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Anglo-Saxon

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a-hóh

Grammar
a-hóh, impert. of a-hón.

crucify

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crucify Ahóh hine crucifige eum, Mk. Bos. 15, 14;

ceaster-hof

(n.)
Grammar
ceaster-hof, es; n. [hof a house, dwelling]

A city-dwellingurbis ædes

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A city-dwelling; urbis ædes Storm upp arás æfter ceasterhofum a storm arose along the city-dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 2475; An. 1239

fyrd-hom

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-hom, es; m. [hom a covering, garment]

A war-coveringbellĭca vestislōrĭca

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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

Grammar
hóh-hwyrfing, l. hóh-hwirfing, and add: — Hringa hóhhwerfinge
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orbes orbibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 6. Hóhhwyrfinge, 64, 21

gold-hord-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gold-hord-hús, es; n.
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A privy; ypodromum, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 80; Wrt. Voc. 57, 57, see note

byrn-hom

(n.)
Grammar
byrn-hom, es; m. [byrne a coat of mail, hom a covering, garment]
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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

(v.)
Grammar
be-hón, p. -héng, pl. -héngon; pp. -hangen, -hongen [be, hón to hang]

To BEHANGto hang roundcircumpenderecircumdareambire

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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

hand

(n.)
Grammar
hand, hond, a; f.

HAND, side, power, control

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Sí mé wuldres hyht hand ofer heáfod may there be to me a hope of glory, hand over head, i.e. without difficulty [hand-over-head thoughtlessly extravagant; careless; at random; plenty, Hall. Dict.] Lchdm. i. 390, 3, 5.

ge-wén

Grammar
ge-wén, hope.
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Dele

heolstor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor-hof, es; n.

A dark dwellinghell

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A dark dwelling, hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1524; El. 764

lifer-hol

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-hol, es; n.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-hof, es; n.

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

morþor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-hof, es; n.

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

(n.)
Grammar
grorn-hof, es; n.
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324

stán-hof

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hof, es; n.
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39

súsl-hof

(n.)
Grammar
súsl-hof, es; n.
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A place of torment, hell Of helle, of ðam súslhofe, Hy. 10, 31

tyge-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
tyge-hóc, es; m.
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A hook to pull with, the word occurs in a list of implements Scafan, sage, cimbíren, tigehóc, Anglia ix. 263, 2

Linked entry: hóc

be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

dun-hof

(n.)
Grammar
dun-hof, Hpt. Gl. 494, 78. l.
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dim-hof

fox-hol

(n.)
Grammar
fox-hol, es; n.
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A fox-hole, fox's earth Tó ðám foxhole; of ðám foxhole, C.D. iii. 384, 13. Æt ðǽm hwítan foxholum, v. 83, 28. On ðá foxhola, 340, 18