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-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
    • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

higre

Grammar
higre, [cf. higera] or hígre [cf. híwan]

verna

Entry preview:

verna, Cot. 23, Lye: Gl. Epin. 663

hiw-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-beorht, hiow-; adj.

Bright of hue, ⬩ beautiful in form or colour

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Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour, Elen. Kmbl. 145; El. 73: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 27; Gen. 265

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, hild, es; m.

grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety

Entry preview:

Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481. Hié on friðe Drihtnes of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, gleáwmóde guman on gástes hyld, 440.

hild

(n.)
Grammar
hild, e f.[a poetical word]

War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium

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War, battle, pugna, prælium Hild sweðrode war ceased Beo. Th. 1807; B. 901: 3180; B. 1585: 3698; B. 1847: Andr. Kmbl. 2840; An. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 36; El. 18: 298; El. 149. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon him the Hetwaras conquered in battle, Beo.

gylden-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-híw, gylden-híwe; adj.
Entry preview:

Golden-hued Gyldenhíwe auricolor, An. Ox. 43, 5

hind

(n.)
Grammar
hind, e; f.

A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart

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A hind, the female of the hart Hind cerva, ÆIíc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 23; Wrt. Voc. 22, 64. Hynd cerva. Wrt. Voc. 78, 27. Ðá geseah se godes þeów wilde hinde melce then the servant of God saw a wild hind in milk, Shrn. 130, 3.

hilt

(n.)
Grammar
hilt, es; m. n.

Hilt, ⬩ handle

Entry preview:

Ða hilt since fáge the hilt many-coloured with treasure, Beo. Th. 3233; B. 1614. Be hiltum by the hilt, 3152; B. 1574

híwan

(n.)
Grammar
híwan, hígan; pl.

Members of a household, ⬩ of a religious house, ⬩ a family

Entry preview:

Gehwilcne ðe his hína wæs wǽpned cynnes every one that of his family was of the male sex, Cd. 107; Th. 142, 34; Gen. 2371. Ða hrýmde heó tó hire híwun vocavit ad se homines domus suæ, Gen. 39, 14. Mid hira híwun cum domibus suis, Ex. 1, 1.

Linked entries: hígan in-híwan híne hí-réd híwen

hí-gedryht

(n.)
Grammar
hí-gedryht, e;

A band of household retainers,

Entry preview:

A band of household retainers, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 32; Reim. 21

Linked entries: ge-dryht hý-gedriht

híw-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cund, adj.

Domestic

Entry preview:

Domestic Híwcundum (híf-, MS. for híf = híw see An. Ox. 2530: 3784 given under híw) domesticis, Hpt. Gl. 413, 16

Linked entry: hifcund

HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HERE ⬩ in this world ⬩ at this time

Entry preview:

HERE, in this world, at this time Hér hic, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse.

Linked entries: þes here-spel hér-æfter here-spel hér-tó

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

Entry preview:

Wæs hé sended of ðam eálande and of ðam mynstre ðe Hii is nemned de insula quæ vocatur Hii, Bd. 3, 3; S. 526, 11

hen

Entry preview:

Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.

A, secret place, a corner

Entry preview:

A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

híne

(n.; prefix)
Grammar
híne, [ = (?) hínan as gehúse = gehúsan, hiwæ = híwan in the same verse]

domesticos,

Entry preview:

In v. 36 domestici is glossed hígu ł híne ł híwen, and 24, 34 pater-familas = híne-fæder [but this may be for hína-fæder]

Linked entry: hína

hám

Entry preview:

Sum bið bylda til hám tó habbanne, Crá. 76. the fixed residence of a person or family, an inhabited house, a residence: — Gelaðode se gesíð hine tó his hám, and hé hine gesóhte and on his hús eóde and his swǽsenda breác rogatus a comite intrauit epulaturus

HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus

Entry preview:

Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them, L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

scín-híw

Entry preview:

Hé wénde ꝥ hit wǽre sumes gástes scínhýw, Hml. S. 23 b, 170. Se swicola deófol hine gesewenlicne on manegum scínhíwum þám hálgan æteówde, 31, 712. Add

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria

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Hig cíptun ealle hire hámas vendebant omnia prædia sua, Gen. 47, 20. On hira hámon in possessionibus suis, 48, 6.

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