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HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Haygrassfœnum

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Hay, grass; fœnum Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes fœnum agri, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind

Linked entries: hig hoeg

ge-siníg

(n.)
Grammar
ge-siníg, [ = sin-híg, -híw?], e; f.

Marriage;connubium

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Marriage; connubium Fore hálgum gesiníge ǽ pro sacra connubii lege, Rtl. 108, 14

Linked entry: ge-sinígan

ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam

be-hídan

(v.)
Grammar
be-hídan, p. -hídde

To hideabscondere

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To hide; abscondere Forðamðe ic eom nacod, ic behídde me quod nudus essem, abscondi me Gen. 3, 10, 8

hittan

(v.)
Grammar
hittan, p. hitte

To hit upon, meet with

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To hit upon, meet with Ðá com Harold úre cyng on unwær on ða Normenn and hytte hí begeondan Eoforwíc æt Stemford brygge then our king Harold came upon the Northmen unexpectedly and met with them beyond York at Stamford bridge, Chr. 1066; Erl. 201, 26

heon

(adv.)
Grammar
heon, hion.

Similar entry: heonan

ge-heád

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heád, adj. [heáh high]

Lifted upexaltedexaltātus

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Lifted up, exalted; exaltātus Wæs Bryten swýðe geheád Britain was very much exalted, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 27, MS. B

Linked entry: ge-hýd

ó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ó-heald, -hilde; adj.

Sloping, inclined

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Sloping, inclined: — Óhældi (ðhaelði,Ep. Gl. 21 d, 16) pendulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 19. Óhylde, 68, 10. Clifig ł óhyld (not tóhyld) clivosus, i. 19, 4. Óheal[d?] clivosa, tortuosa. Germ. 392, 53. Hóhyldo prona, 400, 118

Linked entry: hó-hylde

CULFRE

(n.)
Grammar
CULFRE, culufre , culefre , an;f: culfer , e ; f.

A dove CULVER pigeon columba

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A dove CULVER pigeon ; columba Se hálega Gást astáh swá án culfre descendit Spiritus sanctus sicut columba, Lk. Bos. 3, 22: Wrt. Voc. 77, 20: 280, 31. Wæs culufre of cófan sended a dove was sent from the ark, Cd. 72 ; Th. 88, 12; Gen. 1464 . Culfer columba

Linked entry: culufre

hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrustrejoice

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To hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice Ic under fiðrum hihte sub pennis ejus sperabis, Ps. Th. 90, 4. Ic ðé hihte tó sperantem in te, 85, 2. Hihte ic tó ðínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, 91, 3. Heorte mín

Linked entry: hihtan

be-hýdignys

(n.)
Grammar
be-hýdignys, -nyss, e; f. [be, hýdan to hide]

A deserta wildernessdesertum

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A desert, a wilderness; desertum Stefn Drihtnes tosceacende behýdignys vox Domini concutientis desertum Ps. Spl. C. 28, 7

breóst-hyge

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-hyge, es; m. [breóst, hyge, hige
the mind
]

the mindThe breast-thought pectoris cogitatio

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The breast-thought; pectoris cogitatio, Andr. Elen. Grm. xxxix

heoru

(n.)
Grammar
heoru, heoro, hioro; m.

A sword

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A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds

Linked entries: heoro hioro

hirsting

(n.)
Grammar
hirsting, (a diminutive of hirste?)

a frying-pan

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a frying-pan Hyrstyngc frixorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 69. Frigo ic hyrste, of ðám is frixorium hyrstung, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 175, 3. Hyrstincg cremium, Ps. L. 101, 4

hyrtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrtan, hiertan; p. te

To HEARTENencourageanimate

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To HEARTEN, encourage, animate Tó heora ágenre þearfe hyrteþ ad propriam eorum necessitatem animat, L. M. I. P. 13; Th. ii. 266, 8. Hyrt cohortat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 5. Mid óðrum worde hé hierte mid óðrum hé brégde favet ergo ex desiderio, et terret

Linked entry: hiertan

hýre-mann

Grammar
hýre-mann, hiére-, hýr-mann, es; m.

a subjectfollowerservantsubordinatea parishioner a hearer

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One who obeys, or is subject to, another, a subject, follower, servant, subordinate, [as an ecclesiastical term] a parishioner, a hearer: Forðon oft for ðæs láreówes unwísdóme misfaraþ ða hiéremenn and oft for ðæs láreówes wísdóme unwísum hiéremonnum

higian

(v.)
Grammar
higian, l. hígian,

in strive aftertotowardsto strive to do

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and add Hé hígode oððe tilode nititur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 69. Hîgien wê contendamus, 24, 36. Hígiendre intento, 48, 63. with preps., in strive after, to, towards, aefter Hú mæg ꝥ yfel beón ꝥte ǽlces monnes ingeþanc . . . æfter hígaþ and wilnaþ tó begitanne

heard-heáwa

Grammar
heard-heáwa, heard-heáw, heard-heáwa, heard-heáwe, héwe, heard-híwe, heard-héui

chisel

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a cutting implement, chisel Heardheáu cisculus, Txts. 51, 467. Heardhéui ciscillus, 52, 262. Haerdhaeu, 116, 199. Heardheáw, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 34. Circillus, navicula vel heardheáwa, 131, 23. Heardheáwe vel nafogár foratorium, 149, 74. Substitute:

hyrstan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrstan, hierstan; p. te; pp. ed

To fryroast

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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn

sín

Grammar
sín, his.
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Æteúwdæ se Hǽlend sínum ambehtum, Jn. L. 21, 14. Add