hold
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A title which seems to have been introduced by the Danes. It occurs several times in the Chronicle, e.g. Ysopa hold and Óscytel hold, 905; Erl. 98, 34. Þurcytel eorl and ða holdas ealle, 918; Erl. 104, 22. Þurferþ eorl and ða holdas, 921; Erl. 107, 28
hold
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A carcase, body Swá hwǽr swá hold byþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28. Ðá woldon óðre fugelas fleón tó ðam holde descenderunt volucres super cadavera, Gen. 15, 11. Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðar ðar hí hold geseóþ like greedy ravens, where they
hold-scipe
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Loyalty, fealty, allegiance Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15. Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe
holm
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A mound, hill, rising ground; but in this sense, which belongs to the word in the Old Saxon, it is not found in English. Its most common use in the latter, in the poetry, is in reference to water with the meaning wave, ocean, water, sea Freá engla héht
holm-ærn
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A sea-house, vessel, ship Holmærna mǽst earc Noes, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 30; Gen. 1422
holm-clif
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A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side On, fram ðam holmclife [ the holm is the lake where Grendel dwelt ], Beo. Th. 2846, 3274; B. 1421, 1635. Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230
holm-mægen
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The might of the ocean, the ocean, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 10; Rä. 3, 9
holm-weall
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A wall formed by the sea, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 16; Exod. 467
holm-weard
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One who keeps guard at sea, a sea-warder, Andr. Kmbl. 718; An. 359
holm-weg
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A way over the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 764; An. 382
holm-wylm
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The surge of the sea, Beo. Th. 4814; B. 2411
hóp-gehnást
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The dashing together of waves in a bay [?] Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up
hordere
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A treasurer, steward, chamberlain [v. Kemble's Saxons in England ii. 106] Hordere cellerarius, Wrt. Voc. 83, 6. Ðá hét hé his hordere ðæt glæsene fæt syllan ðam biddendan subdiácone. Se hordere cwæþ him tó andsware gif hé ðam biddendum sealde ðæt hé
hord-ern
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A store-house, store-room, treasury Hordern cellarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 100; Wrt. Voc. 58, 15: Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 24. Cellaria uini id est hordern promptuaria, Blickl. Gl. 259, 5: Ps. Surt. 143, 13. Búton hit under ðæs wífes cǽglocan gebroht wǽre
hord-mægen
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Abundance of wealth, riches, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 13; Dan. 675
hord-weard
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A guard of a hoard or treasure Hordweard the dragon which watched over the treasure, Beo. Th. 4576; B. 2293: 4594; B. 2302: 5102; B. 2554: 5179; B. 2593. Hordweard hæleþa the Danish king, 2098; B. 1047: 3708; B. 1852. Hordwearda hryre [ of the death
HORN
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A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle Oxan horn biþ x pæninga weorþ an ox's horn shall be worth ten pence, L. In. 58
Linked entry: hyrne
horn-gestreón
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An abundance of pinnacles, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 11; Ruin. 23
horn-reced
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A house having 'horns' [v. horn] or pinnacles, Beo. Th. 1412; B. 704
Linked entry: horn-sæl