hreác
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For last citation substitute Múwan, hreácas acervos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 55. Dele 'v. hrycce,' and add:
hún
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Txts. 635 for many examples
hreddere
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A defender For þig is þǽre hálgan cyrcan neód ꝥ heó hæbbe hredderas ( defensores ), Chrd. 94, 4
mann-þw-érness
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Dáuid for his manþwǽrnysse (-þwyrnysse, v. l. ) and mildheortnysse wearð Gode gecwéme, Hml. S. 16, 55. Add
níd-behéfedness
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A need, necessity Lytles hwega for þæs líchaman nédbehǽfednyssum mid him hæbbende, Hml. S. 23 b, 150
Linked entry: be-héfedness
scip-ác
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An oak-tree fit for shipbuilding(?) On ðás cipác; of ðǽre scipác, C. D. iii. 382, 16
Linked entry: ác
blótan
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ꝥ hié sceolden mid monnum for hié heora godum blótan, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 5. Add
æppel-fæt
A vessel for carrying apples
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A vessel for carrying apples Æppelfæt (-fæc, MS.) apoforeta, vasa pomis ferendis apta, Hpt. 31, 15, 401
Linked entry: fæt
hǽl
Omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspicium
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Omen, auspice Hǽl sceáwedon they observed the favourable omen (for Beowulf's undertaking), Beo. Th. 414; B. 204
Linked entry: hǽlu
sprǽc-hús
A house for speaking ⬩ curia ⬩ curia, consistorium, praetorium.
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A house for speaking Sprǽchús auditorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 11. Úþwitena sprǽchús curia vel senatus, 13
Linked entry: sprǽc-ærn
hǽtu
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Feáwe men mehten beón eardfæste . . . for þǽre hǽte and for þǽm stence . . . ge ealle þá fiscas ácwę́lan for þǽre hǽte, 5, 4; S. 226, 2-7. Ic drífe sceáp míne tó heora lǽse, and stande ofer hig on hǽte ( aestu ) and on cyle, Coll.
nægel
the nail of a finger or toe ⬩ a nail ⬩ peg ⬩ an instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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Alf. pol. 56-60; Th. i. 94, 96 where the bót for the thumb-nail is 5 shillings, for the nail of the fore-finger and for that of the ring-finger 4 shillings each, for that of the middle finger 2 shillings, and for that of the little finger one shilling
eorþ-waru
Inhabitants or population of the earth ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ
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Ðæt cynebearn acenned wéarþ eallum eorþwarum the royal child was born for all the inhabitants of the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 1135; An. 568: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 21; Gú. 579: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 120; Met. 13, 60: Menol. Fox 124; Men. 62.
flǽsc-líc
Fleshly ⬩ carnal ⬩ carnălis
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Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 25: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 43: Past. 11, 4; Hat. MS. 153, 17
wer-fǽhþ
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . .
hálig-mónaþ
Holy month, September
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Fox 325; Men. 164
hearde
Severely, very much, greatly, sorely
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Hine ðæs heardost langode hwanne hé of ðisse worlde móste he very earnestly longed for the time when he might leave this world, Blickl. Homl. 227, 1: Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 28
of-munan
to recall to mind, recollect
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Ne ofman hé nǽfre nánwuht forðæm nǽfre náuht hé ne forgeat he never recalls anything, for he never forgot anything Bt. 42; Fox 356, 30.
hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms.