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Anglo-Saxon

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fýr-hát

(adj.)
Grammar
fýr-hát, adj.

Fire-hot ⬩ ut ignis ardens

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Fire-hot; ut ignis ardens Fýrhát lufu a fire-hot love, Elen. Kmbl. 1871; El. 937

ge-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heáw, es; n.

A striking together ⬩ a gnashing ⬩ grinding ⬩ concussio ⬩ stridor

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A striking together, a gnashing, grinding; concussio, stridor Tóþa geheáw a gnashing of teeth, Cd. 221; Th. 285, 18; Sat. 339

Linked entry: -heáw

eald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hád, es; m.

Old age ⬩ senectus

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Old age; senectus

hǽl-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽl-bǽre, adj.
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Salutary, Lye

hál-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-fæst, adj.
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Salutary; qui potest sanare, Lye

hál-wendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wendlíc, adj.
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Salutary, healthful Ðæs Hǽlendes tócyme wæs hálwendlíc ǽgðer ge mannum ge englum the Saviour's advent was salutary for both men and angels, Homl. Th. i. 214, 22: ii. 220, 20: 564, 7. Him se bisceop hálwendlíce geþeaht forþbrohte the bishop proposed to

hál-wendnes

(n.)
Grammar
hál-wendnes, -ness, e; f.
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Salubrity Hibernia ge on brǽdo his stealles ge on hálwendnesse ge on smyltnysse lyfta is betere mycle ðonne Breotone land Hibernia et latitudine sui status et salubritate ac serenitate aerum multum Brittaniæ præstat, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29

hám-bringan

(v.)
Grammar
hám-bringan, pp. -broht
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To bring a wife home, marry Ne hí beóþ hámbroht ne geǽwnode neque nubentur, Mone Gl. 357

hám-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-cúþ, adj.
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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1

hamer-secg

(n.)
Grammar
hamer-secg, humor-, es; m.
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Hammer-sedge, L. M. i. 56, 2; Lchdm. ii. 126, 19

hamer-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hamer-wyrt, hamor-, e; f.
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Black hellebore, Lchdm. iii. 330, col. 1: ii. 390, col. 1

hám-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hám-leás, adj.
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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9

hám-scir

(n.)
Grammar
hám-scir, e; f.
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye

ham-scyld

(n.)
Grammar
ham-scyld, [?], L. Eth. 32; Th. i. 12, 1, where see note. Leo in his work on Anglo-Saxon Names quotes a passage from Richthofen in which skeld occurs in the sense of fence; so that the crime referred to in the passage would be the breaking through the fence which surrounded the ham.
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v. the translation of Leo, p. 40, note 2

hám-stede

(n.)
Grammar
hám-stede, es; m.
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s

hám-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
hám-weardes, adv.
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1

hám-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hám-wyrt, e; f.
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Home-wort; sempervivum tectorum, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 4: 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 19: 1, 40; Lchdm. ii.104,14

hás-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hás-ness, e; f.
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Hoarseness Hásnys raucedo, Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 26; Wrt. Voc. 19, 32. Hásnyss raucedo, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 59

heáh-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cræft, es; m.
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Excellent art or skill, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 13; Rä. 36, 4

heáh-diácon

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-diácon, es; m.
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An archdeacon-Næs ná ðám ánum ðe Gode sylfum underþeódde syndon mid myclum hádum, biscopas and cyningas and mæssepreóstas and heáhdiáconas not to those alone who are subject to God himself in high positions, as bishops and kings and archdeacons; Blickl

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