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bi-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
bi-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew or cut off, to deprive of ⬩ cædendo privare

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To hew or cut off, to deprive of; cædendo privare Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan commanded to cut off John's head, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 10; Jul. 295

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.
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Dele, and see <b>hild, es;</b> m. and <b>hyldu;</b> f

-sunn

(suffix)
Grammar
-sunn, (?), v. heáh-sunn (?).

wíg-heafola

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[Hé] wód þurh ðone wælréc wíg[hea]folan bær freán on fultum. Beo. Th. 5316; B. 2661. Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza). Wíg-heafola is taken to mean

Linked entries: hafela wíg

for-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hátan, p. -hét, -héht; pp. -háten [for, hátan to call]

To renounce ⬩ forswear ⬩ renuntiāre ⬩ ejurāre

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To renounce, forswear; renuntiāre, ejurāre Búton he hit forhíten hæbbe unless he have forsworn it, L. Ælf. P. 47; Th. ii. 384, 30

hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
hyldan, heldan; p. de; trans.and intrans.

To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ heel ⬩ tilt

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To bend, incline, heel, tilt Ðú gestaþoladest eorþan swíðe fæstlíce ðæt heó ne helt on náne healfe thou hast fixed earth very firmly, so that it does not incline to any side, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 36. Heldeþ, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 327; Met. 20, 164. Hylde hine

Linked entries: heldan hylde hyldere

heáwan

(v.)

to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off

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Add:: Heáweð secate, An. Ox. 56, 32. intrans. To strike with a cutting weapon, deal blows Hí on healfa gehwone heáwan þóhton, B. 800. trans. To strike forcibly with a cutting weapon, to hack, gash Me (Christ) on beáme beornas sticedon gárum on galgum

ge-holen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-holen, pp. of ge-helan.

hidden

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hidden,Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25;

eálá

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

0! alas! Oh! ⬩ eheu! euge! proh

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0! alas! Oh! eheu! euge! proh Eálá ge næddran O! ye serpents. Mt. Bos. 23, 33: 23, 37. Eálá, eálá euge, euge. Ps. Spl. 69, 4. Eálá eálá! oððe wel wel! ahah ahah! or well well! euge euge! vel bene bene! Ps. Lamb. 34, 25. Ǽlá, ðú Scippend O, thou Creator

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw lá

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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A temple, an idol Se ylca hearh quod fanum, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 35. Sona ðæs ðe hé gelíhte tó ðam hearge ðá sceát hé mid his spere ðæt hit sticode fæste on ðam hearge nec distulit ille, mox ut propiabat fanum, profanare illud, injecta in eo lancea quam

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

billere

(n.)
Grammar
billere, (,bil-here ?; pl. bil-hergas)
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a plant name (v. N. E. D., D. D. bilders) Billere bibulta (in a list of plant names), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 29: ii. 11, 58. Billeru, 102, 4. Bilhergas bibultum, 126, 7

Linked entry: bil-hergas

CICEN

(n.)
Grammar
CICEN, es; cicenu; a; um; n.

A CHICKEN ⬩ pullus

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Henne mid cicenum gesihþ ceápas eácan getácnaþ a dream of a hen with chickens betokens trade to be increasing, Lchdm. iii. 204, 31. Seó henn hyre cicenu under hyre fyðeru gegaderaþ gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, Mt. Bos. 23, 37.

for-holen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-holen, pp. of for-helan.

concealed ⬩ hidden

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concealed, hidden, Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 14; Cri. 1054: Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 17;

ge-hýnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýnan, -hénan, -hínan; p. de; pp. ed

To humble ⬩ oppress ⬩ waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ humiliare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ damnare

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To humble, oppress, waste, destroy; humiliare, opprimere, damnare Uton gehýnan hit opprimamus eum, Ex. 1, 10. Eágan ofermódra ðú gehýnyst oculos superborum humiliabis, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 29. Gehýnyþ humiliat, Ps. Spl. C. M. 74, 7. Híg gehýndon eos oppresserunt

Linked entries: ge-heáne ge-hiénan ge-hínan

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

Linked entries: alh eást-healh hal heal healhiht heal

ciric-fultum

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-fultum, es; m. [fultum help, aid]

Church-help, ecclesiastical support ⬩ ecclesiæ auxilium

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Church-help, ecclesiastical support; ecclesiæ auxilium We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas geóguþe geornlíce lǽran ðæt hí ciricfultum habban we enjoin that priests diligently teach youth that they may have ecclesiastical support, L. Edg. C. 51; Th. ii. 254, 26

Linked entry: cyric-fultum

hínan

to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse

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troops Se eahteþa dǽl þára legion . . . angunnan hergean and hiénan þá þe hié friþian sceoldon octavo legio . . . omnes, quibus subsidio praeerat, interfecit, Ors. 4, 1; S. 160, 10. the object a thing, to lay waste, destroy, the subject personal Hí hendon

Linked entries: hýnan hénan hinend

for-heáwan

(v.)
Grammar
for-heáwan, p. -heów; pp. -heáwen

To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre

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To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115

-féþa

(suffix)
Grammar
-féþa, v. herig-féþa (here-féþa).

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rýnegu

(n.)
Grammar
rýnegu, in hel-rýnegu

pythonissa

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pythonissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 20

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