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diácon-hád

(n.)
Grammar
diácon-hád, es; m.

The office of a deacon, deaconship ⬩ diaconātus

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The office of a deacon, deaconship; diaconātus On diáconháde in deaconship, Homl. Th. ii, 120, 13

Linked entry: deácon-hád

discipul-hád

(n.)
Grammar
discipul-hád, es; m.
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DISCIPLEHOOD, pupilage; discipŭlātus Ðysses discipulháde Cúþberht wæs eádmódlíce underþeóded hujus discipŭlātui Cudberct humĭlĭter subdĭtus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 603, 39

efen-heáp

(n.)
Grammar
efen-heáp, es; m.

A fellow-soldier, soldier of the same band ⬩ commănĭpŭlāris

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A fellow-soldier, soldier of the same band; commănĭpŭlāris, Som. Ben. Lye

Linked entry: heáp

ellen-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
ellen-heard, adj.

Hard of courage, bold, courageous ⬩ fortis, strēnuus

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Hard of courage, bold, courageous; fortis, strēnuus Wæs eorl ellenheard searoþancum beseted the courageous warrior was beset with various thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 2509; An. 1256: Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 3; Gú. 1138

fǽmn-hád

(n.)

virginity ⬩ virgĭnĭtas

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virginity; virgĭnĭtas, Lk. Bos. 2, 36

Fearn-ham

(n.)
Grammar
Fearn-ham, -hamm, es; m.

FARNHAM, in Surrey ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi

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FARNHAM, in Surrey; lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi Sió fierd him wið gefeaht æt Fearnhamme the army fought against them at Farnham, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 26

fór-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
fór-heard, adj.

Very hard ⬩ prædūrus

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Very hard; prædūrus Wulfmǽr forlét fórheardne gár faran eft ongeán Wulfmær let the piercing dart fly back again, Byrht. Th. 136, 24; By. 156

fýr-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
fýr-hát, adj.

Fire-hot ⬩ ut ignis ardens

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Fire-hot; ut ignis ardens Fýrhát lufu a fire-hot love, Elen. Kmbl. 1871; El. 937

eald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hád, es; m.

Old age ⬩ senectus

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Old age; senectus

hǽl-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽl-bǽre, adj.
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Salutary, Lye

hál-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-fæst, adj.
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Salutary; qui potest sanare, Lye

hál-wendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wendlíc, adj.
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Salutary, healthful Ðæs Hǽlendes tócyme wæs hálwendlíc ǽgðer ge mannum ge englum the Saviour's advent was salutary for both men and angels, Homl. Th. i. 214, 22: ii. 220, 20: 564, 7. Him se bisceop hálwendlíce geþeaht forþbrohte the bishop proposed to

hál-wendnes

(n.)
Grammar
hál-wendnes, -ness, e; f.
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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29

hám-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
hám-bringan, pp. -broht
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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357

hám-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-cúþ, adj.
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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1

hamer-secg

(n.)
Grammar
hamer-secg, humor-, es; m.
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Hammer-sedge, L. M. i. 56, 2; Lchdm. ii. 126, 19

hamer-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hamer-wyrt, hamor-, e; f.
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Black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 330, col. 1: ii. 390, col. 1

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.
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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

hám-scir

(n.)
Grammar
hám-scir, e; f.
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?], L. Eth. 32; Th. i. 12, 1, where see note. Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham.
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v. the translation of Leo, p. 40, note 2

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