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cyne-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cyne-hád, es; m. [hád form, condition]

A royal personage or condition, dignity, kinghoodregia persona vel dignitas

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A royal personage or condition, dignity, kinghood; regia persona vel dignitas Ðæt se cynehád [MS. cynehade] ðæs hálgan weres éce gemynd hæfde ut regia viri sancti persona memoriam haberet æternam, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 30, note. Ic Ælfréd, gifendum Criste

discipul-hád

(n.)
Grammar
discipul-hád, es; m.
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DISCIPLEHOOD, pupilage; discipŭlātus Ðysses discipulháde Cúþberht wæs eádmódlíce underþeóded hujus discipŭlātui Cudberct humĭlĭter subdĭtus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 39

druncen-hád

(n.)
Grammar
druncen-hád, es; m. [MS. -hed]

Drunkenness ebriĕtas

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Drunkenness; ebriĕtas Þurh heora druncenhád [MS. -hed] through their drunkenness, Chr. 1070; Th. 345, 42

fǽmn-hád

(n.)

virginityvirgĭnĭtas

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virginity; virgĭnĭtas, Lk. Bos. 2, 36

feorh-hord

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hord, es; n.

Life's treasurethe soulspiritvītæ thēsaurusănĭma

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Life's treasure, the soul, spirit; vītæ thēsaurus, ănĭma Líf biþ on síþe, fǽges feorhhord life is on its journey, the spirit of the fated, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 7; Ph. 221. Hád wereþ feorhhord feóndum armour defends the soul from foes, Wald. 100; Vald

eald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hád, es; m.

Old age senectus

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Old age; senectus

heolstor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor-hof, es; n.

A dark dwellinghell

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A dark dwelling, hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1524; El. 764

híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

hýð-gild

(n.)
Grammar
hýð-gild, es; n.

A port-due

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A port-due [?] Hýðgilda portunalia, Hpt. Gl. 515

hýð-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hýð-líc, adj.
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Relating to a port Ðá hýðlícan portunalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 19

hýð-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hýð-weard, es ; m.
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One who guards a hithe, Beo. Th. 3833 ; B. 1914

lifer-hol

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-hol, es; n.
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A hollow in the liver Hwæðer on ðám liferbýlum ðe on ðám liferholum, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

Linked entry: lifer-býl

mægden-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-hád, es; m.

Maidenhoodvirginity

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Maidenhood, virginity Ðeáh wæs hyre ( the Virgin Mary) mægdenhád ǽghwæs onwalg, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 5; Cri. 1420. Gif ǽnig wer oððe wíf geháte ðæt hé wylle mǽdenhád gehealdan si quis vir aui mulier voverit virginitatem servare, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii.

Linked entry: mægþ-hád

mæssepreóst-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-hád, es; m.

The orders of a mass-priest

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The orders of a mass-priest Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic mæssepreóstháde onfeng ex quo tempore accepti presbyteratus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 32: 5, 1; S. 613, 12

Linked entry: preóst-hád

mearc-hof

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-hof, es; n.

A dwelling in a mark or country

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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

morþor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-hof, es; n.

A place of torment or extreme misery

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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303

níd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hád, es; m.

Forcecompulsion

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Force, compulsion Neádháde vim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72. 54

gold-hord

(n.)
Grammar
gold-hord, es; m. n.
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A treasure, treasury; thesaurus Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo

grorn-hof

(n.)
Grammar
grorn-hof, es; n.
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324