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fulwiht-hád

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht-hád, es; m.

A baptismal vow

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A baptismal vow Ðæt hie heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan that they keep well their baptismal vows, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26

fyrd-hom

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-hom, es; m. [hom a covering, garment]

A war-covering ⬩ bellĭca vestis ⬩ lōrĭca

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A war-covering; bellĭca vestis, lōrĭca Ðæt beo ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte that she might not pierce through the war-covering, Beo. Th. 3012; B. 1504

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

gast-hof

(n.)
Grammar
gast-hof, es; n.

A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium

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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium In ðam gast-hofe in the guest-house, Exon. 19 b; Th. 21, 24; Cri. 821

Linked entry: gæst-hof

ge-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hál, adj.

Entire ⬩ whole ⬩ healthy ⬩ intĕger ⬩ sānus

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Entire, whole, healthy; intĕger, sānus Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál, ðæt ðǽr nán cíne on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that no chink was visible in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22 : 166, 11 : Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 27. On gehálum þingum in health,

eald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hád, es; m.

Old age ⬩ senectus

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Old age; senectus

hál-fæst

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

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.
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Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome Ðes hálwenda hic saluber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 64. Ðín word is hálwende thy word is salutary, Ps. Th. 118, 103. Hálwoende ðín salutare tuum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 30. Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende

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

hám-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
hám-færeld, es; n.
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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

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

hám-sittende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
hám-sittende, part.
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Sitting, dwelling at home, resident Wé beódaþ se mon se ðe his gefán hámsittendne wite ðæt hé ne feohte ǽrðam ðe hé him ryhtes bidde we command that the man who knows his foe to be dwelling at his home fight not before he demand justice, L. Alf. pol.

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.
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Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peace. The following passage will illustrate the character of the offence ' Hamsocna, quod domus invasionem Latine sonat, fit pluribus modis, extrinsecus vel et intrinsecus accidenciis

hám-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hám-stede, es; m.
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s

hám-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weardes, adv.
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1

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