heort-cóðu
A disease of the heart
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A disease of the heart, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 176, 13
heorþ-swǽpe
A bridesmaid ⬩ pronuba
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A bridesmaid; pronuba, Som
heort-lufe
Love which comes from the heart,
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Love which comes from the heart, Hy. 9, 29; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 29
heoru-serce
A war-shirt, ⬩ coat of mail
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A war-shirt, coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5072; B. 2539
heoru-swealwe
A hawk
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A hawk, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 17; Vy. 86
here-hand
A hostile hand or power
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A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8
here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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The remnant of an army or people, what is left of an army after a battle, what is left after a battle, spoil Se Chaldéa cyning com tó his earde mid ðære húþe and ðære hereláfe on ðære wæs Daniel se wítega and ða þrí cnihtas the king of Chaldea came to
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here-pád
A coat of mail
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258
Linked entry: pád
here-spéd
Success in war
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Success in war, Beo. Th. 129; B. 64
here-strǽt
A military road ⬩ one allowing the passage of an army ⬩ highway ⬩ high road
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A military road, one allowing the passage of an army, highway, high road Léton ðone hálgan be herestrǽte swefan on sibbe they left the saint sleeping in peace by the highway, Andr. Kmbl. 1662; An. 833. Ðanan on herestrǽt thence to the high road, Cod.
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hete-sprǽc
Hostile or malicious speech.
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Hostile or malicious speech.Cd. 14; Th. 17, 22; Gen. 263
hice-máse
The blue titmouse
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The blue titmouse Hicemáse vel wrenna parrax, Ælfc. Gl. 38; Som. 63, 38: Wrt. Voc. 29, 56. [Cornish dialect, hick-mal, hekky-mal the blue titmouse.] Cf. col-máse
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hild-þracu
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Power, force in war, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 9; Gen. 2157
hird-ness
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Guard, keeping, custody Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7. Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut
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hiwung
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Forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation Hé ne biþ ðonne geleáfa ac biþ hiwung it is not then belief but hypocrisy, Homl. Th. i. 250, 21. Hywung, ii. 220, 32. Gé sind wiðinnan áfyllede mid hiwunge and unrihtwísnysse
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hlæder-wyrt
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Ladder-wort, ladder to heaven, Jacob's ladder; polemonium cæruleum or polygonatum multiflorum [v. E. D. S. No. 26, 'ladder to heaven'], Lchdm. iii. 8, 25
hláf-mæsse
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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17. On ðære nihte ðe gé hátaþ Hláfmesse on the day
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hrið-suht
Fever
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Fever Hál of ridesohte the fever left her, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 31
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hwít-ness
Whiteness
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Whiteness Seó reádnes ðære rósan and seó hwítnes ðære lilian, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 444, 14. His gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse his raiment shone with the whiteness of snow, ii. 242, 7
hwurful-ness
Changeableness ⬩ mutability
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Changeableness, mutability Ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse genimina mutabilitatis, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 1. Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34