hor-pyt
A dirt-pit, slough [?]
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A dirt-pit, slough [?] Tó ðæm horpytte, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 37, 21 : 162, 9
hen-fugol
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Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:
here-reáf
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Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu forhæfdon heó fram herereáfe (a spoliis), Prud. 54. Herereáf manubias, quae manu capiantur, An. Ox. 1925. Herereáfu spolia, Scint. 19, 8: 82, 15. Add
norþ-here
An army belonging to the north
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An army belonging to the north Heó (the English force ) gehergade swíðe micel on ðæm norþhere, ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, and manega men ofslógon ðara Deniscena, Chr. 910; Erl. l00, 13
un-hár
Very grey
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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357
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here-gild
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Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesedde þám here wið friðe. Ll Th. i. 288, ll.
here-láf
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Hé cyrde ðá hámwerd mid his hereláfe, Hml. S. 25, 592. Add
sin-here
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna, Cri. 693. in or to a high position or rank Se fæder þóhte hwám hé hí (his daughter) mihte heálícost forgifan, Ap.
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HÉLA
The HEEL
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The HEEL Héla calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hél calcaneum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum ], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps.
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hel-lic
of hell ⬩ infernal ⬩ diabolic
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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.
here-gang
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capture and devastation made by an army: Hé ofslóh þone cing and þá mǽgðe mid grimmum wale and heregange ábrtæc interfecit regem, ac prouinciam illam saeua caede ac depopulatione attriuit, Bd. 4, 15; Sch. 423, 8.
hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Wé wǽron mid eallum úrum fæderum on ðære hellícan deópnysse we were with all our fathers in the deep of hell, Nicod. 24; Thw. 12, 19. Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27
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heáfod-hǽr
A hair of the head
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A hair of the head Heáfod-hǽr capilli, Ælfc. Gl; 70; Som. 70, 55; Wrt. Voc. 42, 63
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hýr-ness
Obedience ⬩ subjection
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Wæs hé ǽrest arcebiscopa ðæt him eall Angelcynn hýrnysse geþafode is primus erat in archiepiscopis, cui omnis Anglorum ecclesia manus dare consentiret, 4, 2; S. 565, 22. Underþeódde on hérnysse subjecti, 30; S. 561, 36.
á-hwér
Everywhere ⬩ alicubi
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Everywhere; alicubi, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 7
ambeht-héra
An obedient minister
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An obedient minister
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be-hét
promised
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promised Deut. 5, 2;
gang-here
A foot-army ⬩ infantry ⬩ pedester exercĭtus
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A foot-army, infantry; pedester exercĭtus Pirrus him com to mid ðam mǽstan fultume, ǽgðer ge on ganghere, ge on rádhere Pyrrhus came to them with the greatest force, both in infantry, and in cavalry, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 40
heó-dæg
To-day ⬩ hodie
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To-day; hodie, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 23; Gen. 661