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líc-hama

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Þý lǽs heó þone hálan líchoman fornime, Lch. i. 100, 6. Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845. dead His líchama (corpus) ne mihte on þám ylcan dæge beón bebyrged, for þám þe wæs feorr tó berenne, Gr. D. 83, 31.

gif-heal

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healreced hátan wolde gewyrcean . . . and þǽr on innan eall gedǽlan . . . swylc him God sealde, B. 68-72

heáh-gnornung

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-gnornung, e; f.

Deep grief, sorrow, mourning

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Deep grief, sorrow, mourning gehýrde heáhgnornunge ðæra ðe gebundene bitere wǽron ut audiret gemitum vinculatorum, Ps. Th. 101, 18

heáh-mægen

(n.)
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heáh-mægen, es; n.
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Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645. Cf. heáh-miht

hearm-cwidian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwidian, -cwiddian; p. ode

To revile, calumniate, speak ill of

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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33

heáh-þungen

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-þungen, adj.

Of high rank, distinguished, noble

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befæste ðæt ríce heáhþungenum menn Harolde he committed the kingdom to a noble man, to Harold, Chr. 1065: Erl. 198, 11; Edw. 30. Ða kyningas and ða óðre heáhþungene men kings and other men of high rank, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 22.

Linked entry: heáh-geþungen

bisceop-hád

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féng tó his sweorde æfter his biscupháde, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 28. þon bisceopháde onféng in Turnan, ... and his bisceophád gedéfelíce geheóld, Bl. H. 219, 24-31.

heáh-sácerd

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Ðá árás sum heáhsácerd (ðæ hǽhsácerd, L. ) . . . eft hine áxode se heáhsácerd . . . þá cwæð se heáhsácerd (se héh ðá sácerd, L. R., summus autem sacerdos), Mk. 14, 53-63. Þá biscopas and ðá heáhsácerdas, Hml. A. 135, 661.

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te

To make angry

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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

martyr-hád

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-hád, es; m.

Martyrdom

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martyrhád gelufade, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 24; Gú.443. Ne heora martyrháda wona wǽron heofonlícu wundru nec martyrio eorum cælestia defuere miracula, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 4

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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sworn at the court, took care of the tillage, paid the labourers, and looked after trespasses and encroachments : he was termed fields-man or tithing-man, and his wages in 1425 were a noble.

ciric-hád

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ciric-hád, es; m.
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For þám seofon cirichádan (cyriclicum ande*-*byrdnyssum, v. l. ) þe se mæssepreóst geþeáh ꝥ hæfde, i. 182, 15

Linked entry: hád

heáh-flód

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-flód, es; m.

High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep watera high flood-tide

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Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442

sácerd-hád

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geseah ꝥ geongran men sácerdhád underféngon (wǽron gesette on hálgum sácerdhádum, v. l. in sacris ordinibus positi ) . . . and eóde baldlíce tó þám hálgan sácerdhád, Gr. D. 135, 7-31. Sácer(d)hádas flamina, An. Ox. 2, 56. Cf. preóst-hád. Add

heáh-altar

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-altar, es ; m.
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Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod

Linked entries: altar heáh-weofod

abbad-hád

(n.)

the state or dignity of an abbot

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the state or dignity of an abbot

ald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ald-hád, es; m. [ald = eald old; hád hood]

Old agesenectus

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Old age; senectus,

Linked entry: eald-hád

camp-hád

(n.)
Grammar
camp-hád, es; m.
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Warfare; militia Hí synd bigongende woruld-lícne camphád they are exercising worldly warfare, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 9

Linked entry: comp-hád

be-héfe

(adj.)
Grammar
be-héfe, adj.

Necessarybehovefulnecessarius

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Necessary, behoveful; necessarius Ðe behéfe synd qui necessarai sunt Lk. Bos. 14, 28. Behéfe þing necessary things, necessaries C. R. Ben. 46

cild-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cild-hád, es; m.

CHILDHOOD, infancyinfantia

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CHILDHOOD, infancy; infantia Of cildháde ab infantia, Mk. Bos. 9, 21: Elen. Kmbl. 1826; El. 915