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hord

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Sceal þæs heánan hyge hord unginnost, Gn. Ex. 206. Hé ( Christ ) æteówde mé eác his ǽnlican hordas, ðá hé mé gehét, Hml. S. 7, 38. that are concealed Synna hord. Ps. C. 155. Dyrne hordas abdita (secretorum) archana An.

HORD

(n.)
Grammar
HORD, es; n. m.

HOARD, treasuren. thesaurus

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Hyrde ðæs hordes keeper of the hoard, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 7; Rä. 87, 9: Beo. Th. 1778; B. 887. Ðæs ðe heáh hlioþe horde onféngon after the lofty hills had received the treasure [the ark ], Cd. 71; Th. 86, 32; Gen. 1439. Hǽðnum horde, Beo.

Linked entries: hord-cófa hord-loca

húru

(adv.)
Grammar
húru, adv.

At leastat all eventsat any ratein any casehoweverevenyetonlyindeedcertainlyespecially

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Ðæt ic húru underfó sum fóstercild of hyre si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios, Gen. 16, 2. Beó ðú húru gehyrt tu tantum confortare, Jos. 1, 18, 17. Húru ðæt hig ofer niht ðǽron ne wunigon ita saltem ut non per noctem ibi restent, L. Ecg.

Linked entry: híru

heord-rǽden

Grammar
heord-rǽden, hyrd-rǽden, e; f.

Guardguardianshipcarekeeping

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Tó heordrædene ad custodiam, Hymn. Surt. 11, 27. Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 32. Ge habbaþ heordrǽdenne habetis custodiam, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 65.

Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden

hors

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Hió becwið Cynelufe hyre dǽl þǽra wildera horsa, Cht. Th. 538, 33. Þá Deniscan hæfdon miclne dǽl þára horsa freten, Chr. 894; P. 87, 25.

hryre

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Add: a fall from a height. a dropping from a high position under the force of gravity hófon hine hondum and him hryre burgun, Gú. 702. a descent of rain, hail, &c.

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Add: a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27. Similar entries v. tyge-, web-, wíngeard-hóc. a fish-hook Hóc hamus Wrt

hóf

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Befealdende hófringas (= hóf-hringas) hófum inplicans orbes orbibus (Ald. 2, 36), An. Ox. 19. Add

-hóf

(suffix)

Similar entry: be-hóf

hóh

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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Add: a promontory Hooh promontorium Hpt. 33, 251, 21. Hóg, III, 4. Tó ðám hó ; of ðám hó á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes hó; of dǽm hó, vi. 100, 10. On þone hó foreweardne

hol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
hol, a hole.
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Add: and holl. [It is not always possible to distinguish between forms that belong to hol and those that belong to holh ; some of those here given to the former may belong to the latter.] a cave, pit, deep place in water Hool vorago Wrt. Voc. ii. 124

hol

(n.)
Grammar
hol, a covering.
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Mt. L. 5, 18 has stæfes heáfod. Add

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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Add Hol cava (or under hol a hole ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 63. Holum cavo 21, 60. having a void space within Ræsde án nǽddre of holum treówe, Shrn. 144, 27. Þú nymst ánne holne hláf (a loaf with the crumb taken out?) tolles tortam panis unius crustulam

hóp

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hop</b>, es; n. A piece of raised or enclosed land in the midst of fen, marsh, or waste land, a hope (v. N. E. D. s. v.) Mǽdwǽgan hop, C. D. vi. 243, 14. Perhaps in the gloss fennegan hopu stagnosa ligustra (An. Ox. 36, 14-

horh

Grammar
horh, [The hor(g)-, hor(e)w- forms seem to belong to the same original nominative, but they are so far differentiated in meaning that they are taken separately.]
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Horh flegma, i. saliva, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 38: flegma 35, 65. Nytta þára lǽcedóma þe þone horh of þám heáfde teó, Lch. ii. 282, 25. Þú forléte on þínne ondwlitan þá earman heora horh (spátl) spíwan, Angl. xii. 505, 13. Horh flegmata Wrt. Voc. ii. 108,

horh

(n.)
Grammar
horh, horg,es; m. n.

A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum

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A clammy humour, phlegm, rheum Hrog [ = horg] phlegma, Wrt. Voc. 64, 51. Horg flegma, 282, 67. Sió gíferness áríst of ðæs hores wǽtan the voracity arises from, the humour of the phlegm, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196, 3. Wið langum sáre ðara tóþa þurh horh

hóre

(n.)
Grammar
hóre, an; f.

A whore, harlot;meretrix,

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A whore, harlot; meretrix, Hpt. Gl. 475, 484

horu

(n.)
Grammar
horu, gen.-wes; m.

Dirt, filth, foulnessdirtlimus, cenum, lutum, palustre

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Dirt, filth, foulness Fæormaþ gyf ðǽr hwæt horwes on biþ cleanse if there be any foulness in it, Herb. 9, 2; Lchdm. i. 100, 4. Horewes, Mone B. 3561. Gé mid horu speówdon on ðæs andwlitan ye foully spat on his face, Elen. Kmbl. 594; El. 297. Mín flǽsc

Linked entries: ge-horian horh hor-pyt

hlýp

(n.)
Grammar
hlýp, es; m.

A leap, jump

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A leap, jump Hlýp saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 61: Som. 68, 49; Wrt. Voc. 39, 33: Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 14. Se dæg is geháten saltus lunæ ðæt is ðæs mónan hlýp the day is called saltus lunæ, that is, the moon's leap, Lchdm. iii. 264, 24: Exon. 18 b; Th. 45, 16

hof

(n.)
Grammar
hof, es; n.

A house hall, dwelling, buildingædes, domus

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A house, hall, dwelling, building; ædes, domus Lytel hof ædicula, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 84; Wrt. Voc. 57, 60. Cinges hof basilica, Som. 78, 86; Wrt. Voc. 58, 1. Hof séleste dwelling most excellent [the ark ], Cd. 69; Th. 84, 6; Gen. 1393: 66; Th. 79