heard-fyrde
Difficult to carry
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Difficult to carry Ðǽr oninnan bær eorl hard-fyrdne dǽl goldes there within bore the earl a weighty portion of gold, Beo. Th. 4483; B. 2245
heard-heáwa
A chisel ⬩ scalprum
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A chisel; scalprum, Som
Linked entry: -heáwa
heán-líc
Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor ⬩ infamis, fœdus, ridendus, dedecor, indecor
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Ignominious, disgraceful, vile, poor Tó heánlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé mid úrum sceattum tó scype gangon unbefohtene too shameful methinks that ye with our treasures should go to your ships without a struggle, Byrht. Th. 133, 25. Swíðe nearewe sent and swíðe
heal-wudu
The woodwork of a hall
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The woodwork of a hall, Beo. Th. 2639; B. 1317
Linked entry: heall-wudu
heard-sǽlig
Having hard fortune, unfortunate, unhappy
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Having hard fortune, unfortunate, unhappy Sum biþ wonspédig heardsǽlig hæle one is indigent, an unfortunate man, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 12; Crä. 32: Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 20: Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 27; Kl. 19
heard-sǽlness
Misfortune, calamity
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Misfortune, calamity Ðá com eác seó ofermǽte heardsǽlnes then came also the excessive calamity, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 104, 17
Linked entry: -sǽlness
heard-rǽd
Steadfast, firm, ⬩ hardiness
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Steadfast, firm, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 21; Gen. 2348
hearm-cweðan
To revile, speak ill of
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To revile, speak ill of Mið ðý menn iuih harmcueðaþ cum homines vos exprobaverint, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 22. Hearmcuǽdon him convitiabantur ei, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 32
heard-neb
Having a hard beak
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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15
heard-lícness
Hardness, severity, strictness
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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume hí sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15
hearm-cwalu
Grievous destruction
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Grievous destruction, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 18; Cri. 1609
heard-wendlíce
Severely, strictly
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Severely, strictly Heardwendlíce [MS. B. heardlíce] districtius, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 40
hearm-leóþ
A sorrowful song, lamentation
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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615
hearm-sprǽcolness
Slandering, traducing,
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Slandering, traducing, Som
hearp-sang
A song to the harp, a psalm
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A song to the harp, a psalm Hearpsang psalmus, Ælfc. Gl. 34: Som. 62, 56; Wrt. Voc. 28, 36
hearm-sprǽc
Slander ⬩ calumnia
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Slander; calumnia, Som
Linked entry: hearm-cwide
hearm-sprǽcol
Calumnious
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Calumnious, Som
hearm-heortness
Murmuring, grieving ⬩ murmuratio
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Murmuring, grieving; murmuratio, Cot. 187, Lye
ofer-heáh
Excessively high
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Excessively high Æsc byþ oferheáh, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 23; Rún. 26
comp-hád
warfare
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warfare Som. Ben. Lye