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ge-heald-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heald-dagas, pl. m.

Kalends

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Kalends Gehealddagas vel hálige dagas kalendæ, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 26; Wrt. Voc. 53, 35

heow

Similar entry: hiw

herd

Similar entry: HEORD

héra

Similar entry: híra

hére

(n.)

dignity

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dignity. In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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To praise Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man te laudo ut sapientem, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64: Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9. Ic herge, Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583. Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2. Leofaþ sáwl min and ðé hereþ

Linked entry: hergan

HÁTAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÁTAN, ic háte, ðú hátest, hætsþ, hé háteþ, hát, hǽt, pl. hátaþ; p. héht, hét, pl. héhton, héton; pp. háten.

to bid, order, commandto promise, vowto call, name, give a name toto name, call, bid, commandto call, name, promise, vownominare, appellare, jubere, præcipere

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to bid, order, command, with acc. and infin Drihten hwæt hǽtst ðú mé dón Lord, what dost thou bid me do? Past. 58; Swt. 443, 24. Drihten háteþ ða eorþan eft ágifan ðæt heó ǽr onféng the Lord shall bid the earth give up what it received before, Blickl

Linked entry: ge-hátan

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).

Linked entries: hafela wíg

heópa

(n.)
Grammar
heópa, an; m.

A briarbramble

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A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4. Mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícum onscytum almost all men calumniate [lit. strike

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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Heáhðo culmina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 2.

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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Voc. ii. 82, 81: 51, 26. of a building, a temple, fane Se ylca hearg (hearh, here, v. ll.) fanum, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 175, 5. Haerg lupercal (lupercal templum panos, Ld. Gl. H. 22, & 27, 11), Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 28: 51, 25. Hearges sacelli, 90, 20.

-sunn

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

heorþ

a hearthfire place

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Add: a hearth, fire place Fyrpannae vel herth arula, Txts. 36, 5. Hearth, 123, 17. Heort foculare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 38. Íren hiorð arula, 10, 21. Heorðe fornacula, log, 7: 35, 77.

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.

Favourprotectiongraceloyaltyallegiance

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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7

Linked entry: held

hát

Grammar
hát, heat.
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Hát ácólað ardor frigescit, Angl. i. 285, § 2: ii. 374, 3. Nánwiht þæs hátes ne þæs cealdes, Wlfst. 184, 19. Wið wunda hátum, Lch. i. 84, 20. Add:

hǽt

(n.)
Grammar
hǽt, heat.
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For forms that might be taken as oblique cases of such a nominative see hǽtu

hýpe

Grammar
hýpe, heap.

Similar entry: hípe

hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr, hér, es; n.

Hair, a hair

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Ne losaþ ðæt heáfod ðonne ða hǽr beóþ ealle geedstaðelodd the head perishes not when the hairs are all restored, Homl. Th. ii. 542, 35. Wið wiðerweard hǽr onweg tó ádónne for contrarious hairs, to remove them, Lchdm. i. 362, 8.

Linked entry: hér

hel

Similar entry: hell