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held

Similar entry: hyld

hele-

(prefix)

Similar entry: helle-

hie

(pronoun.)

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híf

Similar entry: HÝF

hese

(n.)

a youth

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a youth

-hete

(suffix)
Grammar
-hete, (?)

a foe

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a foe

helan

(v.)
Grammar
helan, p. hæl, pl. hǽlon; pp. holen

To concealhidecover

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hit hæl swíðe fæste wið his bróðor he concealed it very carefully from his brother, Ors. 6, 33; Swt. 288, 14. ðæt hæl ǽrest sce petre he at first concealed that from St. Peter, Shrn. 74, 20.

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

ag-lác-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ag-lác-hád, es; m. [ag nequitia; lác ludus, donum; hád conditio, status]

Misery-hooda state of miseryafflictionis conditio

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Misery-hood, a state of misery; afflictionis conditio.Exon. 113 b; Th. 435, 24; Rä. 54, 5

ge-hát-land

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hát-land, es; n.

Land of promise

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Land of promise Be inngonge ðæs gehátlondes about the entrance of the promised land, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 12

hédd-ern

Grammar
hédd-ern, héd-ern

a store-room

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a store-room Búton hit under þæs wífes cǽglocan gebróht wǽre . . . ac þǽra cǽgean heó sceal weardian; þæt is hire héddernes cǽge and hyre cyste cǽge and hire tǽgan, Ll. Th. i. 418, 21 note.

Linked entry: hædern

rýnegu

(n.)
Grammar
rýnegu, in hel-rýnegu

pythonissa

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pythonissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 20

HEÁWAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEÁWAN, p. heów, pl. heówon; pp. heáwen

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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heów oð ðæt on hilde gecranc he smote with his sword until in fight he fell, Byrht. Th. 141, 18; By. 324. Heów ðæt hors mid ðam spuran he struck the horse with the spurs [cf. Icel. höggva hest sporum], Elf. T. 36, 25.

heow

Similar entry: hiw

herd

Similar entry: HEORD

hid

(n.)
Grammar
hid, e; f.

A hide of land.

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A hide of land. The form híged, which occurs Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 5, 25, seems to shew that the word is connected with híwan, hígan, and this etymology is supported by the use of familia and híd in the Latin and English versions respectively of Bede's

hig

hay

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hay

hig

they

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they

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, híw.

fortune

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fortune. l

hlét

Similar entry: hlít

heon

(adv.)
Grammar
heon, hion.

Similar entry: heonan