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 15

sceand-hús

(n.)
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sceand-hús, es; m.

a brothel

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A house of ill fame, a brothel Ðá heó ðæt nolde, ðá hét hé hí nacode lǽdan to sumum scandhúse ... Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11

wǽpen-hús

(n.)
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wǽpen-hús, es; n.

An armoury

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An armoury Wǽpenhús armamentarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 17

corn-hús

(n.)
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corn-hús, es; n.

A corn-house, granary ⬩ granarium

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A corn-house, granary; granarium Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 78, 130; Wrt. Voc. 58, 42

snytro-hús

(n.)
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snytro-hús, es; n.

The house of wisdom

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The house of wisdom Hé ðá swá gelóme wiðsóc snytruhúse repulit tabernaculum Silon Ps. Th. 77, 60

spic-hús

(n.)
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spic-hús, es; n.

A larder ⬩ lardarium

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A larder Spichús lardarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 16: lar (kitchen ?), Lchdm. i. lxiii. 3

tócir-hús

(n.)
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tócir-hús, es; n.

An inn ⬩ diversorium

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An inn; diversorium (di-vertere = tó-cirran q. v.) Tócirhús diversorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 10

tow-hús

(n.)
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tow-hús, es; n.

A spinning-house

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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7

Linked entry: tow-cræft