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hreran

(v.)
Grammar
hreran, [?]

to fall

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to fall: Ðæt ic hryre ł gefealle [ = ? hrure ł gefeólle] ut caderem, MS. T: hrǽron, Ps. Spl. 117, 13

Linked entry: hrǽron

hréran

(v.)
Grammar
hréran, p. de

To moveshakestir

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To move, shake, stir Ic wudu hrére I move the wood, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 9; . 2, 8. Hréra, 101 b; Th. 383, 9; . 4, 8.

Linked entry: for-hréred

hréred-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréred-ness, e; f.

Agitationhasteprecipitation

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Agitation, haste, precipitation Ealle word hrýrednesse omnia verba præcipitationis, Ps. Lamb. 51, 6

Linked entry: hrýred-ness

hrér-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hrér-ness, e; f.

Motiondisturbanceagitationcommotionstorm

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Swá ðú on yrre ehtest and dréfest ðæt on hrérnesse hraðe forweorþaþ ita persequeris illos in tempestate tua; et in ira tua conturbabis eos, Ps. Th. 82, 11

hréðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hréðe, adj.

Fiercecruelsavagerough

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Lind. 8, 28. In heágum mórum and hréðum in arduis asperisque montibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 27. Ðám hréðestum feóndum sævissimis hostibus, Mone Gl. 346

hréd-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
hréd-eádig, adj.

Gloriousnobletriumphant

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Glorious, noble, triumphant Biþ ðǽr his þegna eác hréðeádig heáp there too shall be a triumphant band of his servants, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 33; Cri. 945.

hreðer-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hreðer-gleáw, adj.
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Prudent of mind, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 17; Exod. 13

hreðer-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer-loca, an; m.

The breast

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The breast, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 1; . 1237: 82 a; Th. 309, 17; Seef. 58: 23 b; Th. 65, 17; Cri. 1056: Elen. Kmbl. 173; El. 86

hréð-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hréð-ness, e; f.

Fiercenessroughnesscruelty

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Fierceness, roughness [of weather], cruelty Hroeðnise sævitiam, Rtl. 122, 14. Hroeðnise tempestatem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24

hricsc

(n.)
Grammar
hricsc, [ = ? hrisc or hrics]

a rickcrick

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a rick, crick, a wrench accompanied with a small sound Of fylle oððe of slege oððe of hricsca hwilcum from a fall or from a blow or from any crick, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 23

hridder

(n.)
Grammar
hridder, es; n.

A sieve

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A sieve, instrument for winnowing corn: Hridder capisterium, taratantara, Ælfc. Gl. 50; Som. 65, 116, 117; Wrt. Voc. 34, 45, 46. Ðá ábæd his fóstormóder án hridder ...

hrífþo

(n.)
Grammar
hrífþo, hriéfþo; f.

scurf

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Roughness of the skin, scurf Heáfdes hrífþo, L. M. 2, 35; Lchdm. ii. 240, 20

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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See, too, Graff. i. 897-8],L. Ethb. 61; Th. i. 18, 6

HRÍM

(n.)
Grammar
HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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Gl. 94; Som. 75, 102; Wrt. Voc. 52, 52. Hrím and forst háre hildstapan, Andr. Kmbl. 2516; An. 1259. Se hearda forst-hrím heorugrimma, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 12; . 41, 55.

hrím-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
hrím-ceald, adj.
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Icy cold Hrímcalde sǽ, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 22; Wand. 4

hrímig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrímig, adj.

Rimy

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Homl. 209, 32: 207, 27 [?]. Winter biþ cealdost lencten hrímigost black frosts in winter, white frosts in spring, Menol. Fox 411; Gn. C. 6

hrímig-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
hrímig-heard, adj.
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Hard with frost, hard frozen, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 25; . 88, 7

hrine

(n.)
Grammar
hrine, es; m.

Touch

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Voc. 282, 32. Drihten ðú mágon ongytan mid hrine Lord thou whom we cannot perceive with the touch, Shrn. 166, 21

hring

(n.)
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The meaning given by Grein, sonus [cf. hringan], does not seem to suit the context very well, which, as in the second passage, where the phrase appears equivalent to hát heáfodwylm, points to shedding tears as the idea to be conveyed.

Linked entry: wóp

hringed-stefna

(n.)
Grammar
hringed-stefna, an; m.
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A ship having its stern adorned with spiral or ring-shaped ornaments [?], or furnished with a ring or hook; or having a curved stern, Beo. Th. 64; B. 32: 3799; B. 1898: 2266; B. 1132