helle-scealc
- Cd. 216; Th. 273, 8; Sat. 133.
helle-sceaþa
- Elen. Kmbl. 1911; El. 957.
Similar entry: hell-sceaþa
heofon-heall
A heavenly hall
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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10
here-bleáþ
Fearful in fight, ⬩ timorous
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Fearful in fight, timorous Flugon forhtigende woldon herebleáþe hámas findan fearful they fled and shunning the battle would find their homes, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 17; Exod. 453
Here-ford
Hereford
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Hereford Ða men of Hereforda the men from Hereford, Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 31
here-líc
Warlike ⬩ military
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Warlike, military Ða herelícan res militares, Cot. 47, Lye
here-nitig
expeditio
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[?] expeditio, Cot. 73, Lye
here-þrym
a cohort,
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a cohort, Cot. 81, Lye
here-togen
Captive ⬩ heretogan
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Captive Seó hereláf wunode ðæs heretogan [heretogenan ?] folces on Chaldéiscum earde the remnant of the captive people dwelt in the land of Chaldea, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 393. [Cf. Icel. her-numinn, -tekinn captive.]
hete-þancol
Having hostile or evil designs
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Having hostile or evil designs, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 105
hors-here
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A mounted force; exercitus equestris, Lye
in-heald
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interrasilis, Wrt. Voc, ii. 46, 24
in-here
A native army ⬩ home-force
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A native army, the army of a country, home-force Se here férde swá hé sylf wolde and se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm ðet him náðor ne dohte ne innhere ne úthere the Danes went as they liked, and the English levy did every kind of harm to
ísern-here
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An iron-clad host Ísernhergum án wísode, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 33; Exod. 348
land-here
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A military force which acts on land [opposed to sciphere], or which belongs to the land [opposed to a foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after
lamp-healt
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The word occurs in Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 20, and in Ep. Gl. 13 f, 4 as the gloss of lurdus which Ducange explains as foul, cf. Ital. lordo, or stupid, cf. Fr. lourde, lourdand. Lye quotes without reference lempe lenitas; Icel. has lempiligr pliant, could
mægen-heáp
A powerful band
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A powerful band Mægenheápum, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 11; Exod. 197
morþor-hete
Murderous ⬩ deadly hate
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Murderous, deadly hate, Beo. Th. 2214; B. 1105
mund-heáls
Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another
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Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another (?) Ðá se ælmihtiga ácenned wearþ siððan hé Marian mundheáls geceás when Christ was born, after he had chosen a safe retreat in Mary's protecting womb, Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 14; Cri. 446