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Anglo-Saxon

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ge-hæc

Linked entry: -hæc

ge-hata

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Substitute: A rival, an opponent Gehata emulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 20

haal-staan

Similar entry: heall-stán

hago-spind

(n.)
Grammar
hago-spind, m. n. ? l. n.
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and add Feger is leúr ł higospind ðín pulchra est gena tua, Rtl. 4, 1. Heagospind genae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 21. Heagospinnum genis, Lch. i. lxx, 5, : lxxiv, 6. Heagaspen genas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 62. Haguspind oððe þunwange malas, 57, 30. Hé his eagospind

grǽg-hama

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Add: If the word denotes a living creature the verb gylleð would point to a bird rather than to the wolf. The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the

hæg-steald

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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5. Ðǽr hehstalde

hæg-sugga

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-sugga, an ; m.
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A hedge-sparrow Hægsugga. ficitula, Hpt. 33, 241, 48

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

hǽl-bǽre

Similar entry: hál-bǽre

heort-hama

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Heorthama bucleamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 67. Smælþearmas, geallan mid þý heorthoman (bucliamine), Lch. i. lxxii, 7. Add

heáfod-hǽr

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Add:: —Heáfodhǽr capilli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 37

líc-hama

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Add Líchama soma, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 23. 1. the material frame of man. living On healfslapendum líchaman, ná eallinga swylce on swefne, Vis. Lfc. 3. Þý lǽs heó þone hálan líchoman fornime, Lch. i. 100, 6. Hié heora líchoman leáfum beþeahton, Gen. 845.

swín-haga

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On afene oð ðæt ðe se alda suínhaga út scióteð tó afene; ðonne be ðǽm hagan on ánne beorg, C.D. ii. 29, 10. Add

wulf-haga

(n.)
Grammar
wulf-haga, an ; m.
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An enclosure to protect flocks from wolves (? cf. Coll. M. 20, 15 (v. wulf; ) for need of protection) On ðone wulf-hagan midne; of ðám wulfhagan, C. D. iii. 78, 22. Tó ðæn ealdan wulthagan, vi. 9, 10

á-hafu

Linked entry: -hafu

salt-haga

Similar entry: sæltna

hæc-wer

(n.)
Grammar
hæc-wer, es; m.

A weir with a grate to take fish

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A weir with a grate to take fish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 450, 15, 22

hæg-steald

(adj.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, adj.

Unmarried, young

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Unmarried, young Hægstealdra, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 28; Gen. 1862 : Beo. Th. 3782; B. 1889

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,agellarius

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A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,L. R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 11, 12. The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp. Kennett observes that there were two kinds of agellarii, the common

hafud-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
hafud-æcer, es;m [?]
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Tióþa hafudæcer decumanus, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 78; Wrt. Voc. 38, 4

hafud-land

(n.)
Grammar
hafud-land, es; n.

A headland, boundary

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A headland, boundary Hafudland limites, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 77; Wrt. Voc. 38, 3

Linked entry: heáfod-land