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hám-weard

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Add: towards one's place of abode (temporary or permanent). Cf. hám; <b>VII. I</b> Sé ðe þyder ( to church ) mid clǽnum móde færð . . . and tó Gode georne þencð . . ., hé þe blíðra mæg syððan hámwerd eft gewendan, Wlfst. 281, 24. a. (arrived

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

hál-fæst

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For 'Lye' substitute His sáule gyltas . . . onwreoða . . . suman swá gástlicum bréðer þe hálfæst sý and his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne (spiritali seniori qui sciat curare sua vulnera ), R. Ben. 72, 6

hægsteald-hád

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Add: — Hægstealdhádes celibatus, An. Ox. 1395

healf-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-hár, ; adj.

Half-grey

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Half-grey Healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus(omitted after) Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. v. Angl. viii. 451

healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

heá-líce

(adv.)

on highgreatlyextremelynoblyelaborately

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Add: in a local sense, on high Pilatus ásette ðis gewrit to ðǽre róde bufon Crístes heáfde heálíce, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 27. Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna

Linked entry: heá-lic

hég-síþe

Similar entry: híg-síþe

heg-stów

Similar entry: hege-stów

hel-lic

of hellinfernaldiabolic

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Add: referring to classical mythology. Similar entries Cf. hell; I. 2 Þǽm hellicum gorgoneo (maculata cruore. Aid. 208, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 961 83: gorgoneis (molitur damna venenis, Aid. 166, n), 92, 66: 41, 44. of hell. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.

hel-rán

Similar entry: hell-rún

hen-fugol

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Sex gósfuglas, tén hennfuglas. C. D. i. 312, 9. Take here hæn-fugul in Dict. and add:

híw-fæger

(adj.)
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híw-fæger, adj.
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Fair of form, Verc. Först. 166

Linked entry: fæger

híw-lic

beautifulformosamfigurative

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Add: beautiful. In Lch. iii. 204, 8: 212, 6 the original Latin is formosam. of language, figurative Híwlice ł þeáwlice spǽce tropologiae, i. similitudinis ł figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 12

híw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
híw-ness, (?), e; f.

Beautyfairness

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Beauty, fairness Sindon óðre wíf ... heora líc bið on marmorstánes hwítnysse (híwnesse, v. l.) aliae sunt mulieres ... specioso corpore quasi marmore candido, Nar. 38, 10

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Laudable, noble Hé hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

her-pæþ

Similar entry: here-pæþ

hig-lá

Similar entry:

híg-síþe

(n.)
Grammar
híg-síþe, es; m.

A hay-scythe

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A hay-scythe Se Godes wer . . . bær on his eaxle his hégsíþe falcem fenariam in collo deferens, Gr. D. 37, 14

Linked entry: hég-síþe

heáhsácerd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
heáhsácerd-hád, (?), es; m.
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Highpriesthood Ðes éce hæfeð h sácerhád hic sempiternum habet sacerdotium, Rtl. 90. 30