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híd

Grammar
híd, hígid.

familia

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Add: Ic sello Berhtsige án híde bóclondes, C. D. ii. 121, 4, and to such a form might belong the following genitives: Ánes hídes, 120, 33. Ánes hídes lond, C. D. B. ii. 268, 9. The nominatives híde, gyrde in, Þ næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes,'

Linked entries: hígid híwisc

hind

Grammar
hind, v hynd.
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Seó þridde hind (this seems a mistake for híd. Cf. seó þridde hid æt Dydincotan, 400, 8) æt Dydin*-*cotan . . . Ðonne is ealles dæs landes þreó hída, . n. æt Penedoc and . 1. æt Dydinecotan, C. D. iii. 19, 7-9. See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England

Linked entry: hind

hird

(n.)

retinue, court

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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30. Dis geár heáld se kyng Heanri his hird on Windlesoure this year king Henry

Linked entry: in-hirdmann

hírd

(n.)
Grammar
hírd, [ = híréd] -preóst, es; m.

A domestic chaplain

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A domestic chaplain Æilríc mín hírdprést, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 269, 8: Chart. Th. 574, 10, 11

hilt

(n.)
Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.

Hilt, handle

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Ða hilt since fáge the hilt many-coloured with treasure, Beo. Th. 3233; B. 1614. Be hiltum by the hilt, 3152; B. 1574

-hilt

(suffix)
Grammar
-hilt, -hilte.

hilde

(n.)
Grammar
hilde, an; f.

A slopedeclivity

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A slope, declivity Helde, burhsteall clivium (cliuium, ascensus singularis uiae, Ld. Gl. H. s.v. glebum) i. discensum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. On Owunes hyldan ufewyrde, C. D. v. 293, 25. Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418

Linked entries: holde helde

hilt

Grammar
hilt, helt
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Helt capulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 15: capulum, 103, 30. Oð hielt capulotenus, 86, 68. Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272,

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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A hide of land. The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 5, 25, seems to shew that the word is connected with híwan, hígan, and this etymology is supported by the use of familia and híd in the Latin and English versions respectively of Bede's

-hilde

(suffix)

hilc

Linked entry: healoc

-hilde

(suffix)

Linked entry: -hylde

hill

Similar entry: hyll

hind

Similar entry: hind

híréd

Grammar
híréd, l. híred,

a familya familyhousethe familycourt

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and add: a family, wife and children Gif hwá stalie swá his wif nyte and his bearn ... Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his híredes, Ll. Th. i. 106, 15-17. Gif hig (priests) hwylc árwyrðe hýredes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle mid his wífe

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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shape. and add: of material things. form, shape, figure Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond eorþan, and sint swíþe ungelíces híwes quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 24. Þá feówer gesceafta hé ... on óþrum híwe gebrengþ

hilte

(n.)
Grammar
hilte, an; f.

A hilt, handle

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A hilt, handle Hilte capulus, capulum [?], Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 47, 26; Wrt. Voc. 35, 34, 14. Hiltan capulum, Wrt. Voc. 84, 21. Swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon intó ðam innoþe the haft went in after the blade, Jud. 3, 22.

Linked entry: hilt

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, hiow, e; f.

Fortune

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Fortune Swá hit oft gesǽleþ on ðǽm sélran þingum and on ðǽm gesundrum ðæt seó wyrd and sió hiow hie oft oncyrreþ ut aliquid plerumque in secundis rebus fortuna obstrepit, Nar. 7, 27

Linked entries: feala-hiw heow hyw heow

hion

(n.)
Grammar
hion, e; f.

A bone of the head [?]

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A bone of the head [?] Gif sió úterre hion gebrocen weorþeþ, L. Ethb. 36; Th. i. 12, 6, v. note, and cf. L. H. 93, 2; Th. i. 605, 12 si exterius os percussum sit

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty Hiw species, Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 45; Wrt. Voc. 42, 53. Hiw figura, scema, specimen, forma, species, Ælfc. Gr. 2: 9: 14; Som. 2, 45, 46: 8, 22: 9, 31: 17, 19, 20. Hiw