heolor
a balance
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A scale of a balance, a balance Heolor, helor lanx, Txts. 73, 1177; trutina vel statera, 103, 2041. Laxhe. holor (Ep. Gl. laxhe. olor) l. lanx heolor, Corp. Gl. H. i. 16. Helur momentana (cf. lytle wǽga momentana vel statam, i. 38, 42), Wrt.
stæl-here
A marauding band ⬩ predatory army
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A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas
ge-heán
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam
helle-mægen
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the force or host of hell Þæt eall hellemægen for þæs fýres hǽto forweorðeð, Verc. Forst. 166
helle-gást
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a spirit of hell, an infernal spirit Ꝥ hé sigor hæfde betwyh þám óþrum heliegástum, Gr. D. 189, 26. Add:
heáh-mægen
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Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645. Cf. heáh-miht
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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An army, a host, multitude, a large predatory band [it is the word which in the Chronicle is always used of the Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú
Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here
hem
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Hem ora loricę, An. Ox. 50, 51. Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. Add
ge-helpan
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Hé wolde tó helle gecuman tó gehelpen[n]e Adames, Hml. S. 24, 179. Þám eádmódum gehelpende ( consulens, i. succurrens ), An.
be-héfe
Necessary ⬩ behoveful ⬩ necessarius
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Necessary, behoveful; necessarius Ðe behéfe synd qui necessarai sunt Lk. Bos. 14, 28. Behéfe þing necessary things, necessaries C. R. Ben. 46
be-heóld
beheld
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beheld Gen. 13, 10;
dym-hefe
a lurking-place, hiding-place
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a lurking-place, hiding-place, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 1122, 33
eást-healf
The east-side ⬩ orientāle lătus, plăga orientālis
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The east-side; orientāle lătus, plăga orientālis Ðe on eást-healfe ðære eá wǽron who were on the east side of the river, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 9, col. 2. On eást-healfe Iericho contra orientālem plăgam urbis Iericho. Jos. 4, 19: Lev. 1, 16
Linked entry: healf
fædren-healf
the paternal side
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the paternal side, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 5
forþ-heold
Stooping ⬩ þroclīvus
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Stooping; þroclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 39
helle-duru
- Elen. Kmbl. 2457; El. 1230.
Linked entry: duru
helle-flór
- Cd. 214; Th. 269, 9; Sat. 70.
helle-hæfta
Linked entry: hæfta
helle-hæftling
- Andr. Kmbl. 2683; An. 1344 :
- Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 12; Jul. 246 :
- Salm. Kmbl. 253; Sal. 126.
Linked entry: hæftling
helle-hús
- Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 24; Gú. 649.