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hand-weorc

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hand-wyrst

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Handwyrst articulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 24. Elnboga vel hondwyrst cuba, 137, 40. Se earm betweónan elnbogan and handwyrste cubitus, 22, 62. Add

hár-ness

(n.)
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hár-ness, e; f.
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Greyness of hair, grey hair [Eld]ra hárnes senum canities, Kent. Gl. 762. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367

hár-wenge

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Add: grey-bearded [cf. wang (wenge)] Cóm sum hárwencge manu ( St. Peter ) intó þám cwearterne . . . þá cwǽð se hárwencga, Hml. S. 8, 131-138. Sum geleáfful bócere hárwencge and eald, sé hátte Eleazarus ( Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged

hás-rúnigende

(adj.)
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See preceding word

Linked entry: rúnian

hás-swége

(adj.)
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hás-swége, adj.
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Hoarse-sounding Hásswége raucisonos, rugientes, Germ. 391, 38

Linked entry: swége

hát-hirtan

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Háthert stomachatur, An. Ox. 18. 4. Hé hiene ne háthierte, Past. 297, 6. Add: —

hát-ness

(n.)
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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

hál-ness

Similar entry: wan-hálness

hám-leás

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Add: of a place, without a habitation Andlong paðes tó hámleássceagan, C. D. v. 194, 8

hám-scír

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For ' Cot. 71, Lye' substitute Hámscíre edilitatem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 79. Hámscír, 29, 4

ham-scyld

Similar entry: riht-hamscyld

hám-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
hám-síþ, es; m.
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A journey home Drihtnes encgel hyre gecígde þone hámsíþ hyre gemæccan, Hml. A. 125, 273

hám-steall

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On hámstealle in praedium (in praedium (tó ánum túne, W. S.) cui nomen Gesemani, Mk. 14, 32. Cf. on þone tún (in tún, L., R.) in villam, Mt. 26, 36), An. Ox. 61, 55. On Coftúne aet þám hámstealle .v. cassatorum, C. D. ii. 167, 28. Of ealdan hámstealle

Hám-tún

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Add: v. Norþ-hámtún, Súþ-hámtún

hand-æx

(n.)
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hand-æx, e; f.
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An axe that could be used with one hand, a hatchet Handæx dextralis (dextralis securis genus, idem quod manuaria, Migne. Cf. Spanish destral a small axe or little hatchet), Wrt. Voc. ii. . 140, 1

hand-brǽd

(n.)
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hand-brǽd, hand-bréd. Perhaps hand-bred should be read and the quotation be taken to the next word. But in support of hand-brǽd may be noted the form breð ( = brǽð) odor, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 58, and the phrase gód hande brád. v. hand;
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Wicklif has handibreede v. N. E. D. handbrede

hand-cræftig

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hand-cweorn

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Nime þonne clǽnne lengtenbere and grinde, on handcwyrna ; nime siþþan mæderan and dríge on handcwyrna, Archiv. lxxxiv. 326 (d). Add

hand-dǽd

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Dele

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