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cniht-hád

Grammar
cniht-hád, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add

wæter-ham

(n.)
Grammar
wæter-ham, wæter-hamm,es; m.

Land surrounded by a ditch (?)

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Land surrounded by a ditch (?) Andlang burnan on wæterweg; of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman on grénan beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 31. Cf. flódhammas, i. 289, 18

Linked entry: flód-hamm

weal-hát

Similar entry: weall-hát

fýr-hát

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Fýrh[át] torrida, An. Ox. 56, 203. Add

hád-swápe

(n.)
Grammar
hád-swápe, -swǽpe, an; f.

A bridesmaidpronuba, paranymphusa chamber

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A bridesmaid; pronuba, paranymphus = παράνυμφos,Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 56, 58; Wrt. Voc. 50, 38, 40 : 288, 80

Linked entry: heorp-swǽpe

hafoc-fugel

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-fugel, es; m.

A hawk

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A hawk Ðeáh hafucfugel ábite etiamsi accipiter momorderit, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 19

hafoc-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-wyrt, e; f.

Hawk-weedhieracium

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Hawk-weed [?]; hieracium, L. M. 1, 14; Lchdm. ii. 56, 11

hafoc-cynn

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc-cynn, es; n.

The hawk species

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The hawk species Ne ete gé nán þing hafoccynnes ne earncynnes eat nothing of the hawk-kind or the eagle-kind, Lev. 11, 13

hál-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-fæst, adj.

Salutaryqui potest sanare

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Salutary; qui potest sanare, Lye

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?]
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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

hál-wendnes

(n.)
Grammar
hál-wendnes, -ness, e; f.

Salubrity

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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29

hám-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-cúþ, adj.

Familiar

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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.

Homeless

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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.

The office of an ædileædilitas, officium ædile

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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye

hám-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hám-stede, es; m.

A homesteaddomicilea homestead

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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s

hás-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hás-ness, e; f.

Hoarsenessraucitas, raucor

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Hoarseness Hásnys raucedo, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 26; Wrt. Voc. 19, 32. Hásnyss raucedo, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 59

hár-hune

(n.)
Grammar
hár-hune, [and hár hune], an; f.

Horehoundmarrubium vulgare

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Horehound; marrubium vulgare Hárhune marrubium vel prassium, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 47; Wrt. Voc. 31, 67. Hárhune marubium, 79, 35. Rómáne marubium nemnaþ and eác angle háre hune the Romans name it marrubium, the English also call it horehound, Herb.

Linked entry: hune

héh-sunn

(adj.)
Grammar
héh-sunn, [?]; adj.

Very sinful

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Very sinful Openlíce synnige ł héhsunne publicani, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 15

heá-nes

Similar entry: heáh-nes

wíg-hép

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-hép, es; m.

A war-troopa band of warriors

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A war-troop, a band of warriors Is mín fletwerod, . wígheáp gewanod, Beo. Th. 958; B. 477