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hæcine

(n.)
Grammar
hæcine, an; f.
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A drink made of vinegar and water Hæcine pusca (printed hacine (but see Angl. viii. 451) pusta ), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 4 (in a list' de generibus potionum ')

Linked entry: hacine

hár-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hár-ness, e; f.
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Greyness of hair, grey hair [Eld]ra hárnes senum canities, Kent. Gl. 762. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367

hárweng-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hárweng-ness, e ; f.
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Greybeardedness, old age: — Hárwengnes canities, gravitas, senectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 22

hát-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hát-ness, e; f.
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Hotness, heat Se(ó) háte sunne scíneþ and þurh þára sunnan hátnesse se heáp wyrðeþ onǽled, E. S. viii. 478, 82

golde

(n.)
Grammar
golde, an; f.
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A marigold Golde solsequia (cf. solsequia sigel-hueorua, Lch. iii. 305, col. 1), Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 76

Linked entry: gold-wyrt

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, e ; f.
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Substitute: es ; n., and add: — Mynecena tácen is þæt þú sette þíne twégen scytefingras on þín heófod foran and stríce siþþan ádúne andlang þínra hleóra on þæs háligryftes tácnunge, Tech. ii. 129, 6. Háligrefte theristro (viduitatis), An. Ox. 2, 441.

hancréd-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
hancréd-tíd, e; f.
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Cock-crow, a division of the night Honcrédtíd gallicinium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 17

hand-æx

(n.)
Grammar
hand-æx, e; f.
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An axe that could be used with one hand, a hatchet Handæx dextralis (dextralis securis genus, idem quod manuaria, Migne. Cf. Spanish destral a small axe or little hatchet), Wrt. Voc. ii. . 140, 1

gryndle

(n.)
Grammar
gryndle, an; f.
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A herring Grindle alleh (cf. taricus vel allec hærinc, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 16

Linked entry: grindle

grépe

(n.)
Grammar
grépe, an; f.
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A ditch, drain, privy Latrina genge, groepe atque ductus cloacas (aqueductus cloacae?), Txts. 73, 1172. Groepum scrobibus, 95, 1819. See preceding word

grípe

(n.)
Grammar
grípe, an; f.
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A ditch, drain Adelseáþa grýpan cloacarum cuniculi, An. Ox. 3320. Grýpan, adelseáþes cloacę 4290. Tó wiþersacunge adelseáþe, grýpan ad apostasię cloacam, 4744

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

gorettung

(n.)
Grammar
gorettung, e; f.
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A roving look, wandering gaze Wídgille emwlátung ł goretunge passivos oculorum obtutus, Hpt. Gl. 405, 65

Grantabrycg-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Grantabrycg-scír, e; f.
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Cambridgeshire; the people of that shire Þá sóna flugon Eást-Engla; þá stód Grantabrycgscír fæstlíce ongeán, Chr. 1010; P. 140, 9. Hí heafdon þá ofergán Eást-Engla ... Oxenafordscíre and Grantabrycgescíre, 1011; P. 141, 13

grápung

(n.)
Grammar
grápung, e; f.
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the sense of touch Þá andgitu sint gehátene þus ... tactus, hrepung oððe grápung on eallum limum, ac þeáh gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml. S. 1, 199. action of touching or handling Hí ne mihton undergitan búton hit wǽre reáf ne mid heora grápunge ne

heolorung

(n.)
Grammar
heolorung, e; f.
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Weighing in a balance Helerunge momentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 7

Linked entries: helerung helerung

healding

(n.)
Grammar
healding, e; f.

Holding

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Holding, keeping of a command In haldinge in custodiendo (sermones tuos), Ps. Srt. 118, 9

hecge

(n.)
Grammar
hecge, an; f.

an enclosurea fencehedge

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A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure; a fence (?), hedge On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . tó ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. Tó rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14. Ǽrest of þám gáran innan þá blacan hegcean; of þǽre hegcean

hirste

(n.)
Grammar
hirste, an; f.

a frying-pana gridiron

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a frying-pan Bán míne swá swá on herstan (frixorio) herste sint, Ps. Vos. Srt. 101, 4. a gridiron Hyrste craticula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 53. Herst[um?] graticulis, ferreis factis (flectis?), Ld. Gl. H. 36, 175. Herst[an?] latriuncula, craticulas prunis

Linked entries: hyrste herste

hirsting

(n.)
Grammar
hirsting, e; f.

Fryingburning

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Frying, burning Wylm vel hyrsting frixura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 84. Mid ðisse pannan hierstinge wæs Paulus onbaerned Paulas hujus sartaginis urebatur frixura, Past. 165, 3

Linked entry: hyrsting