hreðer-gleáw
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Prudent of mind, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 17; Exod. 13
hrif-wund
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Wounded in the belly Gif [hé] hrifwund [hrif wund, Thorpe] weorþeþ xii scill. gebéte. Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid. If he be run through let twenty shillings be paid [cf. the passage
hrím-ceald
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Icy cold Hrímcalde sǽ, Exon. 76 b; Th. 286, 22; Wand. 4
hrímig
Rimy
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Rimy, covered with hoar-frost Swíðe hrímige bearwas woods thickly covered with hoar-frost, Blickl. Homl. 209, 32: 207, 27 [?]. Winter biþ cealdost lencten hrímigost black frosts in winter, white frosts in spring, Menol. Fox 411; Gn. C. 6
hrímig-heard
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Hard with frost, hard frozen, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 25; Rä. 88, 7
hríseht
Bushy ⬩ bristly ⬩ setosus
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Bushy, bristly; setosus, Cot. 186, Lye
Linked entry: hrísig
hróf-fæst
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Having the roof firmly fixed Healle hróffæste, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 11; Met. 7, 6
hrór
Stirring ⬩ active ⬩ agile ⬩ nimble ⬩ vigorous ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Stirring, active, agile, nimble, vigorous, stout, strong Hrór hægstealdmon a stout fellow, Exon. 113 b; Th. 436, 18; Rä. 55, 3. Sǽde ðæt his byrne ábrocen wǽre heresceorpum hrór [heresceorp unhrór, Th.] said that his byrnie was broken, strong [though
hroren-líc
ruiturus
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Ready to fall; ruiturus. Som
hrúmig
Sooty ⬩ fuliginosus
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Sooty; fuliginosus. Cot. 31, Lye
hryre
Falling ⬩ decaying ⬩ perishing
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Falling, decaying, perishing Sóðlíce mid ðisum wordum is geswutelod ðæt ðises middangeardes wæstm is hryre. Tó ðam hé wext ðæt hé fealle verily by these words is manifested that the fruit of this world is decaying [or a ruin (?) v. preceding word]. It
hryðig
Dismantled ⬩ tottering
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Dismantled? or tottering? [cf. hriðian], Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 5; Wand. 77
HÚ
How
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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25. Hú sculon wit nú libban how are we to live?
hundnigontig-wintre
Ninety years old
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Ninety years old, Gen. 17, 17
hundseofontig-feald
Seventy-fold
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Seventy-fold Septuagesima is hundseofontigfeald getel, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 28: 86, 2
hund-wintre
A hundred years old
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A hundred years old Hé sylf wæs ðá hundwintre cum centum esset annorum, Gen. 21, 5. Wénst ðú lá ðæt sunu beó ácenned of hundwintrum men putasne centenario nascetur filius? 17, 17
hungrig
Hungry ⬩ famished
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Hungry, famished Gewát se wilda fugol hungri, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 10; Gen. 1463. Ðæm hungrige esurienti, Rtl. 5, 22. Gif ðú ðissere hungrige ceasterwaran gehelpest if thou helpest this starving town, Th. Ap. 9, 18. Hungrig esuriens, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 37
Linked entry: hyngrig
hunig-bǽre
Mellifluus
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Mellifluus, Hpt. Gl. 408, 457
hunig-flówende
mellifluous
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Flowing with honey, dropping honey, mellifluous Wyrta geblówene hunigflówende, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 26; Gú. 1250
hunig-swǽs
melleus
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Like honey; melleus. Hpt. Gl. 481