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up-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
up-heáh, adj.

tallloftyloftynobleupright

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tall, lofty Wæs .x. fóta upheáh pedum non amplius decem statura altior, Nar. 26, 28. Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh he pedum centum alte erant arbores, 27, 28. Sindon dúna upheá, Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.

Linked entry: up-lang

fiþer-hama

(n.)
Grammar
fiþer-hama, an; m.

plumage

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mid deóflicum fiðerhaman fleón wolde. Hml. Th. i. 380, 29. Genámon twégen englas his sáwle, and fleógende mid hwítum fyðerhaman betμx him ferodon, ii. 334, 7

hád-árung

(n.)
Grammar
hád-árung, e ; f.
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Respect of persons (v. had ; <b>I b</b>), partiality in judgement Dómas sceolon been bútan ǽlcere hádárunge: ꝥ ys ꝥ ne murne náðer ne rýcum ne heánum, ne leófum ne láðum folcriht tó recceanne, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 18

Linked entries: árung haderung

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.

Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous

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Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous Hearmlíc him wǽre ðæt wurþe ðá éce it would have been hurtful for him to become eternal then, Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 17.

mægden-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-hád, es; m.

Maidenhoodvirginity

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Gif ǽnig wer oððe wíf geháte ðæt wylle mǽdenhád gehealdan si quis vir aui mulier voverit virginitatem servare, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 1

Linked entry: mægþ-hád

heáh-seld

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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. hú him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322.

heáh-cléofa

Grammar
heáh-cléofa, l.
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heáh-cleofa

ráh-hege

(n.)
Grammar
ráh-hege, es; m.
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A deer-fence On ðá þornrǽwe eástrihte ðæt hit cyme tó ðám ráhhege; after ðám hege, C. D. iii. 77, 29. Be ðám ráh-hege, 461, 5

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ swá hálwendra byþ the older the medicine is the more healing it is, Herb. 130, 3; Lchdm. i. 242, 5

Linked entry: -wende

hell-waran

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Add: Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1. Þú átuge fram helwarum (ah inferno) sáwle míne, Ps Spl. 29, 3. Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 2. Se hellwarana cyning, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 6. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

heáh-fæder

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Ealra óþerra heáhfædera mægen ( John the Baptist ) oferstígeþ, Bl. H. 167, 23. Heáhfædra fela, Hö. 47. Apostolas wið þám heáh-fædrum and wið wítgum, Ps. Th. 44, 17. Þurh þá mǽran wítegan and heáhfæderas, Ll.

mægþ-hád

Grammar
mægþ-hád, <b>mægeþ-hád,</b> es; m.

maidenhoodvirginitycelibacychastitya body of young persons

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sceal foresceáwian ðam mǽdene hire mægþhádes wurþ (pretium pudicitiæ), Ex. 21, 10: L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18. Án man ðe sý mægþhádes man, cnapa oððe mægden, Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 21. Hire meiþhádes pupertatis sue, Kent. Gl. 26.

hell-heóþo

(n.)
Grammar
hell-heóþo, indecl; f.
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Hell, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 29; Sat. 700

Linked entry: heóþu

hell-ware

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Add: Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 2 Eall helwara wítu gestildon, Bt. 35, 6; F. 170, 4. Similar entries Cf. hell; II. Þá unrótsodon helware. Hml. S. 4, 292. Helwara hreám. Wlfst. 186, 7.

hell-sceaþa

a fiendthe grave

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H 209, 28. hell personified, the grave. Similar entries Cf. hell; I, 1 For ðon ná helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps. Rdr. 277, 18

Linked entry: helle-sceaþa

heáh-græft

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-græft, adj.
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Substitute: heáh-græft a carving in relief Heáhgræfte anaglifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 13

heáh-cásere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cásere, es; m.
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Cf. heáh-cyning

heáh-freá

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-freá, an ; m.
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Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2

mægþ-hád

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde, gyf hire seó úplice árfæstnys geunnan wolde ꝥ heó on mægðháde Drihtne on clǽnre forhafednysse cwéman mihte, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 16

Linked entry: mægden-hád

hell-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
hell-fús, adj.

Bound for hell,

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Bound for hell, Andr. Kmbl. 99; An. 50: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 21; Cri. 1124