heáh-treów
An excellent, noble compact
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An excellent, noble compact, Cd. 162; Th. 202, 14; Exod. 388
Linked entry: treów
heáls-bóc
A book which brings safety, an amulet, a phylactery, ⬩ a book to swear upon
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A book which brings safety, an amulet, a phylactery, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 5
Linked entry: háls
heals-mene
A necklace, chain for the neck
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A necklace, chain for the neck Hé dyde gyldene healsmyne ymbe his swuran he put a gold chain about his neck, Gen. 41, 42
Linked entry: mene
heals-ome
A humour in the neck
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A humour in the neck, Lchdm. iii. 4, 26
healm-streaw
Straw, stubble
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Straw, stubble Healmstreaw stipulam, Ps. Spl. 82, 12
heals-mægeþ
A virgin embraced and beloved
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A virgin embraced and beloved, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 6; Gen. 2155
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heals-gebedda
A bedfellow, consort around whose neck the arms are thrown, one dearly loved
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A bedfellow, consort around whose neck the arms are thrown, one dearly loved, Beo. Th. 126; B. 63
Linked entry: heals-mægeþ
heals-beág
A ring for the neck, necklace ⬩ monile, collare, ⬩ torques
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A ring for the neck, necklace; monile, collare, Beo. Th. 4350; B. 2172
heals-fæst
Stiff-necked, stubborn,
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Stiff-necked, stubborn, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 5; Gen. 2238
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
tó-heald
Inclined
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Inclined Tóhald adclinisvel incumbens, Txts. 37, 74. Tóheald adclinis. Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 74: ii. 4, 41. Þeáh wuhta geliwílc wrigaþ tóheald, swíðe onhelded, wið ðæs gecyndes ðe him cyning engla æt trymðe getióde. Met. 13, 10
hæn
A hen
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A hen Hæn gallina, Recd. 36, 56; Wrt. Voc. 63, 10. Seó henn gallina, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 37 : Lind. Rush. henne. Hænne æges geolocan the yolk of a hen's egg, L. M. 1, 2, 23; Lchdmii. 38, 6 : 3, 2; Lchdm. ii. 40, 10
helpan
to succour ⬩ to be serviceable ⬩ to profit ⬩ avail
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Help (cf. ára, Met. 4, 31) þínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; F. 8, Milsa ús ł help úsig miserere nostri. Mt. L. 20, 30. Gif se hierde ágiémeleásað ðæt hé hiera útan ne helpe si cura exierioris subsidii a pastore negligatur, Past. 137, 15.
hǽst
Violence, fury
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Violence, fury Ic þurh hést hríno láðgewinnum I violently touch my foes, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 31; Rä. 16, 28. Fære ne móston wætres brógan hǽste hrínan the terrors of the water might not with violence touch the vessel, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 11; Gen. 1396.
heáh-sǽ-þeóf
A chief pirate ⬩ archi-pirata
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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171
healf-penig-wurþ
A halfpennyworth
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A halfpennyworth, L. C. E. 12; Th. i. 366, 32
heg-hús
A hay-house ⬩ fœnile
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A hay-house; fœnile, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 20; Wrt. Voc. 58, 60