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heáh-sǽl

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Nú is hire helpe heáhsǽl cumen venit tempus miserendi ejus, Ps. Th. 101, 11. Add

heáh-sǽþeóf

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For ' Cot. 9, 191' substitute Heáhséðeáf archiparratta (archipirata, Ald. 56, 31, the gloss to which in An. Ox. 4039 is: Archipirata, i. summus latro flotman), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 44. Heáhsǽðeóf, 5, 28. See next word

heáh-sceaþa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-sceaþa, an ; m.
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An arch-robber, arch-pirate Heáhsceaþa archipirata, An. Ox. 8, 228

heáh-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-steáp, adj.
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Lofty Se hálga heáhsteáp reced timbrede, Gen. 2839

Linked entry: steáp

heáh-þegen

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Wæs sum heáhþegen geháten Tetradius, Hml. S. 31, 506. Mid ánum heáhþegene Lisias geháten (Lysias a nobleman and Add: —

heáh-þreá

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þreá, an; m.
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Extreme punishment Gráp heáhþreá on hǽðencynn, Gen. 2545

heáh-þrymm

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-þrymm, es; m.
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Exalted glory Heáhþrym Godes, Gú. 1298

hæg-steald

(adj.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, adj.
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Add: v. hago-steald; adj

hæg-þorn

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Add: (<b>hægu-þorn</b>) haythorn (v. N. E. D. haathorn) Haeguthorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19 ; haeguthom, heguthorn spina alba, 98, 956. Wel hægþornes blóstman, Lch. ii. 54, i. Ǽlces treówes dǽl þe man begitan mæg bútan hægþorne, 86, 9

hæg-weard

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Add:

hǽl-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl-wyrt, e ; f.
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Penny-royal Hǽlwyrt pollegia, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 61

hád-griþ

Grammar
hád-griþ, Add: See hád; <b>V b.</b>

hád-swǽpa

(n.)
Grammar
hád-swǽpa, hád-swápe.
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For these two substitute: <b>hád-swǽpe, hád-swápe,</b> an; f. A woman who attended to the necessary arrangements for a wedding on the part of the bride, a bridesmaid Hádswǽpe (-a, MS. ; but cf. mínra for mínre, 20) pronuba; ipsa est et paranimpha

hæc-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hæc-geat, es; n.
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A hatch-gate (hatch-gate a wicket; a floodgate, N. E. D. : a gate at the junction of parishes or manors, D. D. ) On ðæt hæcget, C. D. v. 376, 14

Linked entries: geat hæc

hæc-wer

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Add: See Seebohm Vill. Comm. pp. 150-3

heal-lic

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Tó heallicum geseton ad palatinas zetas, An. Ox. 2996. Ðá heallican seld, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 23. Þá heallican palatinas (infulas), An. Ox. 4622. For 'Cot. 194, Lye' substitute

hell-rýnigu

(n.)

a sorceress

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a sorceress Helrýnegu pithonissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 69, 21

helm-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
helm-bǽre, adj.

leafy

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Bearing foliage, leafy Helmbǽres bearuwæs frondiferi nemoris. Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 17

Linked entry: helm

helm-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
helm-berende, adj.

leafy

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Having foliage, leafy Helmberendum wuldor-beágum frondigeris coronis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 19

hege-rife

Grammar
hege-rife, hairif (N. E. D.)
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Wiþ cneówwærc, wuduweaxe and hegerife, Lch. ii. 66, 11: 140, 3. Wyl æscrinde, . . . hegerife, marubian . . . and jí líc gnid mid þǽre hegerifan, Wyrc sealfe of marubian, . . . hegerifan, 78, 11-16. Hegerifan corn, 344, ii. Genim hegerifan, 76, II: iii

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