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híw-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
híw-rǽden, e; f.

A family, household, house, a religious house

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A family, household, house, a religious house Hýwrǽden domus, Ælfc. Gl. 106; Som. 78, 66; Wrt. Voc. 57, 45. Godes wingeard is Israhéla híwrǽden God's vineyard is the house of Israel, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 31: Mt. Kmbl. 10, 6. Gang in tó ðam arce and eall

híw-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
híw-scipe, híg-, es; m.

A family, household, house

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A family, household, house Híwscype domus, Ps. Lamb. 113, 17. Wæs sum híwscipes fæder and hína ealdor erat paterfamilias, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 9. Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18. Ealle híwscipas þeóda universæ

Linked entries: híwisc híg-scipe

hiw-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-beorht, hiow-; adj.

Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour

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Bright of hue, beautiful in form or colour, Elen. Kmbl. 145; El. 73: Cd. 14; Th. 17, 27; Gen. 265

hoc-leaf

(n.)
Grammar
hoc-leaf, es; n.

Mallow

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Mallow Hocleáf malva, Wrt. Voc 79, 11. Hocleáf. Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated

hóf-rec

(n.)
Grammar
hóf-rec, -ræc, es; n.

Hoof-track

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Hoof-track Sing on ðæt hófrec sing over the hoof-track, Lchdm. i. 392, 9. Dryp on ðæt hófræc ðæt wex drop the wax into the hoof-track, iii. 286, 4

hof-rede

(adj.)
Grammar
hof-rede, adj.

Confined to the house;clinicus,

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Confined to the house; clinicus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 30; Wrt. Voc. 45, 62

Linked entry: -rede

hof-þela

(n.)

tesqua

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tesqua, Lye

hóh-hwyrfing

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-hwyrfing, e; f.

A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?];orbis,

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A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?]; orbis, Som

hóh-scanca

(n.)
Grammar
hóh-scanca, an; m.

The shank;crus

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The shank; crus Sceápes hóhscancan, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 8

hóp-páda

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-páda, an; m.

An upper tunic, cope

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An upper tunic, cope Hóppáda ependeton [ = ἐπενδύτης], Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52

hóp-gehnást

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-gehnást, es; n.

The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]

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The dashing together of waves in a bay [?] Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up

tócir-hús

(n.)
Grammar
tócir-hús, es; n.

An inndiversorium

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An inn; diversorium (di-vertere = tó-cirran q. v.) Tócirhús diversorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 10

tow-hús

(n.)
Grammar
tow-hús, es; n.

A spinning-house

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A spinning-house Towhús of wulle genitium (=gynaeceum locus seu aedes ubi mulieres lanificio operam dabant. The women who worked were called geniciariae pensiles, Migne), Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 7

Linked entry: tow-cræft

sprǽc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
sprǽc-hús, es; n.

A house for speakingcuriacuria, consistorium, praetorium.

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A house for speaking Sprǽchús auditorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 11. Úþwitena sprǽchús curia vel senatus, 13

Linked entry: sprǽc-ærn

weód-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
weód-hóc, es; m.

A weed-hooka hoe

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A weed-hook, a hoe Uueódhóc (uueád-, Ep. Erf. ) sarculum Txts. 95, 1764. Weódhóc (printed weodhoclu sarcum) Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 2 : Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: hóc

hwæt

(adj.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwæt, neut. of hwá, used as an adv. or interj.

Whywhat!ah!

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Why, what! ah! Be ðæs folces heringe ic nát hwæt wé ðæs fægniaþ as regards popular applause, I know not why we rejoice at it, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 22. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum bróðor ðínne why hast thou felled thy brother with thy hands? Cd. 48

hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
hwǽr, [or hwær?], hwar; adv.

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Ic séce míne gebróðru hwar hig healdon hyra heorda, Gen. 37, 16. indefinite, anywhere, somewhere Gyf hý hwǽr hit tóbræcaþ if they violate it anywhere, L. Ælfc. C. 34; Th. ii. 356, 16: Homl. Th. i. 170, 18: 482, 26.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

hwer

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Hwer (hwyr, v. l. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 316, 5. Hweres ł cyteles sartaginis . Hpt. Gl. 503, 34. Hwer, þollan sartaginem . An. Ox. 4115. Man sceal habban . . . hwer, leád, cytel, hlædel, pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 9.

ag-lác-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lác-hád, es; m. [ag nequitia; lác ludus, donum; hád conditio, status]

Misery-hooda state of miseryafflictionis conditio

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Misery-hood, a state of misery; afflictionis conditio.Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 24; Rä. 54, 5

be-hóf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hóf-líc, adj.

Behovefulneedfulnecessarius

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Behoveful, needful; necessarius Ðæt his líf him behóflíc wǽre quia necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, note 3. Behóflíc is is necessary Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 3