hrímig-heard
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Hard with frost, hard frozen, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 25; Rä. 88, 7
ídel-hende
Empty-handed ⬩ empty
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Empty-handed, empty Ne cum ðú tó mínum húse ídelhende nec apparebis in conspectu meo vacuus; none shall appear before me empty, Ex. 34, 20. Gif hé cume ídelhende tó si vacuus appropinquat, Past. 49, 2 ; Swt. 379, 21. Hé biþ ealra his ǽhta ídelhende he
íren-heard
Iron-hard
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Iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1112
íren-helm
An iron helmet
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An iron helmet Írenhelm[or íren helm; but cf. preceding compounds] cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 14; Wrt. Voc. 35, 4
mægen-heard
Very strong ⬩ powerful
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Very strong, powerful Ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan meare mægenheardum, Runic pm. 5; Kmbl. 340, 5
mist-helm
A veil or covering of mist
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A veil or covering of mist Oft ic misthelme forbrægd eágna leóman oft have I drawn a misty veil before the light of their eyes, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 25; Jul. 470
munuc-heáp
A band of monks ⬩ the monks of a monastery
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A band of monks, the monks of a monastery Án abbod... mid eallum his munucheápe, Anglia viii. 325, 43
níþ-heard
Bold in battle ⬩ audacious
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Bold in battle, audacious Níþheard cyning (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 389; El. 195 : (Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 4826; B. 2417. Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt hé in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277
preóst-heáp
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A band of priests, the clergy On preóstheápe in clero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 22
Linked entry: heáp
helle-hinca
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For hancettan l. huncettan
stearc-heard
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Violent, unrestrained Stearcheard wóp durus fletus, Dóm. L. 200
un-heáh
Not high ⬩ low
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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
cyne-helm
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Add: a crown Cynehelme palma, i. corona, An. Ox. 3093. Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm
efen-heáh
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Add: equally exalted Hé dyde hine efenheáhne Gode, and get hégran wolde dón
efen-heáp
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Substitute: A band of comrades Efenheápas commanipulares, efenheápum commanipularibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 21, 27. Cf. efen-weorod
ge-heáne
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Dele: the MS. of Rtl. 42, 40 has gihére
ge-hefed
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weighted, weighed down with a burden Hefe gehefedum mole grauatis Wülck. Gl. 251, 16
Linked entry: -hefed
ge-hende
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54. Férde hé tó gehendum burgum,