hofer
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Horer, ofer tuber 103, 2074. Wæs sum earm ceorl egeslíce gehoferod and ðearle gebíged þurh ðone brádan hofor . . . Hé wearð gehǽled . . . swá ꝥ næs gesýne on his hricge hwǽr se hofor stóde, Hml. S. 21, 95-106. Dele '[?]', and add:
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
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
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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
mearh
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Wicgce, meare equo, An. Ox. 2, 32. Mera mengeo on onsióne máran . . . þonne ðá elpendas maiores elephantorum corporibus hypopotami, Nar. 11, 1. Add
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
súsl-hof
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A place of torment, hell Of helle, of ðam súslhofe, Hy. 10, 31
tyge-hóc
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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
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dim-hof
fox-hol
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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
hoh-full
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Add: careful, that takes care or pains Emhýdi, hohful zelotypus An. Ox. 2277. Hé sí gewordan hohful reddatur de suis ratiociniis sollicitus R. Ben. I. 17, 7. Hohfullum (carefullan, R. Ben. 72, 12) bréðer betǽce þás gímene solicito fratri injungat hanc
hoh-mód
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Sé ðe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. Add
hol-leác
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a kind of onion Holleác duricorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, II : ii. 26, 21 : Lch. iii. 20, 16: 46, 23. [v. N. E. D. holleke.]
hól-tihte
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Calumpnia hosp, hearmspreác, accusatio falsa hóltihte, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 77. Add