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hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious Herm bealowes gást the malicious spirit of evil, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682. mé álýsde of hearmum worde ipse liberavit me a verbo aspero, Ps. Th. 90, 3.

helm-berend

(n.)
Grammar
helm-berend, es; m.

One who wears a helmet

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One who wears a helmet Ne róhte helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642

HEÁH

(adj.)
Grammar
HEÁH, héh; adj.

HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughtyaltus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis

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HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty Heáh on bodige statura sublimis, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 7. Gyldenu onlícnes twelf elna heáh a golden image twelve ells high, Shrn. 88, 23. Se beám geweóx heáh the tree grew high, Cd. 202; Th. 251, 15; Dan. 564.

Linked entries: héh heá heág

HEARM

(n.)
Grammar
HEARM, herm, es; m.

HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insultpain, griefgrief, sorrow, harmcalamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuriagrief, sorrow

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Gif hwæs weorc forbyrnþ, hæfþ ðone hearm and biþ swá ðeáh gehealden þurh fýr if any one's work is consumed he has the loss, and yet shall be saved by fire, Homl. Th. ii. 588, 30.

Linked entry: hearm-heort

hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hæn, hen, henn, e; f.

A hen

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A hen Hæn gallina, Recd. 36, 56; Wrt. Voc. 63, 10. Seó henn gallina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 37 : Lind. Rush. henne. Hænne æges geolocan the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2, 23; Lchdmii. 38, 6 : 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 40, 10

Linked entries: hen henna

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.

High

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High Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum the burning mounts aloft to heaven, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 7; Ph. 521: Cd. 166; Th. 207, 15; Exod. 467: Ps. Th. 138, 6. Heáor altius, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 16.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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ǽgðer ge ge heó, Ælfc.

hefe

importancea burdena weight

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Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98. God is bútan hefe and ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe, Hml.

hám-hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-hæn, -henn, e; f.

A domestic fowl

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A domestic fowl, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25

Egones hám

(n.)
Grammar
Egones hám, Egnes hám,es; m. [Ethelw. Ignesham: Flor. Eignes*-*ham: Hunt. Aegnesham: Gerv. Egenesham]

ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi

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ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas and genom Egones hám in this year [A.D. 571] Cuthwulf fought against the Britons and took Eynsham, hr. 571; Erl. 18, 14. Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod.

niht-helm

(n.)
Grammar
niht-helm, es; m.

The covering of nightnight's curtain

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The covering of night, night's curtain Niht-helm geswearc deorc ofer dryhtgumum night's curtain dark was drawn over men, Beo. Th. 3583; B. 1789

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Ic beleás hérum ðám ðe ic hæfde I lost the hairs that I had, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 36; Rä. 27, 5

Linked entry: hér

fódder-hec

(n.)

a rack

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a rack or manger to hold fodder Man sceal habban . . . fódder-hec, Angl. ix. 265, l

Linked entry: hec

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, hýn

to elevate

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Ðú úp hést mec of geatum deáðes exaltas me de portis mortis, Ps. Srt. 9, 15. Þá staðolas þǽre cyrican . . . ongann hýn (heán, v. l.) and miclian, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 10. Add:

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, p. heáde; pp. heád

To raise, heighten, exalt, advanceto exaltexaltareexalt, raise

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To raise, heighten, exalt, advance Mid singalum bysenum árfæstre wyrcnysse ongan heán and miclian continuis piæ operations exemplis provehere curavit, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 19. Heáþ and hebbaþ exalt and raise, Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 6; Sch. 42

heáh-helm

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-helm, adj.
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Having foliage high up; of a light, having far-reaching rays þone heáhhelman leóman iubar alticomum (the passage is: Modio lateat ne tecta lucerna, sed iubar alticomum Domini diffundat in aedem, Vita S. Cudbercti c. 21, 50), Hpt. 33, 238, 1

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.

Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing

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Ðǽr biþ heáf illic erit fletus, 24, 51. Nis hér nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred there is no weeping nor wailing heard here, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28.

Linked entry: heóf

heg-stów

Grammar
heg-stów, hege-stów, e; f.

A place enclosed by a hedge[?]

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A place enclosed by a hedge[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 27: 213, 8, 9: 263, 23, 26

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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Gán and gadrion him sylfe ðæt healm let them go and gather straw for themselves, Ex. 5, 7. Swá windes healm sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Genim rigen healm and beren take rye and barley straw, L.

Linked entry: halm