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hú-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hú-líc, pron.

qualis

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Of what sort; qualis Hé áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon hé wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12. Nú ic wille secgan húlucu heó wæs I will tell you

hú-lic

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Add: in direct questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Húlic heáfod hæfð se Pater Noster?, Sal. K. 148, 14. predicative, of what sort Húlig is ðes? qualis est hic?, Mt. L. 8, 27. in indirect questions. qualifying a noun, what sort of Gecunnia and

hú-meta

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Add: in direct questions. in what way?, by what means? Húmeta wát God? quomodo scit Deus?, Ps. Spl. 72, 11. with what reason or right Húmeta cwyst þú tó þínum bréðer?, Mt. 7, 4. how is it that?, why? Gif heó turniende is, húmeta ne fealð heó? si volubile

hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, es; m.

A hut ⬩ hovel ⬩ cabin

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A hut, hovel, cabin Hulc tugurium, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 62: Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 116; Wrt. Voc. 58, 30: 85, 74.

HUND

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
HUND, n.

A HUNDRED ⬩ centum

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A HUNDRED; centum Gyf hwylc mann hæfþ hund sceápa si fuerint alicui centum oves, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 12. Hund sestra ... hund mittena hwǽtes, Lk. Skt. 16, 6, 7. Senatum ðæt wæs án hund manna ðéh heora æfter fyrste wǽre þreó hund, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 36.

Linked entry: hundes beó

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A. D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

hám-weorud

(n.)
Grammar
hám-weorud, es; n.

The body of people connected with a 'ham;' ⬩ vicani

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The body of people connected with a 'ham;' vicani Ðá com hé tó sumum húse on ǽfentíd and eode on ðæt hús ðǽr ðæt hámweorud eall tó symble gesomnod wæs pervenit ad vicum quendam vespere intravitque in domum in qua vicani cænantes epulabantur, Bd. 3, 10

Fullan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Fullan-ham, -hom; gen. -hammes, -hommes; m. [Asser Fullonham: Hunt. Fulenham: Sim. Dun. Fulanham: Brom. Fullenham]

FULHAM ⬩ Middlesex ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Middlesexiensi, ad rīpam Tămĕsis flūmĭnis

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FULHAM, Middlesex; lŏci nōmen in agro Middlesexiensi, ad rīpam Tămĕsis flūmĭnis Æt Fullanhamme be Temese at Fulham on the Thames, Chr. 879; Th. 150, 3. On Fullanhomme at Fulham, 880; Th. 150, 12, col. i

hors-ryne

(n.)
Grammar
hors-ryne, (?) horse-running (a gloss to hippo-
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dromus) Móthúses, horsyrnes prodromi (see the passage glossed under hors-hús), Hpt. Gl. 476, 61

Linked entry: hors-yrnes

HUND

(n.)
Grammar
HUND, es; m.

A HOUND ⬩ a dog

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Ðone hǽðenan hund the heathen dog [Holofernes ], Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 7; Jud. 110. Swá hundas ut canes, Ps. Th. 58, 6. Dumbe hundas canes muti, Past. 5, 1; Swt. 89, 17. Hunda gebeorc barking of dogs, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35.

Linked entries: hundred hund-teóntig

hiw-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-beorht, hiow-; adj.

Bright of hue, ⬩ beautiful in form or colour

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Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour, Elen. Kmbl. 145; El. 73: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 27; Gen. 265

hiw-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-leás, adj.

Wanting in form or in, colour

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Hú hiwleáse hie beóþ how colourless the patients are, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 2

hám-weardes

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Þá hé hámwerdes wæs, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 28. cf. hám-weard; Hú hý sceoldon beón álǽd of Babilonia þeówdóme, and Gode þancian þǽra ára þe hí be wege hædon hámweardes, Ps. Th. 22, arg

gylden-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-híw, gylden-híwe; adj.
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Golden-hued Gyldenhíwe auricolor, An. Ox. 43, 5

bisceop-hád

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Be biscophádum ... hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde ... hú bisceophád sceolde of manegan cynrynan áspringan, Wlfst. 175, 17-176, 6, 11. Biscophádas flamina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 68: flaminea, i. episcopali gradus, 149, 7. Add

hám-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weard, adv.

Homeward, in the direction of home ⬩ domum versus, retro

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Ðá hý hámweard wǽron when they were on the way home, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38, Égeas wearþ gelǽht fram atelícum deófle hámwerd be wege ǽrðan hé tó húse cóme Ægeas was seized by a horrible devil on the way home, before he came to his house, Homl.

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

wíf-hád

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-hád, es; m. 1.

womanhood

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God ána wát hú his gecynde biþ, wífhádes oððe weres, Exon. Th. 223, 9; Ph. 357. Se ðreát ðæra Godes ðeówa in wífháde ancillarum Dei caterva, Bd. 4, 7; S. 574, 34

hám-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-fæst, adj.

Resident, dwelling at home

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Resident, dwelling at home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among

hér-bufan

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-bufan, adv.

Here above

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Here above Swá swá wé ǽr hérbiufan sǽdon on ðisse ilcan béc as we said before above in this same book; sicut in priori hujus voluminis parte jam diximus, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 393, 2

Linked entries: be-ufan hér