hrére-mús
bat
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A rear-, rere-mouse, bat Hrére-mús vespertilio, Wrt. Voc. 77, 40
Linked entry: hreáðe-mús
hréðe-mónaþ
Similar entry: hréð-mónaþ
hreód-aler
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some kind of alder(?) On Hreódalras; of Hreódalron, C. D. B. ii. 270, 26
hreód-cynn
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A kind of reed Þá genámon hié sume spingan and gefyldon mid ecede . . . and dydon on sum hreódcynn, and rǽhton úp tó his múþe, Nap. 39
hreód-gírd
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A reed, cane [H]reó[d]gyrde calamum, Germ. 390, 48
hreód-pípere
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A reed-piper, player on a flute Reódpípere auledus, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 46
hrére-mús
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Hrýremús stelio (read as vespertilio?), Kent. Gl. 1110. Add
hræfn
A crab
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A crab Se hrefn ðe sume menn hátaþ crabba the 'hrefn' that some people call a crab, Shrn. 162, 21. Hrefnes geallan and leaxes a crab's gall and a salmon's, L. M. 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 308, 6, see note. Hræfnes geallan, Lchdm. iii. 2, 21. Genim cucune hrefn
flán-hred
arrow-swift ⬩ săgittārius expedītus
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arrow-swift; săgittārius expedītus, Grn. Reim. 72
hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Glorious, noble, triumphant Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945. Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts
hréð-ness
Fierceness ⬩ roughness ⬩ cruelty
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Fierceness, roughness [of weather], cruelty Hroeðnise sævitiam, Rtl. 122, 14. Hroeðnise tempestatem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24
flán-hred
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Swift as an arrow Flánhred dæg (the day of death. Cf. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, Job 7, 6), Reim. 72. Substitute:
hréd-mónaþ
Similar entry: hréð-mónaþ
hréð-leás
Inglorious ⬩ joyless
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Inglorious, joyless, without the joy of victory, Exon. 46 a; Th. 156, 21; Gú. 878
hreð-mónaþ
March
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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ
Linked entry: hlýda
hréð-sigor
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Glorious victory, Beo. Th. 5160; B. 2583
sige-hréð
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fame gained by victory Onsǽl sigehréð secgum tell men of the fame you have won (cf. the account of his deeds which Beowulf had given to Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 984 ; B. 490. Cf. gúþ-hréð
hræfn
A raven
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A raven Hrefn corvus, Wrt. Voc. 280, 33. Hræmn, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 35. Blac hræm niger corvus, 6; Som. 4, 21; Wrt. Voc. 77, 13. Noe ásende út ǽnne hremn se hremn fleáh ðá út and nolde eft ongeán cirran Noe dimisit corvum, qui egrediebatur et non revertebatur