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grǽg-hiwe

Grammar
grǽg-hiwe, grǽg-hǽwe.
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Dele, and see grǽg and hǽwe

hægsteald-hád

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Add: — Hægstealdhádes celibatus, An. Ox. 1395

healf-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-hár, ; adj.

Half-grey

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Half-grey Healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus(omitted after) Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. v. Angl. viii. 451

healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

hég-hús

Similar entry: híg-hús

hég-síþe

Similar entry: híg-síþe

heg-stów

Similar entry: hege-stów

hel-lic

of hellinfernaldiabolic

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Add: referring to classical mythology. Similar entries Cf. hell; I. 2 Þǽm hellicum gorgoneo (maculata cruore. Aid. 208, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 961 83: gorgoneis (molitur damna venenis, Aid. 166, n), 92, 66: 41, 44. of hell. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

hel-rán

Similar entry: hell-rún

hen-fugol

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Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas. C. D. i. 312, 9. Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

heard-héwe

(n.)
Grammar
heard-héwe, heard-híwe.

Linked entry: -heáwe

his-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
his-lic, adj.

Fitsuitable

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Fit, suitable Þonne him man óþer hislic hors findan mihte cum aptus equus inveniri potuisset, Gr. D. 183, 5

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Add: of a house or family, domestic. of persons Híwcúþum domesticis (sodalibus), An. Ox. 5132. Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode, Ap. Th. 3, 4. figuratively: Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and

híw-fæger

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-fæger, adj.
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Fair of form, Verc. Först. 166

Linked entry: fæger

híw-lic

beautifulformosamfigurative

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Add: beautiful. In Lch. iii. 204, 8: 212, 6 the original Latin is formosam. of language, figurative Híwlice ł þeáwlice spǽce tropologiae, i. similitudinis ł figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 12

híw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
híw-ness, (?), e; f.

Beautyfairness

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Beauty, fairness Sindon óðre wíf ... heora líc bið on marmorstánes hwítnysse (híwnesse, v. l.) aliae sunt mulieres ... specioso corpore quasi marmore candido, Nar. 38, 10

híw-rǽden

Grammar
híw-rǽden, In
  • Ps. L.
the word is neuter

a familya housea housefamilytribenation

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Add: Híwrǽden oððe híred familia, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 28: ii. 147, 30. Híwhrǽdenne domui, 141, 75. a family, household of a private person 'Ic hálsige ðé þæt eal mín híwrǽden gefullod wurðe.' Hé nigontýne wera and wífa his híwisces gefullode, Hml. Th.

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Laudable, noble Hé hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

her-pæþ

Similar entry: here-pæþ

híg-hús

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Héghús fenile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 22. Take here heg-hús (l. hég-) in Dict., and add

Linked entry: hég-hús