heáh-treów
An excellent, noble compact
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An excellent, noble compact, Cd. 162; Th. 202, 14; Exod. 388
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heán-líce
Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,
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Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,humbly Fauius heánlíce hámweard óþfleáh Fabius ignominiously fled homewards, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 13. Ne lǽt swá heánlíce ðín haudgeweorc forwurþan let not thine handiwork so miserably perish, Hy
heán-mód
Dejected, cast down, humiliated
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Dejected, cast down, humiliated Ic sceal sárigferþ heánmód hweorfan with sorrowing spirit and with dejected mind must I go, Exon, 52 b; Th. 184, 32; Gú. 1353. Ic sceal feor ðonan heánmód hweorfan I must go far thence with humiliated heart, 71 a; Th.
heáp-mælum
In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks ⬩ catervatim
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In heaps, by troops, bands, companies, flocks Telle ðú and Aaron heápmǽlum thou and Aaron shalt number them by their armies, Num. 1, 3. Ne wæs ðá ylding tó ðon ðæt hí heápmǽlum, cóman máran weorod of ðám þeódum ðe wé ǽr gemynegodon non mora ergo confluentibus
on-heáw
A block to hew on
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A block to hew on Onheáwas codices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 38: 135, 60: 14, 62
heáh-sǽ-þeóf
A chief pirate ⬩ archi-pirata
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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171
heópa
A briar ⬩ bramble
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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?)
leóht
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Add: of little weight Hwílum ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12. Hét ic .cc. mínra þegna leóhtum wǽpnum (levibus armis) hié gegyrwan, Nar. 10, 27. of a vessel or receptacle, adapted for light loads Leóht
hasu
Grey, ash-coloured, tawny ⬩ cinereus, fulvo-cinereus ⬩ grey
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Grey, ash-coloured, tawny; cinereus, fulvo-cinereus Hé of earce forlét haswe culufran he let out of the ark a grey dove, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 20; Gen. 1451. Hwílum ic onhyrge ðone haswan earn sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 21; Rä
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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P but see heálic; IV. l a) hlúdan stefne fægre, Cri. 389. with high quality, nobly Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, Past. 81, 6. of workmanship, with perfect workmanship, elaborately
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hél-spure
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be-hét
promised
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promised Deut. 5, 2;
hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Hellish, infernal Ðeós hellíce súsl hic tartarus, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 29; Homl. Th. ii. 78, 20. Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i.
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hél-spure
A heel
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A heel Unrehtwísnis hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 48, 5] mínre iniquitas calcanei mei, Ps. Stev. 48, 6. Hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 55, 6] míne calcaneum meum, 55, 7
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ge-hét
promised
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promised
hel-lic
of hell ⬩ infernal ⬩ diabolic
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Add: referring to classical mythology. Similar entries Cf. hell; I. 2 Þǽm hellicum gorgoneo (maculata cruore. Aid. 208, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 961 83: gorgoneis (molitur damna venenis, Aid. 166, n), 92, 66: 41, 44. of hell. Similar entries Cf. hell; II.