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hás

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.), háse gewordene synt míne góman, Ps. L., Rdr., Spl., Srt. 68, 4. Add

hán

(n.)
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, hé is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hé hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)

Linked entry: hǽnan

-hala

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-hala

heal

(n.)

a corner

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a corner

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hél, es; m.

a pretextCalumnya false charge

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(?) a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 180, II. þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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Add Hol cava (or under hol a hole ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 63. Holum cavo 21, 60. having a void space within Ræsde án nǽddre of holum treówe, Shrn. 144, 27. Þú nymst ánne holne hláf (a loaf with the crumb taken out?) tolles tortam panis unius crustulam

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,'
  • 1070
  • ;
  • Erl. 209, 35
. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head.

halm

Similar entry: HEALM

hals

Similar entry: heals

heal

Linked entry: hol

hol

(n.)
Grammar
hol, es; n.

A covering [?]

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A covering [?] Án hol stæfes apex, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 18

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11. On ánne ealdne holne weg to an old hollow way, Chart. Th. 495, 8. Hole dene convallem, Ps. Spl. 59, 6.

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Having a covering or crust [?]

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Having a covering or crust [?] Holne hlaf tortam panis unius crustulam, Ex. 29, 33

fǽmnan hád

(n.)
Grammar
fǽmnan hád, fǽmn-hád, es; m. [fǽmne a virgin, woman]

Virginity, maidenhood, womanhoodvirgĭnĭtas

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Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ; virgĭnĭtas Ic fǽmnan hád mínne geheóld I preserved my maidenhood, Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 31; Cri. 92. Þurh fǽmnan hád through womanhood, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 1; Sat. 495.

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, omen.
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Hael omen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 52. Nǽfre hé on aldordagnm ǽr ne siððan heardran hǽle healþegnas fand never in all the days of his life, before or since, less auspiciously (cf.

hám

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On burh rídan háleháme, By. 292. hám as adverb; home Hám wegað advehunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 5. Hié hám férdan abscedunt, 3, 20. Hám feredan advectabant, 5, 5. to one's home, house, or abode Þonne hé hám cymð ueniens domum, Lk. 15, 6: 7, 10: Ll.

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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The distinction between -ham and -hám seems to have been lost before the Norman Conquest, as in the Chronicle one MS. has tó Buccingahamme, another tó Buccingahám, 918; Th. i. 190, col. 1, 2, l. 21

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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S. ix, 107. of the heat of the body Wæs þæt blód tó þæs hát, B. 1616. Hát heáfodwylm hot tears, El. 1133. Háte hleórdropan, Gú. 1315.

hagal

(n.)
Grammar
hagal, hagol, es; m.

Hailgrandohail

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Hail; grando Hagol grando, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 100; Wrt. Voc. 52, 50 : Homl. Th. ii. 192, 32. Hagol cymþ of ðám réndropum ðonne hí beóþ gefrorene hail comes of the raindrops when they are frozen, Lchdm. iii. 278, 19.

Linked entry: hægel

hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
hǽlu, hǽlo; indecl. f.

Health, safety, salvation

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Hǽlu bútan sáre health without pain, 32 a; Th. 101, 8; Cri. 1655. Tó hǽlo hýðe to a haven of safety, 20 b; Th. 53, 33; Cri. 860. For heora sáwla hǽlu for the salvation of their souls, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 1. Hǽlo, L. M. Th. i. 102, 7.

Linked entry: hǽlo