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hearm-stæf

(n.)
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hearm-stæf, es; m.
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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939.

mægþ-hád

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Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde, gyf hire seó úplice árfæstnys geunnan wolde ꝥ heó on mægðháde Drihtne on clǽnre forhafednysse cwéman mihte, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 16

Linked entry: mægden-hád

hám-cyme

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Gebiddende for his hámcyme of þám wræce and of þám earfoðan þá þá on wæs, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Add

mynster-hám

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Wé hine cúðon in þám mynsterháme þe on wæs nos eum in hac ecclesiastica domo novimus Gr. D. 319, 24. Add

heah-rún

(n.)
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heah-rún, e; f.
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Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne; heago-rún, hægtesse

Linked entry: hell-rún

hál-wenda

(n.)
Grammar
hál-wenda, an; m.
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The Saviour that he spoke about is Jesus Christ who came to heal our wounds, that is, our sins, Homl. Th. i. 142, 32: 136, 21

diácon-hád

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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add

heáh-geréfa

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( Domitian ) sende sumne heáhgeréfan Sisinnius geháten, Hml. S. 29, 203. Þonne gé beforan kyningum gestondan and heáhgeréfan ( ante praesides (démum W. S.) et reges stabitis Mk. 13, 9), Bl. H. 171, 17

hám-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
hám-weorþung, e; f.
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Honour or ornament to the house or home Eofore forgeaf ángan dóhtor hámweorþunge he gave Eofor his only daughter, an ornament of his home, Beo. Th. 5988; B. 2998

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinshiprelationship

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Kinship, relationship 'Se ðe his brðdor ne lufaþ wunaþ on deáþe.' Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.'

heáh-beorg

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Add: cf. heáh-clif, heáh-torr

ham-land

(n.)
Grammar
ham-land, es; n.
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme tó bóclonde swá hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11

heán-lic

paltrycommonvilecontemptiblebase

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Þá áscedan hiene his þegnas hwý swá heánlice word be him selfum gecwǽde, ꝥ oferwunnen wǽre, 4, 1; S. 156, 29

up-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
up-heáh, adj.

tallloftyloftynobleupright

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tall, lofty Wæs .x. fóta upheáh pedum non amplius decem statura altior, Nar. 26, 28. Ða trió meahte beón hundteóntiges fóta upheáh he pedum centum alte erant arbores, 27, 28. Sindon dúna upheá, Exon. Th. 443, 15; Kl. 30.

Linked entry: up-lang

hát-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hát-ness, e; f.
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Hotness, heat Se(ó) háte sunne scíneþ and þurh þára sunnan hátnesse se heáp wyrðeþ onǽled, E. S. viii. 478, 82

hád-notu

(n.)
Grammar
hád-notu, e; f.
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The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders Búton forworhte ðæt ðære hádnote notian ne móste unless he should do amiss so that he might not exercise the office which belongs to his orders, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.
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Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous Hearmlíc him wǽre ðæt wurþe ðá éce it would have been hurtful for him to become eternal then, Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 17.

hád-árung

(n.)
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hád-árung, e ; f.
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Respect of persons (v. had ; <b>I b</b>), partiality in judgement Dómas sceolon been bútan ǽlcere hádárunge: ꝥ ys ꝥ ne murne náðer ne rýcum ne heánum, ne leófum ne láðum folcriht tó recceanne, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 18

Linked entries: árung haderung

mægden-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-hád, es; m.

Maidenhoodvirginity

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Gif ǽnig wer oððe wíf geháte ðæt wylle mǽdenhád gehealdan si quis vir aui mulier voverit virginitatem servare, L. Ecg. C. 19; Th. ii. 146, 1

Linked entry: mægþ-hád

heáh-seld

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Add: [seld = setl, Sievers, Gram. 196, 2] a throne Satanus wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan (cf. hú him stólgeworhte on heofonum, Gen. 273), Sat. 372. Stondað hæleð ymb héhseld, 47. an elevated platform For heáhseldum pro rostris, An. Ox. 2322.