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hearm-lic

calamitous

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calamitous Ðý hearmlican calamitosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 49. Add:

hearm-plega

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Oft wǽron teónan wǽrfæstra wera weredum gemǽne, heardum hearmplega (cf. Facta est rixa inter pastores gregum Abram et Lot, Gen. 13, 7). Add:

hearm-sprǽc

calumny

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calumny. Hosp, hearmsprǽc calumpnia, accusatio falsa. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 76. For 'Som.' substitute

hearm-sprǽcolnes

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Dele

hearp-slege

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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpslege plectro, An. Ox. 52, 1. Add:

herut-beg

Similar entry: heorot-beg

heago-rún

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Add: cf. heah-rún

Heago-stald-

(prefix)

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mild-heort

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Add Ábiddaþ God eádmódlíce, for þǽm hé is swíþe rúmmód and swíðe mildheort, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 22 : An. 1287. Þú eart mín Drihten God dǽdum mildheort tu, Domine, Deus meus, miserator et multum misericors, Ps. Th. 85, 14

riht-heort

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Cneóris ryhtheortra generatio rectorum, Ps. Vos. 111, 2. Gódum and ryhtheortum bonis et rectis corde, 124, 4. Add

slíþ-heard

(adj.)
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substitute: <b>slíþ-hende;</b> adj. With baleful hand, animal, with fell paw Bera bið slíþhende deór (see Mod. Lang. Rev. xv. 70), Gn. Ex. 177

wéden-heort

(adj.)
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wéden-heort, adj.
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Sumre nihte þá þá hé ýpte swá wéden-heort mycle stefne nocte quadam cum magnas voces scilicet ut insanns ederet, Gr. D. 247, 15. Add

Linked entry: wóden-dreám

wíg-heard

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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783

eáþmód-heort

(adj.)
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eáþmód-heort, adj.
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Humble of heart, humble-minded Eáðmódheorte, Az. 152

rúm-heort

(adj.)
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rúm-heort, adj.

liberal, munificentuntroubled

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of liberal heart, liberal, munificent Rúmheort dapsilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 31. Rúmheort hláford (the Deity) Hy. 7, 63, Méé Rúmheort beón mearum and máþmum to be liberal of gifts, Exon. Th. 3391; Gn. Ex. 87. with mind free from oppression, untroubled.

wéden-heort

(n.)
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wéden-heort, es; n.

Madness, frenzy, fury

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Madness, frenzy, fury Lǽcedómas wið feónd-seócum men . . . and wiþ bræcseócum men, and wiþ wédenheorte, Lchdm. ii. 14, 7: 138, 14. Drenc wiþ wédenheorte, 356, 4: 304, 15. Ðæt hrýðer him þúte on wédenheorte the beast seemed to him mad, Blickl. Homl. 199

Linked entry: -heort

wíg-heard

(adj.)
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wíg-heard, adj.

Stout in fighthardy

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Stout in fight, hardy Wígan wígheardne. Byrht. Th. 133, 64; By. 75

gúþ-heard

(adj.)
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gúþ-heard, adj.

Stout in war

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Stout in war, Elen. Kmbl. 407; El. 204

hát-heort

(n.)
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hát-heort, es; n.

Fury, anger, wrathiracundia

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Fury, anger, wrath; iracundia Nú is gefylled ðæt mycelle hátheort and ðæt mycelle yrre ðyses ealdermannes now is completed the great fury and the great wrath of this ruler, Blickl. Homl. 151, 10

heard-líce

(adv.)
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heard-líce, adv.

Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly

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Hardly, sorely, harshly, sternly, bravely, stoutly Heardlíce duriter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 41. Se Godes man ongan heardlíce and bitterlíce wépan the man of God began to weep sorely and bitterly; solutus est in lacrymis, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 29. Hé heardlíce