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hnot

croppedpollarded

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Add: of animals, without horns, that has lost a horn Hnot mutilun, hnottum mutilatis Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 16, 17. [Perhaps hnoc (q. v.) should be read hnot, and taken here.] of trees, cropped, pollarded Tó ðám hnottan stocce (cf.

Linked entry: hnoc

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

Buccinga ham-scír

(n.)
Grammar
Buccinga ham-scír, e; f.

BUCKINGHAMSHIREager Buccinghamensis

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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

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.

Shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty

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Scínende hiow and gewǽdu shining face and garments, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 18. Nú berþ Petrus ðæt hiw oððe getácnunge ðære hálgan gelaþunge Peter is now the figure or symbol of the holy church, 390, 14: 406, 11.

hlot

(n.)
Grammar
hlot, es; n.

A lot, portion, share

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Homl. 229, 5. Hlotu wurpon mittentes sortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 24: Lk. Skt. 23, 34

Linked entries: hlét hlodd hlyt

hnol

(n.)
Grammar
hnol, hnoll, es; m.
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Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2. Fram ðám hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan from the crown of his head down to the soles of his feet, 480, 12: 452, 26: 524, 2. On hnol his In verticem ejus, Ps.

ge-hebban

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hebban, p. -hóf; pp. -hafen

To heave upraise upfermentelevarefermentare

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To heave up, raise up, ferment; elevare, fermentare Gehafen hláf fermentatus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Wrt. Voc. 41, 15. Gehebbes ða ilco levabit eam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 11. Gehefen biþ exaltabitur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 14, 11

Linked entry: ge-hafen

hiw

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw, l. híw,

shapeformshapefigurea formshapewritingappearanceaspectcolourformkindnaturecharacterformulaformtypemodela pretexa fancya kindspecies

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Nó gebrocen weorðeð holt on híwe, Ph. 81. colour Apricitas, color hió, Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 51. Híw apricitas, 7, 10. Ðæt æðeleste hiéw (híw, l. 23) color optimus, Past. 133, 11. Hwítes híwes (hiéwes, v. l.), 87, 20. Hiówes, Nar. 15, 32.

hie

(pronoun.)

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híf

Similar entry: HÝF

híg

haymown grass

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hay, mown grass. Hég foenum, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 45. Græs oððe hig fenum, ii. 35, 30. Swé swé hég (faenum) hreðlíce ádrúgiað. Ps. Srt. Ps. Spl. 36, 2. Híg, Ps. L. 36, 2. Hýg, 101, 5. Ic sceal fyllan binnan oxan mid híg (foeno), Coll. M. 20, l. 'Hé máweþ

Linked entry: hefung

hind

Grammar
hind, v hynd.
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Seó þridde hind (this seems a mistake for híd. Cf. seó þridde hid æt Dydincotan, 400, 8) æt Dydin*-*cotan . . . Ðonne is ealles dæs landes þreó hída, . n. æt Penedoc and . 1. æt Dydinecotan, C. D. iii. 19, 7-9. See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England

Linked entry: hind

-híne

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-híne

-hlów

(suffix)
Grammar
-hlów, es; n.

-hlów

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-hlów, adj.

Similar entry: stefn-hlów

hlyn

Grammar
hlyn, hlynn.
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Ðunorráda hlynn, Wlfst. 186. Mid hlynne cum sonitu. Ps. Rdr. 9, 7. Hlynnum clangoribus (cum tuba raucisonis reboat clangoribus, Ald. 146, 19.) An. Ox. 17, 7. Add:

hió

(pronoun.)

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hior

Similar entry: heorr

hír

Similar entry: HÝR

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, hiow, e; f.

Fortune

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Fortune Swá hit oft gesǽleþ on ðǽm sélran þingum and on ðǽm gesundrum ðæt seó wyrd and sió hiow hie oft oncyrreþ ut aliquid plerumque in secundis rebus fortuna obstrepit, Nar. 7, 27

Linked entries: feala-hiw heow hyw heow