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hæg-þorn

(n.)
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hæg-þorn, es; m.
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Genim hægþornes leáf take leaves of hawthorn, Herb. 37, 6; Lchdm. i. 138, 17. Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3

Linked entries: haga-þorn hege-þorn

heáh-mægen

(n.)
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heáh-mægen, es; n.
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Þæt hine werþeóde and eal engla cynn úp on roderum hergen heáhmægen, þǽr is help gelong, Jul. 645. Cf. heáh-miht

mægþ-hád

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mægþ-hád, <b>mægeþ-hád,</b> es; m.

maidenhoodvirginitycelibacychastitya body of young persons

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sceal foresceáwian ðam mǽdene hire mægþhádes wurþ (pretium pudicitiæ), Ex. 21, 10: L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 18. Án man ðe sý mægþhádes man, cnapa oððe mægden, Herb. 104, 2; Lchdm. i. 218, 21. Hire meiþhádes pupertatis sue, Kent. Gl. 26.

heáh-þungen

(adj.)
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heáh-þungen, adj.
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befæste ðæt ríce heáhþungenum menn Harolde he committed the kingdom to a noble man, to Harold, Chr. 1065: Erl. 198, 11; Edw. 30. Ða kyningas and ða óðre heáhþungene men kings and other men of high rank, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 22.

Linked entry: heáh-geþungen

hám-weard

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Cf. hám; 3. with substantive verb mid heora here wæs in Asiam ; þá burgware bǽdon ꝥ hié tídlíce hámweard wǽre Agesilaus, arcessitus ex Asia, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 14.

heáh-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-beorg, es; m.
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A high mountain ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4

Linked entry: heáh-torras

þrowet-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þrowet-hád, þrowot-hád, es; m.
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Martyrdom onféngon þá ILLIGIBLE þæs þrowethádes (martyrii) . . . underfón þone þrowothád (martyrium) Gr. D. 233, 14-20

ge-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hál, adj.

Entirewholehealthyintĕgersānus

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Entire, whole, healthy; intĕger, sānus Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál, ðæt ðǽr nán cíne on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that no chink was visible in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22 : 166, 11 : Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 27.

þroht-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
þroht-heard, adj.

strong under afflictionshaving fortitude or endurance in troublegrievously hard

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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.

bisceop-hád

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féng tó his sweorde æfter his biscupháde, Chr. 1056; P. 186, 28. þon bisceopháde onféng in Turnan, ... and his bisceophád gedéfelíce geheóld, Bl. H. 219, 24-31.

sacerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
sacerd-hád, es; m.
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Ðæt gesette on sacerdhád Judas ðam folce tó bisceope that he might ordain Judas bishop of the people, Elen. Kmbl. 2108; El. 1055. Bisceophádas vel sacerd-[hádas] flaminea, i. episcopali gradu, Wülck. 239, 23

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
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.

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

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

heáh-sácerd

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Ðá árás sum heáhsácerd (ðæ hǽhsácerd, L. ) . . . eft hine áxode se heáhsácerd . . . þá cwæð se heáhsácerd (se héh ðá sácerd, L. R., summus autem sacerdos), Mk. 14, 53-63. Þá biscopas and ðá heáhsácerdas, Hml. A. 135, 661.

hát-hirtan

(v.)
Grammar
hát-hirtan, -hiertan, -hyrtan; p. te
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To make angry Ðonne is micel þearf ðætte se, se ða hátheortnesse ofercuman wille, ðæt hiene ongeán ne háthirte necesse est, ut hi, qui furentes conantur reprimere, nequaquam se in furore erigant, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 296, 6

níþ-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
níþ-heard, adj.

Bold in battleaudacious

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Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277

martyr-hád

(n.)
Grammar
martyr-hád, es; m.

Martyrdom

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martyrhád gelufade, Exon. 39 b; Th. 130, 24; Gú.443. Ne heora martyrháda wona wǽron heofonlícu wundru nec martyrio eorum cælestia defuere miracula, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 4

ciric-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-hád, es; m.
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For þám seofon cirichádan (cyriclicum ande*-*byrdnyssum, v. l. ) þe se mæssepreóst geþeáh ꝥ hæfde, i. 182, 15

Linked entry: hád

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