hord-ern
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Add: — Hordren proma cella prumptuaria. Hpt. 33, 245, 41. Se munuc þe ꝥ hordern heóld monachus qui cellarium tenebat (cf. Hml. Th. ii. 178, 22 under hordere), Gr. D. 159, 15
hord-weorþung
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Substitute: Treasure given to honour a person (cf. Hé þám bátwearde bunden golde swurd gesealde, þæt hé syððan wæs máðme ðý weorðra, B. 1902), costly reward Ful oft ic for lǽssan leán teohhade, hordweorðunge, hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, B. 952. Cf
brand-hord
ardent treasure; ⬩ ardens thesaurus,
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ardent treasure; ardens thesaurus
gold-hord-hús
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A privy; ypodromum, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 80; Wrt. Voc. 57, 57, see note
horh
A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum
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Wið langum sáre ðara tóþa þurh horh, 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 4. Gif him ofstondeþ on innan ǽnigu ceald wǽte ðonne spíwaþ hie ðæt horh . . . ðæt ofstandene þicce horh, 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 194, 15-21.
Linked entries: ge-horwian hrum horas horu
HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle Oxan horn biþ x pæninga weorþ an ox's horn shall be worth ten pence, L.
Linked entries: hyrne horn-geáp horn-reced
HORS
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A HORSE Geþracan hors mannus vel brunnicus : hors of stéden vel of asrenne burdo, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 18, 19; Wrt. Voc. 17, 23, 24. Hors hófum wlanc, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 5; Rún. 19. Ne beó gé ná swylce hors nolite fteri sicut equus, Ps.
hód
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Hood capitium Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 65. Hód, 128, 49: 13, 22. Ðonne þú cuglan habban wylle, þonne wege þú þínne earmellan and fóh tó þínum hóde, Tech. ii. 127, 17. Nim þú þé be þínum hode, 129, 4. Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si
hold
A carcase, ⬩ body
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A carcase, body Swá hwǽr swá hold byþ ubicunque fuerit corpus, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 28. Ðá woldon óðre fugelas fleón tó ðam holde descenderunt volucres super cadavera, Gen. 15, 11. Swá swá grǽdige ræmmas ðar ðar hí hold geseóþ like greedy ravens, where they
horu
Dirt, filth, foulness ⬩ dirt ⬩ limus, cenum, lutum, palustre
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Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. Mín flǽsc is ymscrýd mid dustes horwum my flesh is clothed with the filth of dust, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 10.
horn
A disease of foul humours in the stomach,
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A disease of foul humours in the stomach, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 31
hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Hé horn hefeþ holdes folces exaltavit cornu populi sui, Ps. Th. 148, 14. Heriaþ hine on hleóðre holdre béman laudate eum in sono tubæ, 150, 3. Eáran habbaþ ne hí áwiht mágon holdes gehýran ears have they but nought pleasing can they hear, 134, 17.
hold
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A title which seems to have been introduced by the Danes. It occurs several times in the Chronicle, e.g. Ysopa hold and Óscytel hold, 905; Erl. 98, 34. Þurcytel eorl and ða holdas ealle, 918; Erl. 104, 22. Þurferþ eorl and ða holdas, 921; Erl. 107, 28
horh
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Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma 35, 65. Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt.
hóre
A whore, harlot; ⬩ meretrix,
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A whore, harlot; meretrix, Hpt. Gl. 475, 484
holh
A hollow, ⬩ cavity, ⬩ hole
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A hollow, cavity, hole Hwæt tácnaþ ðæt holh on ðæm weobude búton gódra monna geþyld? Forðam ðonne mon his mód geeáðmódgeþ ðæt he wiðerweardnesse and scande forbere ðonne geeácnaþ hé sum holh on his móde swá swá ðæt weobud hæfþ on him uppan. Holh wæs
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hogu
Care, ⬩ anxiety, ⬩ solicitude
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Care, anxiety, solicitude Habbon hí hoge ðæt hí sýn swilce ðæt hí wurþfullíce herigan mágon let them have a care that they be such that they may worthily praise, Homl. Th. i. 446, 32. Hé næfþ nán andgit ne hoga embe Godes beboda he hath no understanding
Linked entry: heort-hogu
hors
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Add: a horse, as a general term Hors sonipes, wildecynnes hors equifer, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 3-4. Hors hnǽgð equus hinnit, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 129, 2. Gif hors on hricge oððe on þám bógum áwyrd sý, Lch. i. 290, 10.
horn
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stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch, ii. 316, II: 56, II. a horn for blowing, a trumpet, v. blǽs-, swegel-, trúþ-horn Horn-bláwere cornicen, horn cornu Wrt.
hóre
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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329