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heaðu-reáf

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-reáf, es; n.

War-dress, armour

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War-dress, armour, Beo. Th. 807; B. 401

heaðu-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-róf, adj.

Famed for excellence in battle

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Famed for excellence in battle, Beo. Th. 767; B. 381; 1732; B. 864; 4388; B. 2191: Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 21; Ph. 228; Menol. Fox 27; Men. 14

heaðu-grim

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-grim, adj.

Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war

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Very fierce, cruel with the cruelty of war Hungur heaðogrimne heardne famne fierce and fell, Ps. Th. 145, 6: Beo. Th. 1100; B. 548: 5375; B. 2691

heaðu-swát

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-swát, es; m.

War-sweat, blood shed in battle

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War-sweat, blood shed in battle, Beo. Th. 2924; B. 1460: 3216; B. 1606: 3340; 1668

heaðu-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-rǽs, es; m.

A battle-rush, charge, onslaught

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A battle-rush, charge, onslaught, Beo. Th. 1056; B. 526: 1119; B. 557: 2099; B. 1047

heaðu-lind

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-lind, e; f.

A linden war-shield

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A linden war-shield, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 6; Æðelst. 6

heaðu-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-deór, adj.

Brave, stout in war

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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772

heaðu-fremmende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
heaðu-fremmende, part.

Doing battle, fighting

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Doing battle, fighting, Elen. Kmbl. 258; El. 130

heaðu-seóc

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-seóc, adj.

Wounded in fight

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Wounded in fight, Beo. Th. 5501; B. 2754

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, hýdd-ern, es; n.

A storehouse

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A storehouse Hýddern cellarium, Wrt. Voc. 83, 5. Héddern penu, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 30: poenum, 13; Som. 16, 7. Besceáwiaþ ða hrefnas ðæt hig ne sáwaþ ne ne rípaþ nabbaþ hig héddern ne bern considerate corbos quia non seminant neque metunt quibus non

Linked entry: hýdd-ern

heaðu-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-torht, adj.

Clear-sounding and of warlike import

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Clear-sounding and of warlike import, Beo. Th. 5109: B. 2553

heaðu-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-wæd, e; f.

Warlike weeds, dress

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Warlike weeds, dress, Beo. Th. 78; B. 39

Linked entry: wǽd

heaðu-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
heaðu-wérig, adj.

Weary from fighting

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Weary from fighting, Vald. 2, 17

ó-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ó-heald, -hilde; adj.

Sloping, inclined

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Sloping, inclined: — Óhældi (ðhaelði,Ep. Gl. 21 d, 16) pendulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 19. Óhylde, 68, 10. Clifig ł óhyld (not tóhyld) clivosus, i. 19, 4. Óheal[d?] clivosa, tortuosa. Germ. 392, 53. Hóhyldo prona, 400, 118

Linked entry: hó-hylde

spere-healf

(n.)
Grammar
spere-healf, e;

The male side or line

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The male side or line (in speaking of inheritance. Cf. swert-, gér-máge, Grmm. R. A. 470) Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe, Chart. Th. 491, 20

Linked entries: spere-hand spinel-healf

spinel-healf

(n.)
Grammar
spinel-healf, e; f.

The female side or line

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The female side or line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlheálfe, Chart. Th. 491, 21

hen

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Hen gallina, Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 35. Henn, 281, 29: 41, 18. Án henne ǽg unum ovum gallinaceum, Bd. 3, 23; Sch. 301, 18. Dó henne ǽges ꝥ hwíte tó, Lch. ii. 110, 2. Hænne flǽsc næs swíþe gesoden, 194, 7. Oþ hénne stigele Cht. Crw. 7, 53. Hú Bonefatius ádýdde

hem

(n.)
Grammar
hem, m.

A hemborder

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A hem, border Hem limbus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 7; Wrt. Voc. 26, 6

heófan

Grammar
heófan, also strong forms occur, p. heóf, hóf (an Old Saxon form A. S. heáf?); pl. heófon.

To lamentTo be sorry forgrieve at

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Add: absolute Heófde luxerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 35. Þæt wíf gnornode, heóf hreówigmód, Gen. 771. Ongan ic of inneweardre heortan heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. with acc. To lament Godes andsacan . . . heófon deóp

HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HEREin this worldat this time

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HERE, in this world, at this time Hér hic, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse. Hér is his mildheortnes ofer