hóh-hwyrfing
A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?]; ⬩ orbis,
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A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?]; orbis, Som
hóh-scanca
The shank; ⬩ crus
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The shank; crus Sceápes hóhscancan, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 8
hóp-páda
An upper tunic, ⬩ cope
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An upper tunic, cope Hóppáda ependeton [ = ἐπενδύτης], Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52
hóp-gehnást
The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]
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The dashing together of waves in a bay [?] Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up
a-hóh
crucify
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crucify Ahóh hine crucifige eum, Mk. Bos. 15, 14;
fyrd-hom
A war-covering ⬩ bellĭca vestis ⬩ lōrĭca
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A war-covering; bellĭca vestis, lōrĭca Ðæt beo ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte that she might not pierce through the war-covering, Beo. Th. 3012; B. 1504
hóh-hwyrfing
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orbes orbibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 6. Hóhhwyrfinge, 64, 21
gold-hord-hús
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A privy; ypodromum, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 80; Wrt. Voc. 57, 57, see note
byrn-hom
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A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192
be-hón
To BEHANG ⬩ to hang round ⬩ circumpendere ⬩ circumdare ⬩ ambire
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To BEHANG, to hang round; circumpendere, circumdare, ambire Behongen beón mid bellum to be behung or hung round with bells Past. 15, 4; Hat. MS. 19 b, 7
Linked entry: bi-hongen
hól-tihte
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Calumpnia hosp, hearmspreác, accusatio falsa hóltihte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 77. Add
hése
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woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis
heonu
Lo ⬩ behold
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Lo, behold Heonu [henu, Rush.] ecce, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8. Heono, Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 29. Hona lá mín hláford ecce dominus meus, Shrn. 60, 14
heolstor-hof
A dark dwelling ⬩ hell
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A dark dwelling, hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1524; El. 764
lifer-hol
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A hollow in the liver Hwæðer on ðám liferbýlum ðe on ðám liferholum, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20
Linked entry: lifer-býl
mearc-hof
A dwelling in a mark or country
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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61
mór-hop
A pool in a marsh
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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450
morþor-hof
A place of torment or extreme misery
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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303
grorn-hof
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324
stán-hof
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39