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hand-scólu

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hand-scólu, l.
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scolu

hand-seax

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Lytel swurd oððe handsex sica, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 23. Handseax coarim (cultrvm?), ii. 16, 10. Add: —

hand-seten

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Ðis synt ðára witena handsetena and ðére hína ðe on ðǽre geþafunge wéron, C. D. v. 162, 30. Add

hand-sliht

Similar entry: and-sliht

hand-spor

(n.)
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Substitute hand-sporu, an ; f. A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986

hand-swyle

(n.)
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hand-swyle, es; m.
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A swelling in the hand Handswyle cidaricus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 46

hand-wyrm

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Hondwyrm, handyrp, honduyrp briensis, Txts. 45, 320. Hondwyrm ladascapiae, briensis, 73, 1193. Handwyrme uerme (minor exiguo sulcat qui corpora uerme. Ald. 272, 31), An. Ox. 23, 50. Hondweorm uerme, i. briensis, 25, 1. (The same passage is glossed in

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

hǽr-sife

(n.)
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hǽr-sife, es; n.
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A hair-sieve Man sceal habban . . . hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264. 14

haga-þorn

Similar entry: hagu-þorn

hago-steald

(adj.)
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hago-steald, adj.
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Young and brave, warrior Æðelum kinge hýrdon holdlíce hagestealde men, Chr. 1065; P. 192, 39. v. hæg-steald; adj

hago-stealdmonn

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heáfod-haga

(n.)
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heáfod-haga, an ; m.
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7

hæg-steald

(adj.)
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hæg-steald, adj.
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Add: v. hago-steald; adj

hæg-þorn

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Add: (<b>hægu-þorn</b>) haythorn (v. N. E. D. haathorn) Haeguthorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19 ; haeguthom, heguthorn spina alba, 98, 956. Wel hægþornes blóstman, Lch. ii. 54, i. Ǽlces treówes dǽl þe man begitan mæg bútan hægþorne, 86, 9

hæg-weard

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hǽlu-tíd

(n.)
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hǽlu-tíd, e; f.
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A time of well-being, a happy time Eádward cirig . . . hǽlotíd weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum, Chr. 1065 ; P. 193, 31

hǽl-wyrt

(n.)
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hǽl-wyrt, e ; f.
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Penny-royal Hǽlwyrt pollegia, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 61

hæc-geat

(n.)
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hæc-geat, es; n.
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A hatch-gate (hatch-gate a wicket; a floodgate, N. E. D. : a gate at the junction of parishes or manors, D. D. ) On ðæt hæcget, C. D. v. 376, 14

Linked entries: geat hæc

hæc-wer

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Add: See Seebohm Vill. Comm. pp. 150-3