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fant-hálig

(adj.)
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fant-hálig, adj.
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Consecrated in a font Fanthálig [wæter], Lch. iii. 14, 21

Linked entry: fant-hálgung

flǽsc-hama

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Add: the material body, body in contrast with soul Ne mæg him þonne se flǽschoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, swéte forswelgan, Seef. 94. Ýða wrǽcon árleásra feorh of flǽschoman, Gen. 1385. Sáwle of flǽschoman scyndan, Jul. 489. corporeal state of man

ge-háda

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Beó þæslic wurðmynt gegearwod þám rihtgelýfedum úrum gehádum ( domesticis fidei ), R. Ben. 82, 1. Add

ge-hæc

Linked entry: -hæc

hálig-ern

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Add: — Háligern archanum, Germ. 395, 42. Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ

hálig-rift

(n.)
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hálig-rift, e ; f.
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Substitute: es ; n., and add: — Mynecena tácen is þæt þú sette þíne twégen scytefingras on þín heófod foran and stríce siþþan ádúne andlang þínra hleóra on þæs háligryftes tácnunge, Tech. ii. 129, 6. Háligrefte theristro (viduitatis), An. Ox. 2, 441.

hago-spind

(n.)
Grammar
hago-spind, m. n. ? l. n.
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and add Feger is leúr ł higospind ðín pulchra est gena tua, Rtl. 4, 1. Heagospind genae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 21. Heagospinnum genis, Lch. i. lxx, 5, : lxxiv, 6. Heagaspen genas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 62. Haguspind oððe þunwange malas, 57, 30. Hé his eagospind

grǽg-hama

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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the

hæg-steald

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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5. Ðǽr hehstalde

hæg-sugga

(n.)
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hæg-sugga, an ; m.
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A hedge-sparrow Hægsugga. ficitula, Hpt. 33, 241, 48

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

heort-hama

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Heorthama bucleamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 67. Smælþearmas, geallan mid þý heorthoman (bucliamine), Lch. i. lxxii, 7. Add

heáfod-hǽr

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Add:: —Heáfodhǽr capilli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 37

swín-haga

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On afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhaga út scióteð tó afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan on ánne beorg, C.D. ii. 29, 10. Add

wulf-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-haga, an ; m.
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An enclosure to protect flocks from wolves (? cf. Coll. M. 20, 15 (v. wulf; ) for need of protection) On ðone wulf-hagan midne; of ðám wulfhagan, C. D. iii. 78, 22. Tó ðæn ealdan wulthagan, vi. 9, 10

á-hafu

Linked entry: -hafu

salt-haga

Similar entry: sæltna

hæc-wer

(n.)
Grammar
hæc-wer, es; m.

A weir with a grate to take fish

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A weir with a grate to take fish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 15, 22

hægl-faru

(n.)
Grammar
hægl-faru, e; f.

A hailstorm

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A hailstorm, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 26; Wand. 105

hæg-steald

(adj.)
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hæg-steald, adj.

Unmarried, young

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Unmarried, young Hægstealdra, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 28; Gen. 1862 : Beo. Th. 3782; B. 1889

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,L. R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 11, 12. The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp. Kennett observes that there were two kinds of agellarii, the common