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stód-hors

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Hé þone cyning bæd ꝥ hé him wǽpen sealde and stódhors (equum emissarium) . . . For þon þám bisceope hiora hálignesse ne wæs álýfed ꝥ hé móste wǽpen wegan, ne ælcor bútan on myran rídan, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 168, 11. Add

tún-hofe

Similar entry: hofe

sáwel-hord

(n.)

the treasure of life, life guarded as a treasure in the body, the body full of life

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the treasure of life, life guarded as a treasure in the body, the body full of life Óþ ðæt sáwlhord, báncofa blódig, ábrocen weorþeþ, Exon. Th. 329, 15; Vy. 34. Óþ sáwlhord to the very soul, Ps. Th. 77, 49

wamb-hord

(n.)
Grammar
wamb-hord, es; m.

A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place

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A womb-hoard, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place Mé (the fortified place ) of hrife fleógaþ hylde pílas; hwílum ic sweartum swelgan onginne brúnum beadowǽpnum ; is mín innað til, wombhord wlitig, Exon. Th. 399, 12;Rä. 18, 10

hora-seáþ

(n.)
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Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1

swegel-horn

(n.)
Grammar
swegel-horn, es; m.

Some kind of musical instrument ⬩ to pipe, play the flute ⬩ a piper, flute-player ⬩ fistula, tibia, barbita, chelys, sistrum, calamus ⬩ tibicen, fidicen ⬩ cornus tibia ⬩ a wind instrument

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Some kind of musical instrument Sueglhorn sambucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 56. Swegelhorna sambucorum, simphoniarum (cf. simfonia, lignum concavum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 60) i. cithararum, Hpt. Gl. 445, 19

Linked entry: swegel-rád

trúð-horn

(n.)
Grammar
trúð-horn, es; m.

The trumpet of a trúð

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The trumpet of a trúð, q. v. Trúðhorn lituus, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 67. Trúðhornes salpistae (the passage is: Horrorem belli etclassicae salpistae metuentes). Hpt. Gl. 422, 77

tyge-horn

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-horn, es; m.

A cupping-glass

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A cupping-glass Mid tigehorne. Lchdm. ii. 120, 17

seám-hors

(n.)
Grammar
seám-hors, es; n.

A pack-horse ⬩ sagmarius equus

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A pack-horse; sagmarius equus,Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 13

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

byrc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
byrc-holt, es; n.

A birch holt or grove ⬩ betuletum

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A birch holt or grove; betuletum, Ælfc. Gl. 47; Som. 65, 21

Linked entry: birc-holt

ác-holt

(n.)
Grammar
ác-holt, es; m.

An oak wood

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An oak wood Tó thám ácholte, C. D. B. iii. 44, 28. Ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte, C. D. vi. 243, 13

stód-hors

(n.)
Grammar
stód-hors, es; n.

A stud-horse

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A stud-horse Gyf mon mǽte ðæt hé feola stódhorsa habbe, Lchdm. iii. 176, 5

ge-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hón, -hongian; pp. -hongen, -hoen

To hang ⬩ hang with

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To hang, hang with Ðætte he gehongiga that he hang, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 6. He sé gehoen crucifiga'ur, 26, 2. Wudu biþ blédum gehongen the wood will be hung with fruits, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 9; Ph., 38 : 566; Th. 202, 18; Ph. 71

Cleofes hoo

(n.)

Clif

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Clif, near Rochester, Chr. 822; Th. 110, 14, col. 3

fen-hóp

(n.)
Grammar
fen-hóp, fen-hop, es; n.
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:

hóc-ísern

(n.)
Grammar
hóc-ísern, es; n.

A reaping-hook ⬩ sickle

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A reaping-hook, sickle Hócísern falcicula Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 78

hór-cwene

(n.)
Grammar
hór-cwene, an; f.

An adulteress, whore ⬩ an adulteress

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An adulteress, whore Hórcwenan, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 172, 21: L. Eth. vi. 7; Th. i. 316, 21: L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7

Linked entry: cwéne

hof-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hof-weard, es; m.

An ædile; ⬩ ædilis,

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An ædile; ædilis, Ælfc. Gl. 8; Som. 56, 105; Wrt. Voc. 18, 54

hóh-sinu

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-sinu, we; f.

Hough-sinew, ⬩ ham-string, ⬩ heel-sinew

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Hough-sinew, ham-string, heel-sinew Gif hóhsino forad síe if a heel-sinew be broken, L. M. 1, 71; Lchdm. ii. 146, 3. Heora horsa hóhsina ðú ofcirfst equos eorum subnervabis, Jos. 11, 6

Linked entry: seonu