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helle-geat

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Úre Hǽlend tóbræc hellegatu . . . And is nú hellegeat belocen rihtwísun mannum, Hml. Th. i. 228, 1-5. Substitute

helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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Ymb þæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan heóld, B 1032. Ecg sceal wið helme hilde gebídan, Gn. C. 16. Sweord swín oter helme ecgum dyhtig andweard scireð, B. 1286. Seó ecg helm oft gescær, 1526: 2973.

hér-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
hér-rihte, adv.

Just hereat this point

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Just here, at this point Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte, Solil. H. 49, 10

hilt

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hilt, helt
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Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17. Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:

hind

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Hió cwaeð ꝥ hió his ná máran ne gyrnde þonne hire hind útan ymbe yrnan wolde þe hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs . . . Hió ðá hind swá dyde ꝥ hió him beforan hleápende wæs, and hí hyre æfter filigende wǽron, Lch. iii. 426. 23-32.

hin-síþ

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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be

heorte

breastbosomwillintellectmindsoulintentwilldesireinclinationdispositiontemperamentcharacter

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Utan God lufian innewerdre heortan, Ll. Th. i. 350, 9. Heó cwæð ꝥ heó hine ne nánne habban wolde mid líchoman (lichom-licre, v. l. licre is written above an) heortan (with camal affection ?)

hécen

(n.)
Grammar
hécen, es; n.

A kid

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Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant, Archiv cxxv. 48, 13. in place-names: On hécenes hangran, C. D. iv. 49, 11

hefige

under pressuregrievouslypainfully

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R. 18, 24. with slow or reluctant action, under pressure Gástnéd ł hefia (néde, R.) fearras spiritus uix discedit, Lk. L. 9, 39. grievously, painfully, Ps. Th. 57, 2(in Dict.)

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Substitute: In 1. 22 for ǽfengife l. ǽfengifl, and add: the lower world, the abode of the dead. in Jewish and Christian use 'Leófe dohtor gif ǽnig andgyt sý on helle lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús'.

hús

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Sé ðe gisceóp mec (the Virgin Mary) eftgireste in úse mínum ( in tabernaculo meo, Rtl. 65, 17. Timbrian ꝥ hús his módes on þám fæstan stáne eáðmetta, Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 21. Drihten ásette on sunnan his hús (tabernaculum), Bl. H. 9, 31.

hwæþer

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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib, Sal. K. 198, 8. one or other of two, either Twá ðing sindon ... gif hwǽm þára twéga hwæþeres (hwæðres, v. l.) wana biþ duo sunt, quorum si alterutum desit, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 7.

hræd-ness

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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.

hreóh

Grammar
hreóh, storm.
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Add: hreów a stormy, troublous time Manige yfelice mæn becómon tó þám wuldorbeágum þæs sóðan martyrdómes, þonne hwylc hreów oððe éhtnes upp árás ( oborta occasione ), Gr. D. 232, 7

hrepung

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Wé sceolon áwendan úre handa and ealne líchaman fram fúllicum and leahterlicum hrepungum, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 7. <b>I a.</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.
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Micel heáp holdra freónda úre andbidað þǽr ( in heaven ), Hml. Th. ii. 526, 31. Þá þeóde symble Angelcynne þá holdestan gentem nationi Anglorum semper amicissimam Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 504, 15. of things, pleasant Heriað hine on hleóðre holdre béman, Ps.

holdlíce

(adv.)
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Utan ǽnne cynehláford holdlíce healdan, Ll. Th. i. 312, 21. Holdlíce hýran, 314, II : Wlfst. 266, 8. Holdlíce (holdelíce, v. l. ), Chr. 1065; P. 194, 20. devoutly.

hlíp-cumb

(n.)
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cf. stæþ-hlípe) Upp tó hlýp-cumbe; of hlýpcumbe, C. D. iii. 204, 19

hlyta

Grammar
hlyta, hlytta.
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Hlutan (but y is written over u) sortilegos Txts. 97, 1886. Add

ildra

(n.)
Grammar
ildra, m.
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Hé hiene hétt bebyrgean an his ieldrena byrg hunc referri in sepulchra majorum sepelirique praecepit, Ors. 3, 9; S. 128, 16. (2 a) of an animal :-- Seó leó gemonð þæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana, Bt. 25; F. 88, 13. ancestors, fathers of a people Úre