hand-hæbbende
Having [stolen property] in one's hand
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Having [stolen property] in one's hand [cf under hand the phrase æt hæbbendre handa] Sit handhabenda, sit non handhabenda whether the thief be taken with the stolen property upon him or not, L. Eth. iii. 6; Th. i. 218, 32
hár-wenge
Hoary, grey-haired
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Hé hæfþ síde beardas hwón hárwencge he has a good deal of hair on his face, rather grey, 456, 18
Linked entry: wang
hám-færeld
A going home ⬩ a going home
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A going home Ðá Antigones ðæt ongeat ðá forlét hé ðæt setl; ac Ymenis him wénde fram Antigones hámfæreld micelra untreówþa when Antigonus heard that he abandoned the siege: but Eumenes anticipated for himself great treachery from Antigonus' going home
hál-wendlíc
Salutary, healthful
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Him se bisceop hálwendlíce geþeaht forþbrohte the bishop proposed to them salutary counsel, Blickl. Homl. 205, 18
hám-stede
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Tó hemstedes geate; from hæmstedes geate, 172, 37-173, 1. xx hídas in Heomstede, iv. 177, 21. Tó múlæs hámstæde, v. 136, 9. Onbútan ðone ealdan hámstede, vi. 35, 34.
hám-bringan
To bring a wife home, marry
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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357
hál-wende
Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome
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Hit is háluwende bóte it is a healing remedy, 374, 24. Wé mágon eów sellan hálwende geþeahte hwæt gé dón mágon possumus salubre vobis dare consilium quid agere valeatis, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 14.
Linked entry: -wende
hand-dǽda
One who does a deed with his own hand
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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L.
Linked entry: -dǽda
ham-scyld
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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. v. the translation of Leo
edisc-hen
EDISH HEN, quail ⬩ cŏturnix
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AnEDISH HEN, quail ; cŏturnix Hí bǽdon, and com edischen petiērunt, et vēnit cŏturnix. Ps. Spl. 104, 38. Edeschen 'the edisse-henne,' Ps. Surt. 104, 40
hát-heort
Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent ⬩ furiosus, iracundus, fervens
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Furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent; furiosus, iracundus, fervens Gif hwylc man tó ðam hátheort sig and strangmód ðæt hé tó nánum worldrihte and sybbe fón nelle wið ðæne ðe wið hine ágylt si homo quis adeo furiosus et duro corde sit, ut nullum
hand-bred
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Hé his handbredu (folmas (-e, v. l.) palmas, Gr. D. 166, 7) ástrehte, wið heofenas weard, Hml. Th. ii. 182, 16. Add
fetel-hilt
A belted hilt ⬩ căpŭlus baltĕo instructus
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A belted hilt; căpŭlus baltĕo instructus He geféng fetelhilt he seized the belted hilt, Beo. Th. 3130; B. 1563
hand-cláþ
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Add: [Hire handcloðes and hire bordcloðes ben makede wite, O. E. Hml. ii. 163, 34. A A] Cf. hand-hrægl
earfoþ-hilde
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Cf. íþ-hilde
hider-cyme
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Add: Similar entries Cf. hider; I. 2 Angelcynnes hidercymes on Breotone aduentus Anglorum in Brittaniam, Bd. I. 23; Sch. 48, 7. Similar entries Cf. hider; I. 3 Eall þæt man ús foresægð ymbe Crístes hidercyme (hidertócyme, v.l.), Wlfst. 241, 22
hilt-leás
Without a hilt
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Without a hilt Hiltleás sweord ensis, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 46; Wrt. Voc. 35, 33
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Án hirde (hierde, S. 5, 12), Ueriatus háten Viriathus, homo pastoralis, Ors. 5, 2; S. 216, 6. Ceápes heorde gregarius. Nar. 18, 26. Swá hiorde (pastor) áscádeþ scep from ticnum, Mt. R. L. 25, 32.
hand-seten
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Ðis synt ðára witena handsetena and ðére hína ðe on ðǽre geþafunge wéron, C. D. v. 162, 30. Add
ge-hilt
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(used like pl. of hilt with singular meaning] ge-hiltu