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HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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Ic fare tó mínum sunu tó helle I will go down into the grave unto my son, Gen. 37, 35. Uton nú brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hióra ǽfengife on helle gefeccean sculon prandete tanquam apud inferos cænaturi, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 2.

heofon-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
heofon-heáh, adj.

Heaven-highreaching to heaven

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Heaven-high, reaching to heaven Heofonheánne beám a tree the height whereof reached unto heaven [Dan. 4, 11], Cd. 202; Th. 250, 29; Dan. 554

heófung-tíd

(n.)
Grammar
heófung-tíd, e; f.

A time of mourning

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A time of mourning Fram ðisum dæge óþ eastron is úre heófungtíd from this day until Easter is our time of mourning, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 25

heolca

(n.)
Grammar
heolca, an; m.

Hoar-frostrime

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Hoar-frost, rime Swá swá bytte on heolcan sicut uter in pruina, Ps. Lamb. 118, 83

heorcnung

(n.)
Grammar
heorcnung, hearcnung, e; f.

Hearkeninglisteninghearingpower of hearing

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Hearkening, listening, hearing, power of hearing Wé sceolon úre eáran fram yfelre heorcnunge áwendan we must turn away our ears from evil listening, Homl. Th. i. 96, 23: ii. 564, 4: Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 29.

here-wæsmun

(n.; adv.)
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Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.' Grein translates by vis bellica and refers the word to a nominative wǽsma, comparing O. H.

Linked entry: wǽsma

hrægel

(n.)
Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.

A garmentdressroberailclothing

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Ðisses hrægles neót use this robe, Beo. Th. 2439; B. 1217. Wíf móton under brúnun hrægle tó húsle gán mulieribus licet sub nigro velamine eucharistiam accipere, L. Ecg. C. 37; Th. ii. 162, 7. Wese hé hrægle gelíc fiat ei sicut vestimentum, Ps.

Linked entry: hrægl

hreów

(n.)
Grammar
hreów, e; f.

Sorrowregretpenitencepenancerepentance

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Án hreów ys wydewan and fǽmnan viduæ et puellæ una est pœnitentia, L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 9; Th. ii. 228, 30.

hreppan

(v.)

to touchtreat

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Ic hreppe Pharao mid ánum wíte una plaga tangam Pharaonem, Ex. 11, 1. Se ðe wudu hrepeþ he who touches the wood, Exon. 127 b; Th. 490, 7; Rä. 79, 7. Ða wé ne hreppaþ those [nouns] we shall not treat of, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 12, 30.

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.
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Of ðan úve droppaþ uppan ða tunga, 138, 28

Linked entries: úf úf

hundred

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.

A hundred

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A hundred Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu centurias, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34. Ðeáh ðe heora hundred seó though there be a hundred of them, Ps. Th. 89, 10. On lxv and þreó hundræd hi beóþ tódǽlede they are divided into three hundred

Linked entry: hund

hunig-smæc

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-smæc, gen. -smæcces; m.
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Taste or flavour of honey Hafaþ on gehátum hunigsmæccas use honeyed words in their promises, Frag. Kmbl. 53; Leás. 28

Linked entry: smæc

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25. Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5

hwǽr

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

Whereanywheresomewherewheresoeverwherever

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Where. in direct questions Gyf ic cweþe ubi posuisti meum librum, hwǽr lédest ðú míne bóc ðonne is se ubi interrogativum ðæt is áxigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 60. Hwǽr ys se Judéa cyning ðe ácenned ys ubi est qui natus est rex Judæorum? Mt.

Linked entries: hwára hwar

hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæðer, hweðer; conj.

Whether

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Hwæðer cweþe wé ðe úre ðe ðæra engla shall we say ours or the angels? Homl. Th. i. 220, 20. Cwyst ðú hwæðer ic hyt sí numquid ego sum? Mt.

hyge

(n.)
Grammar
hyge, es; m.

Mindheartsoul

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Hige sceal ðé heardra heorte ðé cénre ðé úre mægen lytlaþ the firmer must courage be, braver the heart, the more our force dwindles, Byrht. Th. 140, 62; By. 312. Hyge weallende a mind agitated by violent emotions. Andr. Kmbl. 3415; An. 1711.

hyge-rún

(n.)
Grammar
hyge-rún, e; f.
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A. u. E. 139

hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
hýnan, hénan; p. de

To abusehumiliaterebukecorrectdespiseoppressafflictill-treat

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Hergian and hýnan to ravage and ill-use, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 1. Of ðæs handum ðe hine hýnan wolde from the hands of him that would have laid him low, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23.

Linked entry: hénan

ildu

(n.)
Grammar
ildu, indecl. f.

an ageævumageætasagesenectus

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an age; ævum Nis ðæt tó geortrýwianne ðæt on úre yldo ðæt beón mihte ðæt forþgongendre yldo oft geworden getreówe spell secgaþ nec diffidendum est nostra etiam ætate fieri potuisse, quod ævo præcedente aliquoties factum fideles historiæ narrant, Bd.

Linked entries: ældu eldo ilda ildo

in-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
in-færeld, es; n.

An entrance

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An entrance Úre gást forhtode tó eówrum infærelde elanguit cor nostrum ad introitum vestrum, Jos. 2, 11. Infæreld introitus : infærelda vestibula, introitus, Hpt. Gl. 498