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HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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Hire sáwle mon sceolde lǽdan tó helle her soul was to be conducted to hell, 35, 6; Fox 168, 5

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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Mid heora hegum ðe ymbsette wǽron cum septis quibus erant circumdata, Bd. 2, 13; S. 516, 39: Homl. Th. ii. 448, 22. From hegum a silvis, Rtl. 118, 35

Linked entry: fearn-hege

hen

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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.

hǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hǽs, e; f.

A command, hest, behest

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Be his hláfordes hǽse by his lord's command, Gen. 24, 10 : Ex. 18; 23 : Cd. 46; Th. 59, 18; Gen. 965 : 69; Th. 82, 31; Gen. 1370 : 85; Th. 106, 35; Gen. 1781. Búton ǽnigre hǽse abs quolibet jussu, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 54.

Linked entry: be-hǽs

hiw-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
hiw-leás, adj.

Wanting in form or in, colour

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Hú hiwleáse hie beóþ how colourless the patients are, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 2

hæt

(n.)
Grammar
hæt, hætt, es; m.

A hat, covering for the headpileus, mitra, tiaraa hood, cowlhat

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Terrentius bær hæt on his heáfde, for ðon Rómáné hæfdon gesett ðæt ða ðe hæt beran móston móston ǽgþer habban ge feorh ge freódóm Terentius pileatus, quod indultæ sibi libertatis insigne fuit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 25-29

Linked entry: hætt

híw-cúþ

domesticfamiliar

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Se cyngc betwux his híwcúðum mannum blissode, Ap. Th. 3, 4. figuratively: Hwæt is ꝥ þǽm men sý máre þearf tó þencenne þonne embe his sáuwle þearfe, ... and hwylce látteówas hé hæbbe, and hwyder hé gelǽded sý ...

hám

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Sum bið bylda til hám tó habbanne, Crá. 76. the fixed residence of a person or family, an inhabited house, a residence: — Gelaðode se gesíð hinehis hám, and hé hine gesóhte and on his hús eóde and his swǽsenda breác rogatus a comite intrauit epulaturus

hin-gang

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Aer his hiniongae, Txts. 149 18. Add

híw-cund

(adj.)
Grammar
híw-cund, adj.

Domestic

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Domestic Híwcundum (híf-, MS. for híf = híw see An. Ox. 2530: 3784 given under híw) domesticis, Hpt. Gl. 413, 16

Linked entry: hifcund

æt-híde

(adj.)
Grammar
æt-híde, æt-hýde

Put out of the hideskinnedbowelledexcoriatus

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Put out of the hide, skinned, bowelled; excoriatus, Cot. 42

Linked entry: æt-hýde

HETE

(n.)
Grammar
HETE, es; m,

HATEhatredenmitymalignitymalicespite

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Ðú scealt hine álýsan of láþra hete thou shalt release him from the hate of foes, Andr. Kmbl. 1888; An. 946. Ðone mǽstan hete hé sent on eów he shall pour upon you his fiercest hate, Deut. 28, 59. Hete malitiam, Ps. Stev. 35, 5.

hete

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Hine þurh hete héngon fæderas ússe, El. 424. Hannibal gecýþde þone níþ and þone hete (odium) þe hé beforan his fæder geswór, Ors. 8; S. 186, 9. an act or thought prompted by hate: Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.

his-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
his-lic, adj.

Fitsuitable

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Fit, suitable Þonne him man óþer hislic hors findan mihte cum aptus equus inveniri potuisset, Gr. D. 183, 5

HÁD

(n.)
Grammar
HÁD, es; m.

personpersonasexdegree, rank, order, conditionstate, condition, kind, nature, formmanner, wayhonourpersona, sexus, ordo, gradus.

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Weorþian wé ða cláþas his hádes let us honour the clothes of his person, Blickl. Homl. 11, 9. Hé wæs on ánum háde twegra gecynda he was of two natures in one person, 33, 33.

ofer-híre

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-híre, adj.

Disobedient, regardless

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Disobedient, regardless Gif preóst on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, oððe on heáfodleahtrum yfele befeallene, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 244, 22

Linked entries: -hýre -híre

hæc

(n.)
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Swá west ðæt hit cymð tó ðan hæcce be súðan Cranrnere, C. D. iii. 399, 22. Capturam in arnne Derentan constructarn, quae usitato æt Ginan hecce nuncupatur uocabulo, 199, 8. Of ðám hæcce . . . eft innon ðane hæcc, vi. 171, 5-8. Ðæne hæcce, 76, 29.

hege

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On hína hege; of hína hege, C. D. iii. 461, 32. Gewunode án þeóf ꝥ hé stáh ofer þone hege fur consueverat fer sepem ascendere, Gr. D. 23, 24. Hé stáh upp on þone hege ascendit sepem, 24, 21. Hyrdel, hege cratem, i. flecta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 51.

hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hefe, es; m.

Weight

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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26.

hál

(adj.)
Grammar
hál, adj.

Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation

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Hé hyne hálne onféng he hath received him safe and sound, Lk. Skt. 15, 27. Ic geaf hit on mínon hálan lífe intó Cristes cyrcean I gave it while of sound body to Christ's church, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 305, 12.

Linked entry: hǽl