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hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species

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Sé þe wæs on Godes híwe onféng ꝥ híw úre týddran gecynde, Bl. H. 29, 3. Undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, ꝥ þú ðás gerýnu leornian mæge, Hml. Th. i. 590, 21. In monnes híw, Cri. 657. In cildes híw, 725.

hígung

(n.)
Grammar
hígung, e; f.

Striving ⬩ endeavour ⬩ effort

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Striving, endeavour, effort Se flǽscbana hæfde ꝥ getogene sweord on his handa and mid stranglice hígunge (nisu forti) áhóf þone earm upp in heánesse and mynte sleán þone Godes wer, Gr. D. 254, 34

heáfod-hebba

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hebba

heáh-fore

Grammar
heáh-fore, e.Substitute: heáh-fore (-u), an, e; heáh-fru, e,
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Ǽnlic héhfore aurea quadrupes, i. uacca, An. Ox. 1462. Heáhfru antile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 57. Hiord arimentum, oxa bova, heáhfru antile, cú vacca, i. 287, 53-56. Farra míno and héhfaro (altilia) gislægno, Rtl. 107, 21. Ðerh blód héffera and calfra and add

hlít

(n.)
Grammar
hlít, es; m. (but in Ps. L. 30, 16 the word seems feminine).

lot ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune

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R. 15, 24. the urn in which the lots were placed: Hléte urna (matronam, quam suprema sors gemina mortis mulctaverat urna, Ald. 25,9), Hpt.

Linked entries: hlét hlot hlyt

hlíwan

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Uton hlýwan ofcalene and wǽfan nacode and syllan mete þám gehingredum, Wlfst. 119, 6. Take here hleówan in Dict., and add

Linked entries: hleówan hlýwan

hlútor-ness

sincerity ⬩ simplicity

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Mid úre heortan hlútternesse (puritate) . . . úre gebeda beóð andfenge, R. Ben. 45, 17-22. Seó eahtoðe miht is seó sóðe eádmódnyss . . . mid módes hlúttornysse; for ðan sé ðe wís byð, ne wurð hé nǽfre módig, Hml. S. 16, 369. Add:

hwæþer

(con.)
Grammar
hwæþer, conj.
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Ic nát hwæðer hit wæs innan mé ðe útan ( extrinsecus sive intrinsecus ), Solil. H. 3, 9. hwæþer ... oþþe Deófol mót ǽlces mannes áfondian, hwæðer hé áht sý oððe náht; hwæðer hé God mid inweardlicre heortan lufige oððe hé mid híwunge fare, Hml.

hnappian

(v.)
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Þonne wé gebǽrað for úre réceliésðe swelce wé hit nyten, ðonne hnappige wé. Ac ðonne wé slápað fæste, ðonne . . . Past. 195, 5. Ic hneappode and slépan ongon ego dormivi et somnum coepi Ps. Srt. 3, 6.

hogung

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Substitute: effort, endeavour. v. hogian; Mid hogungum eallum uton biddan ealle þæne Ælmihtigan nisibus totis rogite-mus omnes cunclipotentem Hy. S. 8, 23

hreáw hreów

(v.)
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Add: [for the double form cf. hreáw and hreów (p. tense of hreówan), streáw and streów, eáwan and eówan.] of food, not cooked Þǽr syndon menn ðá be hreáwan flǽsce and be hunige lifigeað ubi sunt homines cruda carne et melle uescentes, Nar. 38, 16.

hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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Hæbben wé góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

hrepian

(v.)
Grammar
hrepian, and <b>hreppan.</b> [The two forms may be taken together.]
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Th. i. 598, 12. to touch, make use of, have to do with Ic þé swá geheóld, þæt þú hig ne hrepodest, Gen. 20, 6.

húdenian

(v.)
Grammar
húdenian, Dele the suggested connexion with hýd, and add '
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Húdenian . . . gehört offenbar mid ndd. húdern vor Kalte zittern' . . . und bildet die s-lose nebenform von me. ndd. schudderen', Beiblatt xv. 350

hundred

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[As 15 óran are said to make a pound, the hundred seems to be the great hundred (= 120), and the óra to be the unit.] III. as adjective :-- Sé ðe hæfeð hundrað scíp (centum ones), Lk. L. 15, 4, Mid án hundred and twéntigum scillingum, Ll.

hors-cræt

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Horscræt biga, ubi ii[^o] equi currui junguntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 18. . For 'Lye' substitute

holm

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Add: [For the use of holm in the sense of hill v. (?) holm- wudu ; and for the later use of the word in this sense cf. þe vox ulih to þam holme (cleoue, 2nd MS.), Laym. 20861.] sea Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42.

íg

(n.)
Grammar
íg, [Besides íg there seems to be a form íge; m. e. g. on Meldaníge eástewerdne, C. D. v. 303, 2. Of eallum Lindesíge (v. Lindes), Bd. 3, 11; Sch. 237, 10. In insula quae dicitur Seolesíge, C. D. v. 41, 27: 52, 10. Moreover there are instances of íg in the accusative, e. g. Wið-westan hunddes-íg (cf. tó hu[u]ddes-íge, 5), C. D. v. 298, 7. On swannes-íg, vi. 108, I : such forms seem to belong neither to íg; f. nor to íge; m., jó-, ja- stems respectively.]
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge

inc

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'Úre hláford hét eów ( John and Paul ) gebiddan tó þyssere anlícnysse, oðde ic inc bégen ofsleá.' Þá cwǽdon þá hálgan: 'Ne cunne wé ...' Hé hét þá twǽgen gebróðra beheáfdian. Hml. S. 7, 411-418

læst

(n.)
Grammar
læst, e; f.
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A fault, sin Wé sceolon biddan georne God þæt hé úre neóda gecnáwe and úre læsta gebéte, Nap. 41

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