here-þrym
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A martial force Hereþrym falanges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 10. Substitute:
here-býme
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Herebýme classica, tubas, An. Ox. 50, 21. Herebýmum classibus, 2602. and add
here-strǽt
A military road ⬩ one allowing the passage of an army ⬩ highway ⬩ high road
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Ger. heri-stráza via publica.] Cf. here-paþ, -weg
Linked entry: fird-strǽt
here-gild
A war-tax ⬩ the Danegild ⬩ tax to support an army
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A war-tax, the Danegild, tax to support an army Hér wæs ðet heregeold gelǽst ðæt wǽron xxi þúsend punda and xcix punda in this year the Danegild was paid, it was twenty-one thousand and ninety-nine pounds, Chr. 1040; Erl. 167, 23.
here-láf
The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil
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Gúþrum se hǽðene king twelf dages hér on lande wunede and syððan gewende mid his hereláfe tó his ágenen earde Guthrum the heathen king stopped twelve days in this land and afterwards returned with what remained of his army to his own country, Shrn. 17
Linked entry: fird-láf
here-bróga
The terror produced by an army or by war,
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The terror produced by an army or by war, Beo. Th. 928; B. 462
here-cirm
A war-shout ⬩ shout raised by a host,
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A war-shout, shout raised by a host, Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 9; Gú. 872
here-feld
A field ⬩ battle-field
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A field, battle-field, Elen. Kmbl. 537; El. 269: 251; El. 126: Andr. Kmbl. 19; An. 10: 35; An. 18
here-fong
An osprey ⬩ ossifragus
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An osprey; ossifragus, Wrt. Voc. 280, 6
here-gríma
A helmet
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A helmet, Beo. Th. 797; B. 396: 4104; B. 2049: 5203; B. 2605
here-hand
A hostile hand or power
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A hostile hand or power Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8
here-mæcg
A man of war ⬩ warrior ⬩ man
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A man of war, warrior, man [used of the men of Sodom when attacking Lot], Cd. 114; Th. 149, 31; Gen. 2483
here-níþ
Hostility ⬩ enmity which is felt by those at war with one another
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Hostility, enmity which is felt by those at war with one another, Beo. Th. 4938; B. 2474
here-pád
A coat of mail
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A coat of mail, Beo. Th. 4508; B. 2258
Linked entry: pád
here-rǽswa
A chieftain,
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A chieftain, Elen. Kmbl. 1987; El. 995
here-reáf
Spoil ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty
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Spoil, plunder, booty Herereáf spolia vel manubie vel prede, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 52; Wrt. Voc. 35, 38: manubiæ, spolia, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 16, 23. Achan behýdde of ðam herereáfe Achan concealed some of the spoil, Jos. 7, 1, 11. Ðú ús mycel herereáf
here-rinc
A warrior,
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A warrior, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 141; Met. 1, 71: [hereric, MS.] Beo. Th. 2356; B. 1176
here-sceaft
A war-shaft ⬩ spear
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A war-shaft, spear, Beo. Th. 675; B. 335
here-sceorp
War-dress
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War-dress, Fins. Th. 90; Fin. 45
here-síþ
The journey of an army ⬩ a military expedition ⬩ march
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The journey of an army, a military expedition, march, Elen. Kmbl. 265; El. 133: Exon. 108a; Th. 411, 24; Rä. 30, 4: 84a; Th. 317, 3; Mód. 60