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hlæd

(n.)
Grammar
hlæd, es; n.

A heap, pile, mound

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A heap, pile, mound Beraþ hiere hlæd tó comportabis aggerem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 5; 163, 10, 11

Linked entry: hlæd-disc

hlyn

(n.)
Grammar
hlyn, hlynn, hlin, es; m.

A sound, noise, clamour, din

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A sound, noise, clamour, din Tó ðonðonne hit hát wǽre and mon ða earman men oninnan dón wolde hú se hlynn mǽst wǽre ðonne hie ðæt súsl ðǽron þrowiende wǽron ut cum inclusus ibidem subjectis ignibus torreretur, sonum vocis extortæ capacitas concavi aeris

hlyt

(n.)
Grammar
hlyt, [or hlýt?], es; m.

A lot, portion

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A lot, portion Hlyt sors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 3. Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum and mín hlyt gefeóll ofer ðæt betste funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris, Ps. Th. 15, 6. On handum ðínum hlyt mín in manibus tuis sortes meæ, Ps. Spl. 30

hland

urine

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Lant(v. N. E. D., s. v.), urine Hlond lotium Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 9. Hlom (hlond?) vel micga, i. 21, 63. Hland, ii. 71, 9. Mid þám fúlestum hlondes (micgan) stengcum putentissimis lotii nidoribus An. Ox. 3264: 3274. Hlande lotio Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 5. Nim

hlot

(n.)
Grammar
hlot, es; n.

A lot, portion, share

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A lot, portion, share Ðis hlot hæc sors, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 44; Som. 13, 3. Hig wurpon hlot ðǽr ofer sortem mittentes, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35. Hlott, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 24. Hlott ł tán, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 24. Æfter gewunan ðæs sacerdhádes hlotes secundum consuetudinem

Linked entries: hlét hlodd hlyt

hlec

(adj.)
Grammar
hlec, adj.

Having cracks or rents

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Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.

Linked entry: lec

hlýd-mónaþ

Grammar
hlýd-mónaþ, hlyn

a maple

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a maple. Þǽr wæs hlin and ác. [The metre might seem to require hlín or hlinn, but hlin perhaps is possible. Cf. such verss as: Wæs hió hetegrim, Rä. 34, 5: is þæs gores sunu, 41, 72.] Dele: Add: (Could this be the word which in M. E. becomes lyn in lyntre

hlec

(adj.)

leaky

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leaky: Hlec (hlecen, MS., but hlec, 2, 480: Hpt. Gl. 529, II), tócinen bát rimosa, scissurosa barca An. Ox. 5456. Lecum rimosę Germ. 400, 69. Add:

hlýda

(n.)
Grammar
hlýda, an; m.

The month noisy with wind and storm, March

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The month noisy with wind and storm, March Hagolscúrum færþ geond middangeard Martius réðe Hlýda with hail-showers passes through the earth rude March [which we call] Hlyda, Menol. Fox 74; Men. 37. Mónaþ Martius ðe menn hátaþ hlýda, Lchdm. iii. 152.

Linked entry: hlýd-mónaþ

hlýp

(n.)
Grammar
hlýp, es; m.

A leap, jump

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A leap, jump Hlýp saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 61: Som. 68, 49; Wrt. Voc. 39, 33: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 14. Se dæg is geháten saltus lunæ ðæt is ðæs mónan hlýp the day is called saltus lunæ, that is, the moon's leap, Lchdm. iii. 264, 24: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 16

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lotfatefortune

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Take here hlét, hlyt (l. hlýt) in Dict., and add: a lot (the object which is used) Cleros an Crécisc getácnað hlýt an Englisc cleros sors inter fretatur Chrd. 75, 28. Ofer hrægl mín sendon hlét (hlýt, Ps. L.) super vestem meam miserunt sortem Ps. Vos

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, es; m.
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Se forma hlýp, Cri. 720. Ymbe ðæne saltus lunae þbæt ys ymbe þæs mónan hlýp, wurdlian, Angl. viii. 308, 16. Take here hlýp, es; m. and add

Linked entries: hlípe hlýp

hlem

(n.)
Grammar
hlem, mes; m.

A sound, noise, crash

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A sound, noise, crash Nán monn ne gehiérde ne æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 17

hlíp

(n.)
Grammar
hlíp, e; f.
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a leaping-place, a place to be jumped over (v. N. E. D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24. Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram

Linked entry: hlípe-burna

hlot

on allotted portiona sharelotlotfatefortune

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Add: a lot that is cast Hig wurpun hlotu (hlott. R.) miserunt sortes, Lk. 23, 34. Hý ásendan hlota ofer þá xii cyn Israhéla, Hml. A. 130, 456. the urn in which the lots are placed (fig.): Hlote urna, An. Ox. 1838 Similar entries (v. hlít Ia). the result

hláf

breada loafcakebreadbreadmannacake

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In l. 27 after 'bran' add Cht. Th., and add: bread made from meal or flour Þú him of eorþan út álǽddest hláf (panem) tó helpe ... hláf trymeð heortan mannes, Ps. Th. 103, 14, 15. Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge. Sý gehealden þæs pundmǽtan

Linked entry: hláf-gang

HLÁF

(n.)
Grammar
HLÁF, es; m.

Bread, food, a loaf

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Bread, food, a loaf Gehafen hláf fermentacius panis: ceorlisc hláf cibarius: geseórid hláf acrizimus panis: hwǽten hláf siligeneus vel triticeus: heorþbacen hláf subcinericius vel focarius: ofenbacen hláf clibanius: gehyrst hláf frixius panis, Ælfc.

hland

(n.)
Grammar
hland, hlond, es; n.

Urine

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Urine, Lchdm. i. 362, 18: ii. 40, 20: 156, 14

Linked entries: hlom hlond

hlyn

(n.)
Grammar
hlyn, hlin, es; m. [?]

The name of a tree, maple [?]

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The name of a tree, maple [?], Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 17; Rä. 56, 9

Linked entry: hlin

hlýde

(n.)
Grammar
hlýde, an; f,

torrent

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v. hlúd, and cf. hlyn, hlynn), torrent Andlang díc; ꝥ on hlýdan; andlang hlýdan on brádan mór, C. D. B. ii. 374, 14. Andlang cumbes innan hlýdan ǽwylmas; swá andlang hlýdan, C. D. v. 107, 13. In ðá hlýdan; of ðǽre hlýdan, iii. 80, 10: 37.