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heáh-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-setl, es; n.

A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justicethronethronus, solium, tricliniuma high seat (at table)

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Se ríca man ðe sitt on his heáhsetle hraðe geswícþ hé his gebeórscipes gif ða þeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga the great man that sits on his high seat will soon discontinue his feast if the servants discontinue the attendance, Homl. Th. i. 272, 35.

Linked entry: heáh-seld

ge-hát

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Ne hopa ðú tó swíðe tó ðám ðe ðé man geháte; ðǽr lyt geháta bið, ðǽr bið lyt lygena ( where there are few promises, there are few lies ), Prov. K. 7. Þá leásan men treówa gehátað fægerum wordum . . ., habbað on gehátum hunigsmæccas, Leás. 28.

Linked entry: hát

heáh-geréfa

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geréfa, an; m.

A high reeve, reeve of high rank

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I am inclined to believe that they are exceptional, and perhaps in some degree similar to the Missi of the Franks, officers dispatched under occasional commissions to perform functions of supervision, hold courts of appeal, and discharge other duties,

horn-boga

(n.)
Grammar
horn-boga, an; m.

A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?],a horn-bow,

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A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], [cf. Icel. horn-bogi a horn-bow, Cl. and Vig. Dict.] Léton forþ fleógan hildenædran of hornbogan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222 : Beo. Th. 4866 : B. 2437.

abbud-hád

(n.)
Grammar
abbud-hád, es; m.

The statedignity of an abbotabbatis dignitas

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The state or dignity of an abbot; abbatis dignitas Munuchád and abbudhád ne syndon getealde to ðysum getele monkhood and abbothood are not reckoned in this number, L. Ælf. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31

Linked entry: abbad-hád

ác-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ác-hál, adj.

Oak-whole or soundentireroboreusinteger

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Oak-whole or sound, entire; roboreus, integer. Andr. Grm. 1700

apostol-hád

(n.)
Grammar
apostol-hád, es; m.

The apostolic officeapostolatus

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The apostolic office; apostolatus Se apostolhád the apostolic office, Apstls. Kmbl. 28; Ap. 14. Gesette bisceop ðám leódum and gehálgode þurh apostolhád set a bishop over the people and hallowed him through the apostolic office, Andr. Kmbl. 3300; An.

clerc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m.

priesthoodsacerdotium, clericatus

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The clerical office, priesthood; sacerdotium, clericatus Clerchádes man a man of the clerical order, Chr. 1123; Erl. 250, 11. Clerichád clericatus, C. R. Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45

Cippan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cippan-ham, -hamm, es; m. [Hunt. Cipenham: Brom. Chipenham]

CHIPPENHAM,

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CHIPPENHAM, Wilts; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hér hine bestæl se here on midne winter ofer twelftan niht to Cippanhamme in this year [A. D. 878] at mid-winter, after twelfth night, the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Erl. 79, 29.

Linked entry: Cyppan-ham

be-hét

(v.; part.)
Grammar
be-hét, p. of be-hátan.

promised

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promised Deut. 5, 2;

Cyppan-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Cyppan-ham, Cyppan-hamm

Chippenham, Wilts

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Chippenham, Wilts Hér hine bestæl se here to Cyppanhamme here the army stole itself away to Chippenham, Chr. 878; Th. 146, 21, col. 2, 3; 880; Th. 148, 39, col. 3

cyric-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-hád, es; m. [hád

A church-degree, order of the church ecclesiæ ordo

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degree, order] A church-degree, order of the church; ecclesiæ ordo For ðám seofon cyrichádum [-hádan MS.] ðe se mæssepreóst, þurh Godes gife, geþeáh ðæt he hæfde, he biþ þegenrihtes wyrðe for the seven orders of the church, which the mass-priest, through

Domer-hám

(n.)
Grammar
Domer-hám, Domar-hám, es; m.

DAMERHAM, Wiltshire loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi

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DAMERHAM, Wiltshire; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Æðelflǽd æt Domerháme, Ælfgáres dóhter ealdormannes, was his cwén Æthelfled at Damerham, daughter of Ælfgar the alderman, was his [king Edmund's] queen, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 25. Ic gean ðæs landes æt

deácon-hád

(n.)

deaconhood, deaconshipdiaconātus

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deaconhood, deaconship; diaconātus, Bd. 5, 23; S. 647, 29

efen-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-heáh, adj.

Equally high æque altus

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Equally high; æque altus, Salm. Kmbl. 85, 28

Linked entry: heáh

ersc-hen

(n.)
Grammar
ersc-hen, ærsc-hen, -hæn, -henn, e; f.

A quail cŏturnix, perdix

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A quail; cŏturnix, perdix Erschen cŏturnix, Wrt. Voc. 77, 36. Hi bǽdon and com erschen pétiērunt et vēnit cŏturnix, Ps. Spl. M. C. 104, 38. Erschæn cŏturnix. Wrt. Voc. 63, 22. Drihten gesende swá micel fugolcyn on hira wícstówe swilce erschenna, ðæt

Linked entries: aersc-hen edisc-hen

Eues-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Eues-ham, es; m.

Evesham

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Evesham, Chr. 1077; Erl. 215, 15

heg-hús

Grammar
heg-hús, hig-hús, es; n.

A hay-housefœnile

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A hay-house; fœnile, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 20; Wrt. Voc. 58, 60

heg-stów

Grammar
heg-stów, hege-stów, e; f.

A place enclosed by a hedge[?]

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A place enclosed by a hedge[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 27: 213, 8, 9: 263, 23, 26

hél-spure

(n.)
Grammar
hél-spure, an; f.

A heel

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A heel Unrehtwísnis hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 48, 5] mínre iniquitas calcanei mei, Ps. Stev. 48, 6. Hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 55, 6] míne calcaneum meum, 55, 7

Linked entry: sporu