hýr
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Add: payment contracted to be made for the temporary use of anything Sume men syllað eác cyrcan tó hýre swá swá wáclice mylna . . . ac hit ne gedafenað ꝥ man dó Godes hús ánre mylne gelíc for lyðrum tolle, Hml. S. 19, 248. <b>Ia.</b> where
ham
A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.
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A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession. 'It is so frequently coupled with words implying the presence of water as to render it probable that, like the Friesic hemmen, it denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended
Egones hám
ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi
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ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi Hér Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas and genom Egones hám in this year [A.D. 571] Cuthwulf fought against the Britons and took Eynsham, hr. 571; Erl. 18, 14. Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod.
brand-hát
a burning ⬩ hot ⬩ Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate ⬩ ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus
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Burning hot, very hot, ardent, passionate; ardentis-simus, vehemens, fervidus Brandháta níþ weóll on gewitte ardent malice boiled in their mind, Andr. Kmbl. 1536; An. 769. Born in breóstum brondhát lufu ardent love burned in his breast, Exon. 46 b; Th
heáfod-hǽr
A hair of the head
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A hair of the head Heáfod-hǽr capilli, Ælfc. Gl; 70; Som. 70, 55; Wrt. Voc. 42, 63
Linked entry: hǽr
clerc-hád
priesthood ⬩ sacerdotium, clericatus
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The clerical office, priesthood; sacerdotium, clericatus Clerchádes man a man of the clerical order, Chr. 1123; Erl. 250, 11. Clerichád clericatus, C. R. Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45
hær-sceard
Hare-lip ⬩ hare-lipped ⬩ hare-lip ⬩ hare-lip
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Hare-lip Wið hærscearde for hare-lip, L. M. 1, 13; Lchdm. ii. 56, 5
hád-breca
A violator of holy orders ⬩ sacri ordinis violator
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A violator of holy orders; sacri ordinis violator Hád-brécan violators of holy orders, L. C. S. 6; Th. i. 380, 2 : Lupi Serin. i. 19; Hick. Thes. ii. 105, 3; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 178
Linked entry: breca
Hám-tún
Hampton, a common local name, used for both the present Northampton ⬩ and Southampton
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Hampton, a common local name, used for both the present Northampton, Chr. 917, Erl. 102, 12; and Southampton, Chr. 981; Erl. 129, 36: for other towns see the index to Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. vol. vi
Linked entry: Súþ-hámtún
geóguþ-hád
The state of youth, youth ⬩ jŭventūtis stătus, jŭventus
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The state of youth, youth; jŭventūtis stătus, jŭventus Ðú hafast geóguþhádes blǽd thou host youth's prosperity, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 25; Jul. 168: Elen. Kmbl. 2531; El. 1267. Ðú me lǽrdest of geóguþháde dŏcuisti me a jŭventūte, Ps. Th. 70, 16. On geógoþháde
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há
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a thole ꝥ wæs . viii. marc æt há (hamelan, v. l. see hamele in Dict. ), Chr. 1040; P. 160, 3
hér-lic
Laudable ⬩ noble
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Laudable, noble Hé hét Jóhannes, gódne pápan, heáfde beheáwon; næs ðæt hærlic dǽd. Met. i. 43. Næs þæt herlic dǽd ꝥ hine swelces gamenes gilpan lyste, 9, 18. Substitute:
Domer-hám
DAMERHAM, Wiltshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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DAMERHAM, Wiltshire; loci nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Æðelflǽd æt Domerháme, Ælfgáres dóhter ealdormannes, was his cwén Æthelfled at Damerham, daughter of Ælfgar the alderman, was his [king Edmund's] queen, Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 25. Ic gean ðæs landes æt
hamer
A hammer
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A hammer Hamor porticulus, Ælfc. Gr. 104; Som. 78, 13; Wrt. Voc. 56, 59. Cf. porticulus a maylat, 275, 1. 'Porticulus, malleus in manu portatus quo signum detur remigantibus,' Du Cange. Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged by the hammer, Beo.
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hám-hæn
A domestic fowl
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A domestic fowl, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25
hád-swǽpa
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For these two substitute: <b>hád-swǽpe, hád-swápe,</b> an; f.
cyric-hád
A church-degree, order of the church ⬩ ecclesiæ ordo
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church-degree, order of the church; ecclesiæ ordo For ðám seofon cyrichádum [-hádan MS.] ðe se mæssepreóst, þurh Godes gife, geþeáh ðæt he hæfde, he biþ þegenrihtes wyrðe for the seven orders of the church, which the mass-priest, through the grace of God, has
bisceop-hád
BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric ⬩ munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia
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[bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen.
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hæt
A hat, covering for the head ⬩ pileus, mitra, tiara ⬩ a hood, cowl ⬩ hat
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A hat, covering for the head; pileus, mitra, tiara Fellen hæt galerus vel pileus, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 111; Wrt. Voc. 22, 26. Hæt calamanca, Wrt. Voc. 41, 8 : capitium, 74, 57.
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haga
A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a town ⬩ yard ⬩ a yard, or enclosure ⬩ a hedged field, a pasture
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A place fenced in, an enclosure, a haw, a dwelling in a town Haga sæpem, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 1. Se haga binnan port ðe Ægelríc himsylfan getimbrod hæfde the messuage within the town that Ægelric had built himself, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 86, 26 : Th.