cniht-hád
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add
wæter-ham
Land surrounded by a ditch (?)
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Land surrounded by a ditch (?) Andlang burnan on wæterweg; of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman on grénan beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 31. Cf. flódhammas, i. 289, 18
Linked entry: flód-hamm
fýr-hát
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Fýrh[át] torrida, An. Ox. 56, 203. Add
hád-swápe
A bridesmaid ⬩ pronuba, paranymphus ⬩ a chamber
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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
hál-fæst
Salutary ⬩ qui potest sanare
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Salutary; qui potest sanare, Lye
ham-scyld
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L. Eth. 32; Th. i. 12, 1, where see note. Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded
hál-wendnes
Salubrity
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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29
hám-cúþ
Familiar
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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1
hám-leás
Homeless
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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9
hám-scir
The office of an ædile ⬩ ædilitas, officium ædile
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye
hám-stede
A homestead ⬩ domicile ⬩ a homestead
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s
hás-ness
Hoarseness ⬩ raucitas, raucor
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Hoarseness Hásnys raucedo, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 26; Wrt. Voc. 19, 32. Hásnyss raucedo, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 59
hár-hune
Horehound ⬩ marrubium vulgare
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Horehound; marrubium vulgare Hárhune marrubium vel prassium, Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 47; Wrt. Voc. 31, 67. Hárhune marubium, 79, 35. Rómáne marubium nemnaþ and eác angle háre hune the Romans name it marrubium, the English also call it horehound, Herb.
Linked entry: hune
heáh-clif
A high, lofty cliff
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A high, lofty cliff Beorgas gemeltaþ and heáh-cleofu the hills shall melt and the lofty cliffs, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 3; Cri. 979
heáh-beorg
A high mountain ⬩ a high rock ⬩ a high fell
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A high mountain Hé ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4
Linked entry: heáh-torras
heáh-cræft
Excellent art or skill
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Excellent art or skill, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 13; Rä. 36, 4
heáh-deór
A stag, deer ⬩ the hunting of deer
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A stag, deer Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3
Linked entry: heá-dor
heáh-gesceaft
An exalted creature
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An exalted creature Hé is heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta he is the head of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. 1, 8; Gen. 4
heáh-getimbrad
High-built ⬩ to build high
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High-built, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 29; Sat. 29