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mægþ-hád

Grammar
mægþ-hád, <b>mægeþ-hád,</b> es; m.

maidenhoodvirginitycelibacychastitya body of young persons

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maidenhood, virginity, celibacy, chastity Ðú cennest cyning ealra clǽnnessa and ðinne mægþhád nó ne gewemmest, Blickl. Homl. 7, 36: Exon. 12 a; Th. 18, 25; Cri. 289: 9 a; Th. 6, 16; Cri. 85 : Homl. Th. i. 460, 4. Mægþhád is ǽgðer ge on wǽpmannum ge on

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ hé wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.' Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth

mæssepreóst-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-hád, es; m.

The orders of a mass-priest

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The orders of a mass-priest Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic mæssepreóstháde onfeng ex quo tempore accepti presbyteratus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 32: 5, 1; S. 613, 12

Linked entry: preóst-hád

mearc-hof

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-hof, es; n.

A dwelling in a mark or country

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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

morþor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-hof, es; n.

A place of torment or extreme misery

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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303

níd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hád, es; m.

Forcecompulsion

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Force, compulsion Neádháde vim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72. 54

ofer-hlúd

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-hlúd, adj.
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Over-loud, noisy, clamorous Oferhlúd clamosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 61. v. next word

Linked entry: hlúd

pápan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
pápan-hád, es ; m.
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The papal dignity Gregorius pápanhád onféng, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 24

hád-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hád-bót, e; f.
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A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce; sacri ordinis violati compensatio, L. E. B. 4; Th. ii. 240, 17 : L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 13

Linked entry: hád-bryce

hád-brice

(n.)
Grammar
hád-brice, -bryce, es; m. [hád II. holy orders in the church; brice a violation, breach]
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An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according

hád-swápe

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

grorn-hof

(n.)
Grammar
grorn-hof, es; n.
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324

bisceop-hád

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hád, biscop-hád, es; m.

BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopricmunus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia

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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen. Kmbl

Linked entry: biscop-hád

ge-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hál, adj.

Entirewholehealthyintĕgersānus

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Entire, whole, healthy; intĕger, sānus Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál, ðæt ðǽr nán cíne on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that no chink was visible in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22 : 166, 11 : Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 27. On gehálum þingum in health,

geógoþ-hád

(n.)

youth

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youth, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 4; Gen. 1507

hor-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
hor-pyt, -pytt, es; m.

A dirt-pit, slough [?]

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A dirt-pit, slough [?] Tó ðæm horpytte, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 37, 21 : 162, 9

hors-bǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hors-bǽr, e; f.

A horse-bier;feretrum caballarium,lectica

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A horse-bier; feretrum caballarium, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 5

Linked entry: hors-syðða

hors-wealh

(n.)
Grammar
hors-wealh, es; m.

A servant that attends to horses [Thorpe takes wealh to mean one of British origin, v. Glossary]

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A servant that attends to horses [Thorpe takes wealh to mean one of British origin, v. Glossary] Be cyninges horsweale. Cyninges horswealh se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian ðæs wergield biþ cc sciłł. L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 12

Linked entry: wealh

hors-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hors-weard, e; f.

A taking care of horses

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A taking care of horses Horswearde healdan, L. R. S. 2; Th. i. 432. 17