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weoruld-hád

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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24

cniht-hád

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cniht-hád, <b>; I.</b>
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Þá gedwolan his cnihtháda errorespueritiae, Bd. 5, 14; Sch. 642, 9. Add

uma

(n.)
Grammar
uma, huma, an; m.

a weaver's beamthe name of some plant

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Huma scafus, Corpus Gl. ed. Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97, 1832). the name of some plant Genim uman, and medmicelne bollan fulne ealað; bewyl ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 12

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húsel

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Gif preóst on treówenan calice húsl gehálgige, ii. 292, 20: i. 360, 33. Hé gehálgode húsel of hláfe and of wíne, Angl. vii. 44, 415. tó húsle (ge)hálgian to consecrate (bread and wine) for the Eucharist Hí hálgodon hláf and wín tó húsle, Hml.

bí-wist

(n.)
Grammar
bí-wist, and es; m. (cf. dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist).

Subsistence

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Subsistence Ðis is myngung manna bíwiste quorum hoc viaticum sit, Ll. Th. i. 440, 29. Gif hwá hwæt lytles ǽniges bigwistes him sylfum gearcode, reáferas ðone mete him of ðám muðe ábrúdon, Hml. Th. i. 404, 3. On heora bíwiste and on hrægle gehealdene,

hund

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Add: a dog Hund canis, bicce canicula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 7. Hwílum ic beorce swá hund, Rä. 25, 2. Hé ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiénd þe má þe wédende hund, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 8.

húsel-gang

Grammar
húsel-gang, Add: the receiving of the Eucharist, Communion, v. húsl; <b>II a.</b> 5
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Æfter mæssan and húsl-gonge post missas et communionem, R. Ben. 62, 7. Gancge ǽlc æfter óðrum tó húselgancge (húsle, v. l. )(adpacem, ad communionem), 114, 4: Hml. S. 236, 754

hosu

(n.)
Grammar
hosu, e (an ?); f. (and <b>? hosa,</b> an; m.; but perhaps hosa, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48, might be pl., or a mistake for hose (cf. eága for eáge, 70, 42,
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Gyf þú hosa habban wille, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þínum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 12. a husk, pod Hose glumulá, An. Ox. 8, 94. Pisan hosa siliqua, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 58. See hosa in Dict. v. leþer-hosu, scin-hosu; lǽs-hosum

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hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, a ship.
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Hulc liburna, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 33. Add

hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, es; m. [?]

a hulkliburna

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A light ship, a hulk [but in later times the word is applied to a heavy ship of clumsy make]; liburna, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 23. Si adveniat ceol vel hulcus, L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 300, 9

hwá

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L. 18, 19. (4 a) Swá hwá (hwæt) sé þe :-- Suá huá sé ðe wælle quicumque uoluerit. Mk. L. 10, 43. Suá huá sé ðe ne hæfeð . . . genumen bið from him ł ðǽm, Lk. L. 8, 18. Huǽ, Mk. L. to, 44. Há, 11. 23 Sé swá hwá (hwæt).

ag-lác-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lác-hád, es; m. [ag nequitia; lác ludus, donum; hád conditio, status]

Misery-hooda state of miseryafflictionis conditio

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Misery-hood, a state of misery; afflictionis conditio.Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 24; Rä. 54, 5

Buccinga ham-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Buccinga ham-scír, e; f.
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; ager Buccinghamensis Hí wendon ðanon on Buccinga hamscíre they turned thence to Buckinghamshire, Chr. 1010; Th. 264, 11: 1011; Erl. 144, 35 : 1016; Erl. 154, 6, 24

be-hóf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
be-hóf-líc, adj.

Behovefulneedfulnecessarius

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Behoveful, needful; necessarius Ðæt his líf him behóflíc wǽre quia necessaria sibi esset vita ipsius Bd. 5, 5; S. 618, note 3. Behóflíc is is necessary Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 3

ge-hát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hát-land, es; n.

Land of promise

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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12

hog-

(prefix)

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hol

(n.)
Grammar
hol, es; n.
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A covering [?] Án hol stæfes apex, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 18

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.
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Hollow On middan hol hollow in the middle, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 9. Gif se weobud ufan hol nǽre si in altari fossa non esset, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 21. Hol stán fornix, Cot. 93, Lye. Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.
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Having a covering or crust [?] Holne hlaf tortam panis unius crustulam, Ex. 29, 33

hón

(v.)
Grammar
hón, p. héng; pp. hangen
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To hang, suspend, crucify Gé hig hóþ crucifigetis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 34. Hine man héng ille suspensus est in cruce, Gen. 41, 13. Hig hine héngon crucifixerunt eum, Lk. Skt. 23, 33. Ðóne héngon on heáne beám fæderas ússe, Elen. Kmbl. 847; El. 424. Hóh hine