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biscop-hád

(n.)

the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate

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the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, Cot. 86: Ps. Spl. 108, 7

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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Fit On stówe gehæppre in loco apto, Th. An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

geóguþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
geóguþ-hád, geógoþ-hád, es; m.

The state of youth, youthjŭventūtis stătus, jŭventus

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The state of youth, youth; jŭventūtis stătus, jŭventus Ðú hafast geóguþhádes blǽd thou host youth's prosperity, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 25; Jul. 168: Elen. Kmbl. 2531; El. 1267. Ðú me lǽrdest of geóguþháde dŏcuisti me a jŭventūte, Ps. Th. 70, 16. On geógoþháde

Linked entry: geógoþ-hád

tægl-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
tægl-hǽr, es; n.

A hair of an animal's tail

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A hair of an animal's tail Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemæstan on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð, Lchdm. i. 360, 21

þeówdóm-hád

(n.)
Grammar
þeówdóm-hád, es; m.
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Service Monige hí sylfe and heora bearn má gyrnaþ on mynster and on Godes ðeówdómhád tó syllanne ðonne hí synd bigongende woruldlícne camphád plures se suosque liberos, depositis armis, satagunt magis accepta tonsura monasterialibus adscribere votis,

un-hǽl

Similar entry: un-hǽlu

un-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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Not high, low Unhéh (printed unhela, but see Anglia viii. 450) þrepel eculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 18. Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23. Faraþ tó feldlandum and dúnlandum and tó unhéheran landum venite ad campestria atque montana et humiliora loca, Deut.

Linked entry: un-hége

clerc-hád

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Add: the state of a secular clerk Ðá ðe clerichádes synd and munuchádes wilniað clericorum si qui monasterio sociari voluerint, R. Ben. 106, 13. Swá sácerdhádes swá clerichádes sacerdotum vel clericorum, 110, 8. Clerocháde cleratis (ab clericatus gradu

cifes-hád

(n.)
Grammar
cifes-hád, es; m.
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Concubinage On cifesháde in pelicatu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 26. Cyfesháde, 87, 6

cild-hama

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Cildhama folliculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 40: secundae, 41. Cwið vel cildhama matrix, 45, 23. Cildhaman matrice, An. Ox. 1764: matruncice, i. puerperio, 1245. Add

decan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
decan-hád, es; m.
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Dignity of a dean (decan, q. v. ) Ofor heora wican heora decanhádes super decanias suas, R. Ben. I. 54, 2

efen-heáp

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Substitute: A band of comrades Efenheápas commanipulares, efenheápum commanipularibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 21, 27. Cf. efen-weorod

fǽmn-hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmn-hád, es; m.
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Fǽmnhád líchaman virginitas corporis, Scint. 69, 7. Fǽmnhádes uirginitatis, An. Ox. 574. Fǽmnhádes men hí geneósiaþ apud hos . . . visitatio virginum, R. Ben. 136, 24. Be faemnháde de uirginitate, Scint. 68, 13. Ic mínne fǽmnhád besmát. . . ne forleás

flǽsc-hama

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Add: the material body, body in contrast with soul Ne mæg him þonne se flǽschoma, þonne him þæt feorg losað, swéte forswelgan, Seef. 94. Ýða wrǽcon árleásra feorh of flǽschoman, Gen. 1385. Sáwle of flǽschoman scyndan, Jul. 489. corporeal state of man

ge-hæc

Linked entry: -hæc

ge-heád

Similar entry: ge-heán

gísel-hád

(n.)
Grammar
gísel-hád, es; m.
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The state of being a hostage Gíslháda obsedatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 27

hád-bót

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Sé ðe Godes þeówum gederige seofonfealdre bóte gebéte hit be þám be seó dǽd sý and be þám ðe se hád sý . . . Tó hád-bðte, gif líflyre wurþe . . . þone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte þingige georne, Ll. Th. ii. 240, 6-13 : 14.

hád-bryce

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hád-bryce, Dele ' a violation of holy orders'.
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In 1. 4 after mǽðe add, swá be were swá be wíte swá be lahslite swá be ealre are (secundum omnia quę habet malefactor. This is the rendering in the 'Instituta Cnuti', which gives the first clause of the law thus: Qnicnmque uiolauerit ordinem, sicut est

hár-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hár-ness, e; f.
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Greyness of hair, grey hair [Eld]ra hárnes senum canities, Kent. Gl. 762. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367