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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

hand-cræftig

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Dele

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

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

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

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

hǽl-bǽre

Similar entry: hál-bǽre

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

heard-hara

(n.)
Grammar
heard-hara, heardra, an; m.
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The name of a fish. Heardhara cefalus, Txts. 52, 270. Haerdhera caefalus, 115, 167. Heardra cephalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 4: ceffalus, 281, 70: cefalus, ii. 14, 20. Heardhara mugil, 114, 40. Hacod oððe heardra, 55, 81. Heardran mullos, An. Ox. 56, 339.

Linked entry: heardra

heáfod-hǽr

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

spere-hand

(n.)
Grammar
spere-hand, the male side or
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line in speaking of inheritance Ic cýþe mínan leófan hláforde þæt ic on mínan suna þæs landes þe ic tó þé geearnode æfter mínan dæge tó habbanne his dæg, and æfter his dæge tó syllanne þǽm þe him leófast seó, and þæt sió on þá sperehand, C. D. ii. 399

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

wǽpned-hand

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpned-hand, a; f.

The male sidemale line

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The male side, male line Hý fóð tó mínum ðe ic syllan mót swá wífhanda swá wǽpnedhanda, swaðer ic wylle, Chart. Th. 491, 32

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

hæg-steald

(adj.)
Grammar
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