hoc-leáf
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Hocleáf malva Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 35. Hocleáfa maluarum An. Ox. 97. Add
hof-lic
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Pertaining to a court or palace Tó hoflican geseton ad palatinas zetas An. Ox. 2996
hof-þela
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Dele, and see þyle
hol-ness
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A hollow, depression in the earth's surface Hé sóhte þone Godes wer geond þá holnessa (holenesse, v. l.) þára dena virum Dei per concava vallium quaesivit. Gr. D. 99, 22
hop-steort
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the train of a dress Hopsteort (printed honsteorc, but v. Du Cange ' limpus in veteri glossario Saxonico hopsteort') limpus Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 41. Cf. hop-páda
Linked entry: honsteorc
hór-cwene
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Hóringas oððe hórcwenan, Wlfst. 309, 22. Add
mersc-hop
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A hope ( v. hop) in a fen Þá merschopa þe þǽr bútan syndon, C. D. B. ii. 526, 10
sand-hof
a house in the sand, the grave
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a house in the sand, the grave Líc orsáwle sceal in sondhofe wunian, Exon. Th. 173, 31; Gú. 1169
hoh-mód
Having an anxious mind, ⬩ anxious
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Having an anxious mind, anxious, Lye
hel
a pretext ⬩ Calumny ⬩ a false charge
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(?) a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 180, II. þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men
for-hycgan
to despise ⬩ to disdain ⬩ scorn
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Take here for-hicgan (where dele -higan), and add: to despise, scorn a person or thing Hé hine ne forhyged (contemnit), Past. 407, 5. Nalle gié woenæ ꝥte ic forhycgende (-hyccende, R. accusaturus) sié, is sé ðe forhycað (accusat) iúih, Jn. L. 5, 45.
heáfan
To mourn, wail, lament
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To mourn, wail, lament Ðæt wíf hóf hreówigmód the woman mourned repentant, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 5; Gen. 771. Heófon gehygd they lamented their purpose, 221; Th. 285, 28; Sat. 344
astrihilthet
A fine levied on a householder ⬩ compensatio facta a domino mansionis
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A fine levied on a householder; compensatio facta a domino mansionis, L. Ed. C. 26; Th. i. 454, 2, MS. L
ham
The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee ⬩ with bent knees ⬩ the ham or haunch of a horse ⬩ poples, suffrago
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The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee Hamm poples, hamma suffragines, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 44, 66, 65. Ham poples, 71, 50. Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to
be-hóf-líc
Behoveful ⬩ needful ⬩ necessarius
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Behoveful, needful; necessarius Ðæt his líf him behóflíc wǽre quia necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, note 3. Behóflíc is is necessary Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 3
heaðu
war
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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht
husc
Insult ⬩ scorn ⬩ scoffing ⬩ mockery
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Insult, scorn, scoffing, mockery Abraham mid hucse bewand ða hleóðorcwidas on hige sínum [cf. Sarah laughed within herself, Gen. 18, 12], Cd. 107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337 : 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382. Þurh hucx per ironiam, Cot. 186, Lye
bylda
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A BUILDER; ædificator Sum biþ bylda til hárn to habbanne one is a good builder to raise a house, Exon. 79 b; Th. 297, 29; Crä. 75
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æ-wén
Doubtful ⬩ uncertain ⬩ dubius
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Doubtful, uncertain; dubius And eów biþ eówre líf æwéne and your life will be doubtful to you. Deut. 28, 66