healf
a half
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Hé heóld þridde healf geár bísdóm, Chr. 931; P. 106, 2: 946; P. 112, 2. Hiera mon áhéng fífte healf hund quadringenti et quinquaginta servi in crucem acti. Ors. 5, 3; S. 222, 30. as a measure of degree Se áð sceal bión healf be húslgengum, Ll.
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healf
HALF
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Heó mid ðæm healfan dǽle beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre with half the army she was going before the king as if she were fleeing, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27.
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Him Perse mid heora twǽm ealdormannum ongeán cóman . . .
hetol
malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe
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Add: applied to persons. of disposition, malignant Se (Jove) wearð hetol feónd (hetol and þrymlic, Sal. K. p. 121, 24). Hé ýflýmde his ágene fæder, . . . and wolde hine forfaran georne, Wlfst. 106. 9. Ꝥ hetole wíf (Jezebel), Hml. S. 18, 194. Leódhatan
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HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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An army, a host, multitude, a large predatory band [it is the word which in the Chronicle is always used of the Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú
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heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Hí taliaþ ðé wyrsan for heánan gebyrdan ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige they account the worse, for their humble birth, those whose forefathers were not rich in a worldly point of view, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 2.
-heort
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heópa
A briar ⬩ bramble
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A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)
heópa
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Heópan sicomoros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 51. Add
heal
a corner
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a corner
hese
a youth
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a youth
-hete
a foe
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a foe
heáh
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Tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól heárran on heófne, Gen. 282. Þá scipu wǽron hiéran (heárran, v. l. ) þonne þá óðra, Chr. 897 ; P. 90, 17. of hills, high : — Of þám heóhan (heáhan, F. 14, 28) munte. Bt. 6 ; S. 14, 16.
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hell
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