helfe
Helve ⬩ handle
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[?] Helve, handle Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1. Gaderode me hylfa tó ǽlcum ðara tóla ðe ic mid wircan cúðe I gathered me handles
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164,
HEGE
A HEDGE ⬩ fence
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Mid heora hegum ðe hí ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22. From hegum a silvis, Rtl. 118, 35
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HEORD
A HERD ⬩ flock
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Heora heorda wíslíce healdan to keep their flocks wisely, L. Eth. vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 14. Godcunde heorda spiritual flocks, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 34
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Ox. 95: 924. cover, concealment Nó heó on helm losað, ne on foldan fæðm, ne on fyrgenholt, ne on gyfenes grund, gá þǽr heó wille she will not escape into concealment, neither into earth's bosom, nor into the mountain wood, nor into ocean's depths, go
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Hí heregodon on heora healfe and Cnut on his healfe they harried on their side and Cnut on his, 1016; Erl. 154, 23: 1025; Erl. 163, 10. On twá healfe ðære eás on both sides of the river, 896; Etl. 94, 11.
hetol
Full of hate ⬩ hostile ⬩ malignant ⬩ evil
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Full of hate, hostile, malignant, evil Se heáhengel ðe nu is hetol deófol the archangel that now is a devil full of malice, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 22. Maxentius ða burh geheóld mid hetelum geþance Maxentius held the town with hostile intent, Homl. Th. ii.
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heal
A corner, an angle, a secret place
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[?] A corner, an angle, a secret place[?] Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13. Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam
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.
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hecg
A hedge ⬩ fence
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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20
hése
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woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis
héla
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Héla calcaneus, exterior pars pedis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 40. Hélan calce, 21, 20. From þǽm hǽlum (cf. ilum, lxxii, 13) oð ðæs heáfdes heánnesse a plantis usque ad uerticem. Lch. i. Ixxiv, 36. Hélan talos, lxxi, II. Heálan, lxxiv, 22. Hí habbað feax oð
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Add: of persons. of low degree, of humble condition, low, poor, as opposed to ríce, welig, wlanc Se hálga (Noah) cwæð þæt hé (Ham) wesan sceolde heán . . . hleómága þeów (servus servorum erit fratribus suis, Gen. 9, 25), Gen. 1595. Ic mé ceóse þæt ic
heoru
A sword
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A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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HELP, aid, succour On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help probans se esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25. Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr
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here
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glosses fornaculum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 12 : 36, 2
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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On ðá healfe þe heó scínð, þǽr byð dæg, and on þá healfe þe heó ne scínð, ðǽr byð niht. Ǽfre byð on sumre sídan þǽre eorðan dæg, and ǽfre on sumre sídan niht, Lch. iii. 234, 25-28. An bá halbae (halbe, halfe, v. ll.) altrinsecus, Txts. 38, 51.
hege
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To ðǽm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges, C. D. iii. 32, 30. Tó bysceopes swýnhege; ondlong heges, 77, 11: 78, 6. Oð ðone cwichege; súð andlang heges, 380, 13. Longan méd iacit be norðan hege, ii. 26, 27. Tó ðám ráhhege; æfter ðám hege á be ðám ófre, iii
help
help ⬩ assistance ⬩ succour ⬩ an aid ⬩ a thing ⬩ a place ⬩ a refuge ⬩ a cure ⬩ remedy of disease
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Hy on name helpe néron ne heom sylfum ne heora freóndum, Solil. H. 68, 24. Hé út blǽde lǽdeð, hió tó helpe hæleða bearnum qui producit foenum, et herbam servituti hominum, Ps. Th. 146, 9: 77, 18. Hé geþolade láðlicne deáð leódum tó helpe, Cri. 1174.
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