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hearm-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cweðan, p. -cwæþ
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To revile, speak ill of Mið ðý menn iuih harmcueðaþ cum homines vos exprobaverint, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 22. Hearmcuǽdon him convitiabantur ei, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 32

hearm-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-heortness, e; f.
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Murmuring, grieving; murmuratio, Cot. 187, Lye

hearm-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-leóþ, es; n.
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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615

hearm-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽc, e; f.
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Slander; calumnia, Som

Linked entry: hearm-cwide

hearm-sprǽcol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽcol, adj.
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Calumnious, Som

hearm-sprǽcolness

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽcolness, e; f.
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Slandering, traducing, Som

hearp-sang

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-sang, es; m.
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A song to the harp, a psalm Hearpsang psalmus, Ælfc. Gl. 34: Som. 62, 56; Wrt. Voc. 28, 36

lim-hál

(adj.)
Grammar
lim-hál, adj.
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Sound of limb, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 14; Gú. 661

mægen-heáp

(n.)
Grammar
mægen-heáp, es; m.

A powerful band

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A powerful band Mægenheápum, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 11; Exod. 197

mæssepreóst-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mæssepreóst-hád, es; m.

The orders of a mass-priest

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The orders of a mass-priest Of ðære tíde ðæs ðe ic mæssepreóstháde onfeng ex quo tempore accepti presbyteratus, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 32: 5, 1; S. 613, 12

Linked entry: preóst-hád

níd-hád

(n.)
Grammar
níd-hád, es; m.

Force ⬩ compulsion

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Force, compulsion Neádháde vim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72. 54

ofer-heáh

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-heáh, adj.
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Excessively high Æsc byþ oferheáh, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 23; Rún. 26

pápan-hád

(n.)
Grammar
pápan-hád, es ; m.
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The papal dignity Gregorius pápanhád onféng, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 24

regn-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
regn-heard, adj.
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Exceedingly hard, wondrous hard Rondas regn-hearde, Beo. Th. 657; B. 326

geógoþ-hád

(n.)
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youth, Cd. 74; Th. 91, 4; Gen. 1507

hád-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hád-bót, e; f.
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A recompence, compensation, or atonement for injury done to persons in holy orders, or hád-bryce; sacri ordinis violati compensatio, L. E. B. 4; Th. ii. 240, 17 : L. O. 12; Th. i. 182, 13

Linked entry: hád-bryce

hád-brice

(n.)
Grammar
hád-brice, -bryce, es; m. [hád II. holy orders in the church; brice a violation, breach]
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An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according

hád-swápe

(n.)
Grammar
hád-swápe, -swǽpe, an; f.
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A bridesmaid; pronuba, paranymphus = παράνυμφos, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 56, 58; Wrt. Voc. 50, 38, 40 : 288, 80

Linked entry: heorp-swǽpe

scip-hamer

(n.)
Grammar
scip-hamer, es; m.
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A hammer carried in the hand, by which a signal is given to the rowers Sciphamor portisculus vel hortator remigum, Wrt. Voc. i. 48, 20

stede-heard

(adj.)
Grammar
stede-heard, adj.
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Of enduring hardness(?), very hard Strǽlas stedehearde, Judth. Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 223

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