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hæfe

(n.)
Grammar
hæfe, es; m.

Leavenfermentumfæxyeast

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Leaven; fermentum Warniaþ fram herodes hæfe cavete a fermento herodis, Mk. Skt. 8, 15

hæle

(n.)
Grammar
hæle, es; m.

A man, brave man, heroa man

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A man, brave man, hero [a word occurring only in poetry] Fród hæle the aged man, Cd. 62; Th. 74,14; Gen. 1222. Boitius se hæle hátte that man was called Boethius, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 105; Met. 1, 53 : Cd. 74; Th. 90, 28; Gen. 1502 : 112; Th. 147, 27; Gen

hǽle

(n.)
Grammar
hǽle, an; f.

Health, safety

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Health, safety On gode standeþ mín gearu hǽle in Deo salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 7

Linked entry: ge-hǽle

hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hǽte, an; f.

Heatbrewing

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Heat Cíle and hǽte ne geswícaþ frigus et æstus non requiescent, Gen. 8, 22. Ðá ðá seó hǽte com ðá forscranc hit when the heat came then it withered away, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 30. On ðære hǽtan ðæs dæges in the heat of the day, Gen. 18, 1 : Mt. Kmbl. 20,

Linked entry: hǽtu

hæring-tíma

(n.)
Grammar
hæring-tíma, an; m.

Herring-season

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Herring-season Twegen hæringc-tíman two herring-seasons, Th. Chart. 338, 34

hǽr

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Unbeganum locca fexe and fúliendum hǽre inculta criniculorum cesarie et squalente capillatura, An. Ox. 1214. of animals Sume bróhton gáte hǽr . . . þæt gate hǽr getácnode þá stíþan dǽdbóte, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 31-6

hæn

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hǽr

(n.)
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In l. 8 l. efesiað

hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hæn, hen, henn, e; f.

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

Linked entries: hen henna

ge-hǽre

Grammar
ge-hǽre, l. (?) <b>ge-hǽr.</b> Cf. ge-feaxe.

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hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

hǽðena

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðena, an; m.

A heathen, gentile

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A heathen, gentile Hǽðnana gentium, Lk. Skt. Rush. 21, 25

land-hæfen

(n.)
Grammar
land-hæfen, e; f.
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Property in land Be Wilisces monnes londhæfene. Gif Wylisc mon hæbbe híde londes, his wer bip cxx scill., L. In. 32; Th. i. 122, 8

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lín-hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
lín-hǽwen, adj.
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Flax-coloured[?] Þurh línhǽwenne cláþ, Lchdm. iii. 2, 23: 4, 22

blǽ-hǽwen

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Blǽhǽwenre glauco, An. Ox. 528. Add

hæfen-blǽte

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hæfen-leás

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Take here hafen-leás in Dict. and add : used sub-stantively Þearfa and se hæfenleása (inops) heriaþ þínne naman, Ps. L. 73, 21. For yrmþe hæfenleásra (inopum), ii. 6. Helpað earmum and hæfenleásum, Wlfst. 48, 23. as adjective Þá þe unríce synd and hæfenleáse

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gréne-hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
gréne-hǽwen, grén-hǽwen; adj.
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Greenish Grénehǽwen ceruleus, i. glaucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 34. Ðá hǽwengrénan oððe þá grénhǽwenan ceruleas, 22, 39

wel-hǽwen

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-hǽwen, adj.

Beautifully blue

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Beautifully blue Ðæt bleóh ðæs welhǽwnan iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs blácan carbuncules coerulei coloris hyacinthus praefertur pallenti carbunculo Past. 52; Swt. 411, 28

hæfen-blǽte

(n.)
Grammar
hæfen-blǽte, es; m.

A haven-bleater [?], a sea-gullbugium

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A haven-bleater [?], a sea-gull; bugium, Ælfc. Gl. 37; Som. 62, 128; Wrt. Voc. 29, 23