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HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Nǽfre hé ǽr ne siððan heardran hæle fand never before or since did he find a stouter warrior, 1442; B. 719.

Linked entries: a-heardung heard-mód hnesce

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A. D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

hǽlsian

(v.)
Grammar
hǽlsian, to take omens (v. hǽl).
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For ' Cot. . . . Lye ' substitute Haelsadon auspicantur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 32. Hǽlsadon, 7, 47

hand-brǽd

(n.)
Grammar
hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

hand-leng

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hand-leng, hand-lengu
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hand's length Gyf þú peran wille . . . geþeód þíne fingras tósomne forð handlenge if yow want a pear . . . join your fingers together projecting out their full length, Tech. ii. 124, 19

hand-gesella

Grammar
hand-gesella, hand-gestealla.
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Add: cf. hand-gemaca, hand-preóst

hand-lín

(n.)
Grammar
hand-lín, es; n.

A hand-cloth, napkin ⬩ sleeves

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A hand-cloth, napkin Hand-lín manualis, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 117; Wrt. Voc. 25, 57. iiii subdiácones handlín four sub-deacon's handcloths, Th. Chart. 429, 23

hand-preóst

(n.)
Grammar
hand-preóst, es; m.

A chaplain ⬩ sacellanus

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A chaplain; sacellanus,Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 13; Wrt. Voc. 42, 22. Stigand ðe was ðes cinges rǽdgifa and his hand-preóst Stigand who was the king's counsellor and chaplain, Chr. 1051: Erl. 182, 20

bi-helan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-helan, p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen

To conceal ⬩ occultare

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To conceal; occultare,Exon. 27 a; Th. 80, 23; Cri. 1311

hám

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a garment

hád

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Add: person ; persona. a character in a drama or the like Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox.

-hád

(suffix)
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Add: with nouns. marking condition of life, weorold-hád. cf. hád. <b>III. 1.</b> with nouns of persons, marking natural condition, cild -, cniht-. fǽmn-, hægsteald-, mægden-, mægþ-, man-, wer-, wíf- hád. cf. <b>III. 2 a.</b> marking

hás

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Ic swanc hrýmende (clypiende, Ps. Rdr., Spl., Srt.), háse gewordene synt míne góman, Ps. L., Rdr., Spl., Srt. 68, 4. Add

hát

Grammar
hát, heat.
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Hát ácólað ardor frigescit, Angl. i. 285, § 2: ii. 374, 3. Nánwiht þæs hátes ne þæs cealdes, Wlfst. 184, 19. Wið wunda hátum, Lch. i. 84, 20. Add:

hát

(n.)
Grammar
hát, a promise.
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ꝥ hát fadores promissum patris, Lk. p. 11, 14. Add

ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a garment.
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Colobium, dictum quia longum est et sine manicis loþa, hom vel smoc, mentel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 37. Hom colobium, i. 288, 34. Ham, hom, Txts. 46, 167. Haam camisa, 50, 244. Ham, cemes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 23. Ham, hacele subucula, An. Ox. 5316. Add

hán

(n.)
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, hé is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)

Linked entry: hǽnan

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
    • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

-hǽmingas

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽmingas, v. -hǽme; pl. m.

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Domer-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Domer-hám, Domar-hám, es; m.

DAMERHAM, Wiltshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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DAMERHAM, Wiltshire; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Æðelflǽd æt Domerháme, Ælfgáres dóhter ealdormannes, was his cwén Æthelfled at Damerham, daughter of Ælfgar the alderman, was his [king Edmund's] queen, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 25. Ic gean ðæs landes æt

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