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be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

bisceop-hám

(n.)
Grammar
bisceop-hám, es; m.
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An episcopal estate Ic gean þes landes æt Hedhám ... intó Paulusbyrig æt Lundænæ tó bisceophámæ, Cht. Th. 520, 14. Tó biscopháme, 523, 23. On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Sæ bisceop him dó hira fullan fóstær of

Linked entry: hám

camp-hád

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Campháde tyrocinio, An. Ox. 616. Gúðlác of þǽre gedréfednysse þissere worulde wæs gelǽded tó campháde þæs écan lífes, Guth. 24, 23. In camphád sendan in militiam mittere, Gr. D. 298, 8. Add

cyne-hád

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In first passage for '[MS. cyneháde]' read] cynelica hád, v. l.] and add Hé nolde beón cyning . . . Ðá weorðmynde cynehádes (kyne-, v. l.) hé fleáh rex fieri noluit; . . . oblatam gloriam culminis fugit, Past. 33, 20

cild-hád

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Úres andgites merigen is úre cildhád, Hml. Th. ii.76, 14. Sé þurh his cildhádes nytennysse þis ríce tóstencte, Lch. iii. 434, 26. Seó forme wæcce is on cildháde, Hml. A. 52, 67. Add

diácon-hád

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On ǽlcre hádunge, ge on diáconháde ge on preóstháde, ǽfre sé ðe gehádod bið, hé bið gesmyrod mid gehálgodum ele, Hml. Th. ii. 14, 26. Add

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

discipul-hád

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Swá swá níwe discipulháda underðeódde quasi novo discipulatui subditam, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 680, 12. Add

dun-hof

(n.)
Grammar
dun-hof, Hpt. Gl. 494, 78. l.
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dim-hof

ersc-hen

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

feala-híw

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Dele

fox-hol

(n.)
Grammar
fox-hol, es; n.
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A fox-hole, fox's earth Tó ðám foxhole; of ðám foxhole, C.D. iii. 384, 13. Æt ðǽm hwítan foxholum, v. 83, 28. On ðá foxhola, 340, 18

ge-hén

Similar entry: ge-híne

geoguþ-hád

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Add: juventa, adolescentia, pueritia, anni juveniles Iuguþhád juventa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 73. Þá scylda mínes iugoðhádes ( juventutis ), Ps. Th. 24, 6. Gigoðhádes, Rtl. 167, 31. From gigoðháde mínum, Mk. R. 10, 20. Gigoðháda, Lk. R. 18, 21. In geogoðháde

fýr-hát

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Fýrh[át] torrida, An. Ox. 56, 203. Add

hal-stán

Similar entry: heall-stán

hám-brigan

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Dele, and see hám; 1 a

hám-cyme

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Þá þá hé hám ne cóm in ðá tíd þe him beboden wæs, Florentius þá wénde his hámcymes cum hora qua jussus fuerat non rediret, Florentius suspectus est redditus, Gr. D. 207, 2. Hí mycelne gefeán hæfdon be his hámcyme, Hml. A. 125, 278. Gebiddende for his

ham-land

(n.)
Grammar
ham-land, es; n.
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Enclosed pasture land Is þæs londes þridde half híd þe Óswold selð Cynelme tó bóclonde swá hé hit him ǽr hæfde tó forlǽten tó lǽnlonde ǽgðær ge on earðlonde ge on homlonde, Cht. E. 208, 11

hám-stede

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Add: ¶ the word occurs as a place-name in the charters, but in some of the following instances (e. g. vi. 35, 34) it is or may be a common noun, and in some perhaps to ham rather than to hám should the first part of the compound be referred On hámstedes