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heorde

custody

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custody

heorr

(n.)
Grammar
heorr, hior; m. f.

A hinge ⬩ cardinal point ⬩ cardo

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A hinge, cardinal point; cardo Ðeós heorr hic cardo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 61. Seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ the hinge on which all good turns, Bt. 34, 7, Fox 142, 35. Wæs ðæt beorhte bold tóbrocen swíðe heorras tóhlidene the splendid dwelling was

Linked entries: heorra hearr hior

heort

Linked entry: heart

heóre

Grammar
heóre, l. híre.

Similar entry: un-híre

-heort

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-heort, adj.

Similar entry: clǽn-heort

heoru

(n.)
Grammar
heoru, heoro, hioro; m.

A sword

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A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds

Linked entries: heoro hioro

heorot-clæfre

Grammar
heorot-clæfre, l. heorot-clǽfre,
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Ðeós wyrt þe man chamedris and óþrum naman heort-clǽfre nemneð, heó bið cenned on dúnum, Lch. i. 120, 18. and add

heorra

(n.)
Grammar
heorra, an; m.

[?] A bar ⬩ hinge[?]

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[?] A bar, hinge[?] Hé gestrangode heorran geata ðínra confortavit seras portarum tuarum, Ps. Lamb. 147, 2

heorþa

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Herþa (is the reading of the MS. given in) Ælfc. Gr. Z. 321, 5. Ǽlce geáre tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan (pelles buccinas), Chrd. 48, 26. Add

heópe

(n.)
Grammar
heópe, an; f.

A hip ⬩ seed-vessel of the dog-rose ⬩ also the plant on which the hip grows[?]

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A hip, seed-vessel of the dog-rose; also the plant on which the hip grows[?] Heópe butunus [i.e. button, Fr. bouton, knob ], Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 90; Wrt. Voc. 30, 36. Genim brér ðe hiópan on weaxaþ take briar on which hips grow, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm

heoro

Similar entry: heoru

heorþ-pening

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence] Be ðon heorþpeninge. Sý ǽlc heorþpenig ágífen be Petres mæsse dæge: and seðe hine tó ðam ándagan gelǽst næbbe, lǽde hine tó Róme, and ðǽr tó eácan xxx pænega and bringe ðonne swutelunge

heort-gesída

Grammar
heort-gesída, heort-gesidu(-a); pl.

The vitals ⬩ entrails

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The vitals, entrails Þone rysle þe þá heortgesida mid beóð oferwrigen adipem qui operit vitalia (v. heorte, I. and cf. uitalia, uiscera, Corp. Gl. H. 120, 209: uitalia, uiscera, renuncule i. lundlagan, Wülck. Gl. 29, 37), Lev. 3, 3. Substitute:

Linked entry: heort-hama

heópe

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Add Heópe buturnus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 84. in a local name (?): Tó Heópeoricge, C. D. iii. 71, 30

heorþ-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-cniht, es; m.

A domestic ⬩ servant ⬩ attendant

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A domestic, servant, attendant Hió dyde sciella tó bisene his heorþcneohtum and ðus cwæþ sub squamarum specie de ejus satellitibus perhibetur, Past. 47, 3; Swt. 361, 18

heorþ-swǽpe

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-swǽpe, an; f.

A bridesmaid ⬩ pronuba

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A bridesmaid; pronuba, Som

heorþ-werod

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-werod, es; n.

A band of household retainers ⬩ those who share the same hearth ⬩ a family

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A band of household retainers, those who share the same hearth, a family Ðá wearþ Jafeðe áféded heorþwerod suna and dóhtra then for Japhet was reared a family of sons and daughters, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 35; Gen. 1605. Se hálga héht his heorþwerod wǽpna onfón

heort-cóðu

(n.)
Grammar
heort-cóðu, es; f.

Heart-disease

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Heart-disease: Cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis, vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel ece, módstócnes vel unmiht, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 65. Hwílum wyrmas heortcoþe wyrceað. Lch. ii. 176, 13. Substitute:

heort-hama

(n.)
Grammar
heort-hama, an; m.

A covering of the heart

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A covering of the heart Heorthama bucleamen, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 102; Wrt. Voc. 45, 9. Ðú nymst ðone hearthaman thou shalt take the fat that covers the inwards, Ex. 29, 22

Linked entry: heort-gesída

heort-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
heort-wærc, es; m.

Pain in the heart

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Pain in the heart Wið heortwærce for pain in the heart, L. M. 1, 17; Lchdm. ii. 60, 4