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hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.
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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

hám-scir

(n.)
Grammar
hám-scir, e; f.
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?], L. Eth. 32; Th. i. 12, 1, where see note. Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham.
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v. the translation of Leo, p. 40, note 2

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.
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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt hé ne feohte ǽrðam ðe hé him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L. Alf. pol.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.
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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace. The following passage will illustrate the character of the offence ' Hamsocna, quod domus invasionem Latine sonat, fit pluribus modis, extrinsecus vel et intrinsecus accidenciis

hám-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hám-stede, es; m.
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s

hám-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weardes, adv.
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1

hám-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
hám-weorþung, e; f.
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Honour or ornament to the house or home Eofore forgeaf ángan dóhtor hámweorþunge he gave Eofor his only daughter, an ornament of his home, Beo. Th. 5988; B. 2998

hám-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hám-wyrt, e; f.
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Home-wort; sempervivum tectorum, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 4: 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 19: 1, 40; Lchdm. ii.104,14

hár-wenge

(adj.)
Grammar
hár-wenge, adj.
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Hoary, grey-haired Hé wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa and eft hárwenge he suddenly appeared a youth, and again grey-haired, Homl. Th. i. 376, 13. Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18

Linked entry: wang

hát-heort

(adj.)
Grammar
hát-heort, adj.
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Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent; furiosus, iracundus, fervens Gif hwylc man tó ðam hátheort sig and strangmód ðæt hé tó nánum worldrihte and sybbe fón nelle wið ðæne ðe wið hine ágylt si homo quis adeo furiosus et duro corde sit, ut nullum

héh-sunn

(adj.)
Grammar
héh-sunn, [?]; adj.
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Very sinful Openlíce synnige ł héhsunne publicani, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 15

heá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heá-líc, adj.
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High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound Nán gereord nis swá heálíc swá Ebréisc no language is so noble as Hebrew, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 28. Abram ðæt is heálíc fæder Abram, that is, great father, i.

Linked entry: heáh-líc

heá-nes

Similar entry: heáh-nes

heolstor-hof

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

A dark dwelling ⬩ hell

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

hér-nis

Grammar
hér-nis, herstan, hérsum.

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híd-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
híd-mǽlum, adv.

By hides

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By hides Ðæt líþ hídmǽlum and æcermǽlum it lies by hides and by acres. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vi. 98, 4. : —

hil-háma

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hin-fús

(adj.)
Grammar
hin-fús, adj.
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Ready to go away or depart, Beo. Th. 1514; B. 755: Andr. Kmbl. 1223; An. 612

hin-gang

(n.)
Grammar
hin-gang, -gong, es; m.
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A going hence, departure, death, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 24; Cri. 1413: 30 b; Th. 95, 10; Cri. 1555: 44 b; Th. 150, 24; Gú. 783

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