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wan-hál

(adj.)
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wan-hál, adj.
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Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body, weak, sick, maimed, infirm, unsound Wanhál inbecillis, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 23. Betere ðé ys ðæt ðú gá wanhál (debilis) oððe healt tó lífe, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8: Mk. Skt. 9, 43. Hú God mæ̂rsodon swá oft swá ǽnig

Linked entry: wan-hǽle

wód-hen

(n.)
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wód-hen, wód-henn, e; f.

A quail

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A quail Wódhae[n] coturno, Txts. 53, 583. Wódhen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 30

wreoþen-hilt

Similar entry: wriþen-hilt

ác-hál

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dele

a-híðan

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eág-hill

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eág-hill, l. -hyll,
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and odd Eághyll from þám ognoran glebenus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 7

ersc-hen

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Erschen ortigomera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 53. Add

ge-hén

Similar entry: ge-híne

hal-stán

Similar entry: heall-stán

hám-brigan

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Dele, and see hám; 1 a

han-créd

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Add: cock-crowing Scyllendre cocca fiþerslehte and . . . hancréde concrepante pullorum plausu et sonante gallicinio, An. Ox. 4893. a division of the night Betwux hancréde læg se hálga wer geedcucod, Hml. Th. ii. 334, 30. Cf. han-grǽd

hand-belle

(n.)
Grammar
hand-belle, an; f.
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A hand-bell Thǽr synd . . . iiij handbellan and vj hangende bollan (bellan ?), C. D. B. iii. 660, 34

hand-bóc

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Add: a book containing the order of service for extreme unction, baptism and catechisms ; manuale Mæssepreóst sceal húru habban . . . handbóc, penitentialem, . . . Ll. Th. ii. 384, 1. a hand-book, manual Wé gesetton on þissum enchiridion, ꝥ ys mannalis

hand-cops

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Add: — Sweórcopsas vel handcopsas boias, catenas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 43

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

hand-dǽda

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hand-fæstan

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Dele

hand-fæstung

Grammar
hand-fæstung, hand-fæstnung, l. hand-fæstnung,
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and add Handfæstnung mandatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 58

hand-full

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Add: — Hondful beówes manticum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 52. Handful, 55, 45: 71, 13. 'Horse mete is bere ꝥ hé ús forgeaf, underfó hé gærs.' Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. Sé ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128

hand-gift

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Add: — Næs þǽr gefremed firen æt giftum, ac þǽr Hálig Gást handgift sealde. [The passage seems based on Mt. i. 20: Noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est. The Holy Ghost, as it were in the place of