heá-lícness
Loftiness, sublimity, greatness
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Loftiness, sublimity, greatness Heálícnyss sublimitas, Hymn Surt. 74, 26. Seó heofenlíce heálícnyss wearþ geopenod the greatness of heaven was revealed, Homl. Th. i. 106, 31
heaðu-helm
A war-helm, casque
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A war-helm, casque, Beo. Kmbl. 6304; B. 3156
hed-cláþ
A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble
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A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346, 17
cniht-hád
The period between childhood and manhood ⬩ youth ⬩ boyhood ⬩ KNIGHTHOOD ⬩ pubes
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The period between childhood and manhood, youth, boyhood, KNIGHTHOOD; pubes Cnihthád pubes Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 50. Óþ cnihtháde to youth pube tenus 47; Som. 48, 8
hild-from
Stout or bold in war,
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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204
híwan
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Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 46, 9. Hí áxodon æt þám híwum hwæðer Petrus ðǽr wununge hæfde, Hml. S. 10, 111.
heorr
A hinge ⬩ cardinal point ⬩ cardo
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A hinge, cardinal point; cardo Ðeós heorr hic cardo, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 61. Seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ the hinge on which all good turns, Bt. 34, 7, Fox 142, 35.
ofer-hídig
Similar entry: ofer-hygdig
HÓC
A HOOK
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Wíngearda hócas ðe hí mid bindaþ ðæt him néhst biþ capreoli vel cincinni vel uncinuli, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 9; Wrt. Voc. 38, 59.
ag-lác-hád
Misery-hood ⬩ a state of misery ⬩ afflictionis conditio
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Misery-hood, a state of misery; afflictionis conditio.Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 24; Rä. 54, 5
ge-hát-land
Land of promise
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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12
hón
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Gá án mǽden-man tó and hó hit on his sweóran, Lch. iii. 42, 10. to suspend on a cross or gibbet as a punishment Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, Ll. Th. i. 118, 6.
hol
Hollow
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Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe St. Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28. Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11.
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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Hé gewát from his ágenum hofe isaac lǽdan he departed from his own house leading Isaac, 139; Th. 173, 32; Gen. 2870. Him Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum ríce tó reste Hrothgar had gone to his sleeping-chamber, Beo. Th. 2477; B. 1236.
hlít
lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune
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Hléte tódǽlde him eorðan sorte diviasit eis terram Ps. Vos. Srt. 77, 54. the share assigned to a person Seó sáwel ðe bedǽled is þám gódnyssum, heó gewilnige þæt se cystiga wealdend hí geðeóde þám hlýte his gecorena, Hml. Th. i. 346, 29.
hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian
hóh
A heel, ⬩ hough
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Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5. Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón Pharaoh followed at their heels, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 22.
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged, 20, 82. Þrýh hlid sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum An. Ox. 3970. Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . .
hón
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The words 'his hon' in l. 3 seem to be a repetition of 'his hon[godon] ' in 1. 2. (?)
hól
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Sennacherib mid hóle (v. 2 Kings xviii. 19 sqq.) him ( Hezekiah ) on wan, Hml, S. 18, 396. Se feónd cwæð : ' Maledicte, non Benedicte', and ꝥ swá gecwæð se deófol for hóle and for æfste, Gr. D. 122, 19. Add