ælmes-hand
Linked entry: hand
hæft-noþ
Custody, keeping, imprisonment
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Custody, keeping, imprisonment On hæftnoþe biþ gehæfd he will be imprisoned, Lchdm. iii. 200, 34. On hæftneþe gebringan to imprison, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 21. Ðǽr hé on hæftneþe wæs where he was imprisoned, 1101; Erl. 237. 40
hæft-méce
A hilted sword
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A hilted sword, Beo. Th 2918; B. 1457
hægl-scúr
A shower of hail, hailstorm
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A shower of hail, hailstorm, Andr. Kmbl. 2515; An. 1259
hǽþ-berige
Heath-berry, bilberry ⬩ vaccinium
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Heath-berry, bilberry; vaccinium Hǽþbergean wísan heath-berry plants, L. M. 3, 61; Lchdm. ii. 344, 10
Linked entry: berie
hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Lacking means, poor, indigent; inops Hafenleás inops, Wrt. Voc. 74, 20. Hé wæs swíðe welig wædlum and þearfum and symle him sylfum swíðe hafenleás he was very wealthy for the poor and needy, and ever very indigent for himself, Homl. Th. ii. 148. 34.
Linked entry: hæfenleás
hafe-leást
Want of means, indigence
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Want of means, indigence For haueléste from lack of means, Chr. 675; Erl. 38, 12
hago-spind
The cheek
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The cheek Hagospind genæ, Wrt. Voc. 64, 41. Heagospind, 282, 56. Hecgaspind, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 78; Wrt. Voc. 43, 11. Heortes heagospind a hart's cheek, Lchdm. i. 336, 12
Linked entries: eago-spind higo-spind hagu-swind heago-spind spind
haga-þorn
Hawthorn
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Hawthorn Of hagaþornum de tribolis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 16
hand-bell
A hand-bell
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A hand-bell Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6
hand-bæftian
To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament
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To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32
hand-cops
A handcuf, manacle
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A handcuf, manacle Handcops manice, Wrt. Voc. 86, 33. Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8
hand-brǽd
A hand's breadth ⬩ palmus
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A hand's breadth Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52
hand-dǽda
One who does a deed with his own hand
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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L. Eth. 2, 5; Th. i. 286,
Linked entry: -dǽda
hand-fæstan
To pledge by giving the hand, ⬩ betrothed ⬩ to betroth by joining hands ⬩ to strike a bargain by shaking hands, to pledge, betroth
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To pledge by giving the hand, Lye
hand-fæstung
A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurance ⬩ marriage with the encumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off ⬩ striking a bargain, the joining hands. ⬩ emunitas, cautio, testamentum, privilegium.
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A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurance Handfestnung mandatum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 110; Wrt. Voc. 20, 48
hand-gewrit
What is written by the hand, a deed, contract ⬩ chirographum
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What is written by the hand, a deed, contract; chirographum Handgewrit cirographum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 113; Wrt. Voc. 20, 51. Hondgiwrit chyrographum, Rtl. 32, 39. Sum man wrát his handgewrit ðam áwyrgedan deófle a certain man put his hand to a contract
hand-gewriðen
Hand-twisted
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Hand-twisted, Beo. Th. 3878; B. 1937
hand-gift
A wedding-gift
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A wedding-gift, Hy. 10, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 18