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heáh-wita

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-wita, an; m.

A chief councillor

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A chief councillor Férde se cyng him hám and ða ealdormenn and ða heáhwitan the king went home and the aldermen and the chief 'witan,' Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10

heáh-timber

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-timber, es; n.

A lofty building

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A lofty building Heáhtimbra gehwæs of every lofty building, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 2; Crä. 45

heáh-torras

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-torras, pl. m.

Alpes

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Alpes Hpt. Gl. 454

heáh-treów

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-treów, e; f.

An excellent, noble compact

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An excellent, noble compact, Cd. 162; Th. 202, 14; Exod. 388

Linked entry: treów

heal-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
heal-ærn, es; n.

A house with a hall, palace

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A house with a hall, palace, Beo. Th. 156; B. 78

Linked entry: heall-ærn

heal-sittende

(adj.)
Grammar
heal-sittende, pl.

People sitting in a hall

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People sitting in a hall, Beo. Th. 4035; B. 2015: 5728; B. 2868

Linked entry: heall-sittende

heán-líce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
heán-líce, adj.

Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,

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Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,humbly Fauius heánlíce hámweard óþfleáh Fabius ignominiously fled homewards, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 13. Ne lǽt swá heánlíce ðín haudgeweorc forwurþan let not thine handiwork so miserably perish, Hy

heán-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
heán-mód, adj.

Dejected, cast down, humiliated

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Dejected, cast down, humiliated Ic sceal sárigferþ heánmód hweorfan with sorrowing spirit and with dejected mind must I go, Exon, 52 b; Th. 184, 32; Gú. 1353. Ic sceal feor ðonan heánmód hweorfan I must go far thence with humiliated heart, 71 a; Th.

heáp-mælum

(adv.)
Grammar
heáp-mælum, adv.

In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flockscatervatim

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In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks Telle ðú and Aaron heápmǽlum thou and Aaron shalt number them by their armies, Num. 1, 3. Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe wé ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus

heal-þegen

(n.)
Grammar
heal-þegen, es; m.

A hall-thane, one who resides or is occupied in a hall,

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A hall-thane, one who resides or is occupied in a hall, Beo. Th. 287; B. 142: 1443; B. 719

Linked entry: heall-þegen

heaðu-helm

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-helm, es; m.

A war-helm, casque

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A war-helm, casque, Beo. Kmbl. 6304; B. 3156

on-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
on-heáw, es; m.

A block to hew on

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A block to hew on Onheáwas codices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 38: 135, 60: 14, 62

hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hæn, hen, henn, e; f.

A hen

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A hen Hæn gallina, Recd. 36, 56; Wrt. Voc. 63, 10. Seó henn gallina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 37 : Lind. Rush. henne. Hænne æges geolocan the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2, 23; Lchdmii. 38, 6 : 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 40, 10

Linked entries: hen henna

hænep

(n.)
Grammar
hænep, henep, es; m.

Hemp

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Hemp Henep, hænep, Herb. 27, 1; Lchdm. i. 124, 1, 3 : Lchdm. iii. 22, 31

Linked entry: henep

hǽst

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hǽst, hést, e; f.

Violence, fury

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Violence, fury Ic þurh hést hríno láðgewinnum I violently touch my foes, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 31; Rä. 16, 28. Fære ne móston wætres brógan hǽste hrínan the terrors of the water might not with violence touch the vessel, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396.

herste

Similar entry: hirste

hilt

Grammar
hilt, helt
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Helt capulus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 15: capulum, 103, 30. Oð hielt capulotenus, 86, 68. Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272,

hentan

to seizetaketo arrestto capturestriketo try to get

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S. viii. 62, 39. to get at with a blow, strike with a weapon Dioclitianus hét hine (St. Sebastian) lǽdan tó ánum felda and hine þǽr gefæstnian and hentan mid flánum (cf. mid strǽlum ofstician, Shrn. 55, 8), Hml. S. 5, 424. [Cf.

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.

Favourprotectiongraceloyaltyallegiance

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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7

Linked entry: held

hearm

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm, herm; adj.

Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious

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Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious Herm bealowes gást the malicious spirit of evil, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 19; Sat. 682. Hé mé álýsde of hearmum worde ipse liberavit me a verbo aspero, Ps. Th. 90, 3. Ða inwit and fácen hycgeaþ on