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ge-hát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hát-land, es; n.

Land of promise

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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12

-hǽmingas

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽmingas, v. -hǽme; pl. m.

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HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave Hond and heard sweord the hand and the hard blade, Beo. Th. 5011; B. 2509. Ic wát ðæt ðú eart heard mann scio quia homo durus es, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. Heard is ðeós sprǽc this is

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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For substitute I a below, and add: in a collective sense, stubble, straw Hég foenum, healm stipula, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 46. Healm stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 48. Swá hwylc man swá ofer þisne staþol seteð . . . híg oððe healm (stipulam) . . . þeáh þe ꝥ híg

fileþe

(n.)

hay

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Of Stokwei, tó Filed-hamme, iii. 445, 29. Also (?) in: Andlang díces úp on fileþa, C. D. B. ii. 519, ii

hér-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hér-lic, hǽr-lic.

Laudablenoble

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Laudable, noble Hé hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:

nafa

(n.)
Grammar
nafa, nafa = ne hafa.

a nave

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a nave

ge-feaxe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxe, adj. [feax hair]

Having haircŏmātus

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Having hair; cŏmātus Wǽron men æðelíce gefeaxe the men had beautiful hair [lit. the men were beautifully haired ], Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 8

Linked entry: gylden-feaxa

duþhamor

Grammar
duþhamor, l. dúþ-hamor,
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Malleoli tyndercyn, id est dýþhomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 9. and add

ge-hangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hangian, to hang (intrans.),
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be suspended Ꝥ hé gehongiga ut suspendatur, Mt. L. 18, 6

hæfe

Grammar
hæfe, leaven, l. hæf,
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and add Hæf vel beorma fermentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 72. Hæf fermentum, i. condimentum, blandimentum, An. Ox. 57, 3. Wærniait fram hæfe (fermenlo) sundorhálgena. Scint. 75, 3

Hagustaldes

(n.)
Grammar
Hagustaldes, , , hám

Hexham

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Hexham, Chr. 681m : 685 : 766: 780 : 789 : 806 : Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 30

hér

here . . . there

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Add Sume (adverbs) synd localia, þæt synd stówlice, for ðan ðe hí getácniað stówa . . . hic hér, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 224, 15. Sume cumað of naman speliendan, hic hér, 233, 9. in this place Wé nabbað hér (hic) bútun fíf hlá as, Mt. 14, 17. Gód ys ús hér tó

heaf

Grammar
heaf, l. hæf, q. v.

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hér-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hér-, hǽr-líc; adj.

Nobleexcellent

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Noble, excellent Næs ðæt hérlic dǽd that was no noble deed, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 36; Met. 9, 18. Hǽrlíc, 1, 86; Met. 1, 43

lamp-healt

(adj.)
Grammar
lamp-healt, laempi-halt; adj.
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The word occurs in Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 20, and in Ep. Gl. 13 f, 4 as the gloss of lurdus which Ducange explains as foul, cf. Ital. lordo, or stupid, cf. Fr. lourde, lourdand. Lye quotes without reference lempe lenitas; Icel. has lempiligr pliant, could

heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimoniousmiserlyniggardly

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Parsimonious, miserly, niggardly Uncystig vel heámol (heámul) frugus, Txts. 62, 413. Uncystig oððe heámol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5. Tó hwan wurd ðú swá heámul (fæsthafol. Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad healthdiseasesicknessinfirmityunsoundnessmisfortunemishap

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bad health, disease, sickness, infirmity, of persons Se oferdrenc fordéð ðæs mannes gesundfulnysse and unhǽl becymð of ðam drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 38. Oferfyll bið ðæs líchaman unhǽl, Wulfst. 242, 4. Búton ðé unhǽl oððe yld derige, 247, 34. Ða diófla

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hæl (?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es; m.

a shelter

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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16

býtla

(n.)
Grammar
býtla, an; m. [býtl a hammer, -a q. v.]
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A hammerer, builder; ædificator Se býtla ðǽr háligne hám arǽrde the builder raised up a holy home there, Exon. 34b; Th. 110, 36; Gú. 119