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heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Nis þæt monnes gemet þæt mæge in hreðre his heáhgeweorc furðor áspyrgan, Sch. 28. Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

heáh-deór

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-deór, heá-, es; n.

A stag, deerthe hunting of deer

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A stag, deer Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3

Linked entry: heá-dor

hár-wenge

(adj.)
Grammar
hár-wenge, adj.

Hoary, grey-haired

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Hoary, grey-haired wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

Linked entry: wang

hell-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hell-heort, adj.

Faint-hearted

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For ðám egsan þæs engles ansýnes þá weardas wǽron áfǽrede and hellheorte, and efne swá forhte gewordene swá heó deáde wǽron, Nap. 37

heán-spédig

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-spédig, adj.

Scantily, poorly endowed

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Scantily, poorly endowed Ðý læs forhycge heánspédigran lest he despise the more scantily endowed, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 1; Crä. 26

heal-reced

(n.)
Grammar
heal-reced, es; n.

A palace

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A palace healreced hátan wolde medoærn micel men gewyrcean he would bid men make a palace, a great mead-house, Beo, Th. 136; B. 68

Linked entry: heall-reced

heáh-tíd

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Heó seldan on hátum baþe baþede búton þám heáhtídum tó Eástron and æt Pentæcosten and þý twelftan dæge ofer Geohhel (praeter sollemniis maioribus, uerbi gratia paschae, pentecostes, epifaniae), Bd. 4, 19; Sch. 443, 6: Hml. S. 20, 45. Add:

cyne-hád

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In first passage for '[MS. cyneháde]' read] cynelica hád, v. l.] and add nolde beón cyning . . . Ðá weorðmynde cynehádes (kyne-, v. l.) fleáh rex fieri noluit; . . . oblatam gloriam culminis fugit, Past. 33, 20

heáh-mód

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Add: high-spirited Hú þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17

ge-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hál, adj.

Entirewholehealthyintĕgersānus

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Entire, whole, healthy; intĕger, sānus Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál, ðæt ðǽr nán cíne on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that no chink was visible in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22 : 166, 11 : Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 27.

þrowet-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrowet-hád, þrowot-hád, es; m.
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Martyrdom onféngon þá ILLIGIBLE þæs þrowethádes (martyrii) . . . underfón þone þrowothád (martyrium) Gr. D. 233, 14-20

heáh-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-beorg, es; m.

A high mountaina high rocka high fell

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A high mountain ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4

Linked entry: heáh-torras

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.

Priest-hood

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Ðæt gesette on sacerdhád Judas ðam folce tó bisceope that he might ordain Judas bishop of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 2108; El. 1055. Bisceophádas vel sacerd-[hádas] flaminea, i. episcopali gradu, Wülck. 239, 23

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.

Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardentfuriosus, iracundus, fervens

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Timotheus ongeat hátheortran ðonne sceolde ferventioris spiritus vidit esse Timotheum, 3; Swt. 291, 22. Ðá wæs heora sum réðra and hátheortra ðonne ða óðre then was one of them fiercer and more furious than the others, Blickl. Homl. 223, 6

feðer-hama

(n.)
Grammar
feðer-hama, -homa, an; m.

Feather-coveringfeathersplumagewingsplūmārum tegmenplūmapennæālæ

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Ðæt he mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte that he might fly with wings, Cd. 22; Th. 27, 13; Gen. 417

Linked entry: fæðer-homa

diácon-hád

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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.'

flǽsc-hama

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-hama, -homa, an; m.

Flesh-coveringthe bodya carcasecarnis tegmencorpus

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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed ah through her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568: Andr. Kmbl. 307; An. 154. Lǽgon on greóte fǽgra flǽschaman the carcases of the slain lay on the sand, 2171; An. 1087

Linked entry: ge-flǽschamod

heáh-beorg

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Add: cf. heáh-clif, heáh-torr

heán-lic

paltrycommonvilecontemptiblebase

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Þá áscedan hiene his þegnas hwý swá heánlice word be him selfum gecwǽde, ꝥ oferwunnen wǽre, 4, 1; S. 156, 29