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hreófl

(n.)
Grammar
hreófl, e; f.
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Gif sió hreófl ( scabies ) ðæt líc ofergǽð, Past. 437, 18. Hé swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (micle hreófle and scurf) on his heáfde hæfde scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add

hreóh

Grammar
hreóh, storm.
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Add: hreów a stormy, troublous time Manige yfelice mæn becómon tó þám wuldorbeágum þæs sóðan martyrdómes, þonne hwylc hreów oððe éhtnes upp árás ( oborta occasione ), Gr. D. 232, 7

hreóh

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Add: hreów, reów. (For forms with w see hreóh storm, hreóh-nes; ) rough of weather, sea, &c., tempestuous Sió hlúde ýd on ðǽre hreón sǽ procella saeviens, Past. 437, 16. Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe, Bt.

hrér

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Sule hym súpan gebrǽddan hrére ǽgeran, Lch. iii. 106, 17. Add

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Rapacious, fierce. of animals Wé ús warnigan scoldon wið þá missenlican cynd nædrena and hrífra wildeóra ( serpentes et rapida ferarum genera ), Nar. 5, 28. Þurh þá lond þe þá unárefnedlican cyn nǽdrena and hrífra wildeóra ( execrabilia serpentum et

hrúm

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Hrúm cacobatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 37. Hrúme fuligine, 34, 42. Nim ceteles hrúm, Lch. ii. 148, 10. Add

hrum

Grammar
hrum, = hórum, Lch. ii. 2, 3.

Similar entry: horh

hrán

(n.)
Grammar
hrán, es; m.

A reindeer

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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas; ðara wǽron syx stælhránas: ða beóþ swýðe dýre mid Finnum, forðæm hý fóþ ða wildan hránas mid

Linked entry: hrǽn

hráw

Similar entry: hrǽw

hrefn

Similar entry: hræfn

hreól

(n.)

a reelalibrum

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a reel; alibrum, Ælfc. Gr. 111; Som. 79, 55; Wrt. Voc. 59, 26

hryc

Similar entry: hrycg

hreód

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Add: as a collective or generic term, reed, the reed, reeds; a reedy place(?) Hreód (reód, 112, 46) carectum (v. Numquid crescere potest carectum sine aqua?, Job 8, 11), Txts. 47, 387: Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 37: 129, 15. Þǽr synd . . . manige eáland and hreód

hreófl

(adj.)
Grammar
hreófl, adj.
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Hé wæs ge dumb and hreófl (hreóf, v. l.) scabiem habebat, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 8. Add

hreól

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Reól alibrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 71: i. 282, 16. Riul, 66, 32. Spinte, reól, gearnwindan, Angl. ix. 263, 10. Add

hreów

Grammar
hreów, storm.

Similar entry: hreóh

hreów

Grammar
hreów, sorrow.
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Hé in hreówe teárum ( lacrimis paenitentiae ) Drihtne þeówode, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13. Hæbben wé góde hreówe úra synna, Verc. Först. 95, 15. v. ge-hreów, and next word. Add

hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
hreów, adj.
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Penitent Hé on hreówum teárum . . . Dryhtne þeówode totum se lacrimis paenitentiae . . . mancipauit, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 496, 13

hrím

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Hrím pruina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 14. Hríme pruina (frigidior candente pruina, Ald. 271, 31), An. Ox. 23, 14. Add

hrís

Grammar
hrís, Substitute: Twigs, small branches, brushwood
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Frondes, s. dicuntur quod ferant virgultas vel umbras, geleáf rís vel bógas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 7. Geleáf hrís frondes, 39, 69. Oð birnan hrís, C. D. v. 157, 16. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll