a-héncg
hung
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hung,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 13;
be-hangen
hung round
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hung round;
be-hongen
hung round
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hung roundPast.15, 4; Hat. MS. 19 b, 7
hiw
Shape, ⬩ make, ⬩ form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ species, ⬩ kind, ⬩ appearance, ⬩ symbol, ⬩ hue, ⬩ colour, ⬩ beauty
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Scínende hiow and gewǽdu shining face and garments, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 18. Nú berþ Petrus ðæt hiw oððe getácnunge ðære hálgan gelaþunge Peter is now the figure or symbol of the holy church, 390, 14: 406, 11.
hlot
A lot, ⬩ portion, ⬩ share
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Homl. 229, 5. Hlotu wurpon mittentes sortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 24: Lk. Skt. 23, 34
husc
Insult ⬩ scorn ⬩ scoffing ⬩ mockery
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Insult, scorn, scoffing, mockery Abraham mid hucse bewand ða hleóðorcwidas on hige sínum [cf. Sarah laughed within herself, Gen. 18, 12], Cd. 107; Th. 140, 34; Gen. 2337 : 109; Th. 143, 21; Gen. 2382. Þurh hucx per ironiam, Cot. 186, Lye
hnot
cropped ⬩ pollarded
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Add: of animals, without horns, that has lost a horn Hnot mutilun, hnottum mutilatis Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 16, 17. [Perhaps hnoc (q. v.) should be read hnot, and taken here.] of trees, cropped, pollarded Tó ðám hnottan stocce (cf.
Linked entry: hnoc
hnol
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Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2. Fram ðám hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan from the crown of his head down to the soles of his feet, 480, 12: 452, 26: 524, 2. On hnol his In verticem ejus, Ps.
ge-hebban
To heave up ⬩ raise up ⬩ ferment ⬩ elevare ⬩ fermentare
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To heave up, raise up, ferment; elevare, fermentare Gehafen hláf fermentatus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 15. Gehebbes ða ilco levabit eam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 11. Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11
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hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 81. colour Apricitas, color hió, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 51. Híw apricitas, 7, 10. Ðæt æðeleste hiéw (híw, l. 23) color optimus, Past. 133, 11. Hwítes híwes (hiéwes, v. l.), 87, 20. Hiówes, Nar. 15, 32.
híg
hay ⬩ mown grass
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hay, mown grass. Hég foenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 45. Græs oððe hig fenum, ii. 35, 30. Swé swé hég (faenum) hreðlíce ádrúgiað. Ps. Srt. Ps. Spl. 36, 2. Híg, Ps. L. 36, 2. Hýg, 101, 5. Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l. 'Hé máweþ
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hion
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cf. Heáfodwunde tó bóte . . . Gif ꝥ úterre bán bið þyrel, Ll. Th. i. 92, 15. and add:
hípe
a heap
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a heap. Hype congeries, An. Ox. 4780. Hýpum cumulis, Germ. 401, 22. On reáde hýpan in rubicundas congeries, An. Ox. 1822. Take here hýpe in Dict. and add
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hlíp
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a leaping-place, a place to be jumped over (v. N. E. D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24. Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram
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-hlów
-hlów
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hlép-
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hion
A bone of the head [?]
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A bone of the head [?] Gif sió úterre hion gebrocen weorþeþ, L. Ethb. 36; Th. i. 12, 6, v. note, and cf. L. H. 93, 2; Th. i. 605, 12 si exterius os percussum sit