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heáh-mægen

(n.)
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heáh-mægen, es; n.
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an exalted virtue, one of the three theolological virtues: — Nú synd ðreó heáhmægnu ðe menn sceolan habban, Fides, Spes, Caritas, Hml. S. 16, 246. sublime power, divine might Is þæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, El.

heáh-reced

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heáh-reced, es; n.
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A splendid house, temple, palace: Eorðan ic bidde and úpheofon, and ðá sóþan Sancta Marian, and heofones meaht and heáhreced, Lch. i. 400, 4. Geond heáhræced (the temple), An. 709. —

heáhsácerd-hád

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heáhsácerd-hád, (?), es; m.
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Highpriesthood Ðes éce hæfeð h sácerhád hic sempiternum habet sacerdotium, Rtl. 90. 30

hlítere

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hlítere, (?), hlytere (?), es; m.
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one who casts lots. Similar entries v. tán-hlítere. one who has a share of an inheritance Hí preóstas an Crécisc clericos (cf. Clericus, sors Dei (cf. Dominus est hereditas eorum (the Levites), Deut. 18, 2), Corp. Gl. H. 4, 61. Clericus, hereditas, sors

Linked entry: hlytere

hláf-ofen

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hláf-ofen, hláf-ofn, es; m.
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An oven for baking bread Fornum hláfofn, a farre dictum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 65

Linked entry: ofen

hleóþrere

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hleóþrere, (? v. hleóþrian), es; m.

A rhetorician

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A rhetorician Se hloðere (hleóðrere ?, leóþere ? The passage glossed is: Versibus heroicis Prosper Rhetor insinuat Bd. l, 10; S. 48, 28) rethor Txts. 180, 4

Linked entries: leóþere hloþere

hús-scipe

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hús-scipe, es; m.
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A house, family Hé gebletsode húses ( domui) Israéles, hé gebletsode hússcipes (domui ) Aarones, Ps. L. 113 second, 12

hwæl-weg

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hwæl-weg, es; m.
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63

hwǽte-wæstm

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hwǽte-wæstm, es; m. (?)
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Substitute: <b>hwǽte-wæstm</b> wheat-produce, wheat-crop, wheat Eorþan móder, geunne þé Drihten æcera wexendra ... þǽre brádan berewæstma and þǽre hwítan hwǽtewæstma and ealra eorþan wæstma, Lch. i. 402, 6. Hwǽtewæstm (hwętewestem, Surt.)

hoffingas

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hoffingas, hóf-hring, es; m.
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The circle described by the horse's feet. Substitute:

Linked entry: hóf-ring

hrím-forst

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hrím-forst, es; m.
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Hoar-frost Deáwas and rímforst ( pruina ), Ps. L. p. 249, 6. Hé ofslóh heora morbeámas on rímforste ( in pruina ), Ps. L. 77, 47

hors-cniht

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hors-cniht, es; m.
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A groom Aman gelǽdde Mardochéum geond þá burh swylce hé his horscniht wǽre, Hml. A. 99, 242

hors-pæþ

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hors-pæþ, es; m.
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A horse-track Ádúne on streáme tó horspæðes forda, C. D. v. 157, 25. Cf. hors-weg

how

(n.)
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how, hop ?, es; n.
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A hill(?), mound(?) Oð ðæt wæstmæste how, C. D. v. 84, 1: 243, 4

hring-pytt

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hring-pytt, es; m.
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A circular pit On hringpyt, C. D. v. 325, 14: 340, 19. Hryngpyt, 291, 23. Hrungputt, 112, 32

hring-setl

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hring-setl, es; n.
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A circus On hrincgsetles openre wafunge in circi spectaculo, An. Ox. 3510. Rincsettles, 3535

hring-sittend

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hring-sittend, es; m.
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A spectator in a circus Hrincsittendra circensium [v. hring-set (second example )], An. Ox. 65. Ringsittendra circentium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 31

hríþ-fald

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hríþ-fald, es; m.
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A cattle-fold Ríþfald buccetum (cf. hrýðra fald bucetum, i. 15, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 68

hríþ-hirde

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hríþ-hirde, es; m.
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A herdsman Hríðhiorde bobulcus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 9. Hríðhierde, 11, 25. Hríðheorde armentarius, Gr. D. 300, 4

Linked entry: hríþer-hirde

ífig-twig

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ífig-twig, es; n.
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An ivy-twig Wiþ sunbryne; merwe ífigtwigu, wyl on butran, smire mid, Lch. ii. 324, 16