hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Týn híw habbað þá bóceras mid þám hig ámearkiað heora accentas, Angl. viii. 333, 21. appearance, aspect Of scilfrium híwe beorhtmeð flaua (auri) specie splendescit, An. Ox. 533. Se fugel is on híwe onlícost peán, Ph. 311.
heard-heáwa
chisel
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a cutting implement, chisel Heardheáu cisculus, Txts. 51, 467. Heardhéui ciscillus, 52, 262. Haerdhaeu, 116, 199. Heardheáw, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 34. Circillus, navicula vel heardheáwa, 131, 23. Heardheáwe vel nafogár foratorium, 149, 74. Substitute:
hegian
to hedge ⬩ fence
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to hedge, fence Hega eáran þíne mid þornum sepi aures tuas spinis, Scint. 80, 3. Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan. . . grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19. Geneát sceal . . . burh hegegian (v. burg-hege), LI. Th. i. 432, 16
helan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover
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Ðú heora fyrene fæste hǽle operuisti omnia peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 84, 2. Hé hit hæl swíðe fæste wið his bróðor he concealed it very carefully from his brother, Ors. 6, 33; Swt. 288, 14. Hé ðæt hæl ǽrest sce petre he at first concealed that from St.
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Th. 133, 2. preservation, safety experienced by a person Þæt hí fore his hyldon (gehylde, v. l.) heora béne geóten pro eius custodia preces fundant, Bd. I. 27; Sch. 73, 14
tó-heáwan
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To hew to pieces, cut to pieces Se cásere cwæð þaet Basilla sceolde gebúgan tó ðam cnihte, oþþe hí man tóheówe mid swurde on twá, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 360. Man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan, Chr. 1004 ; Erl. 139, 26. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lífleáste, ðæt
Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex; Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit Camd. Camden
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ersc-hen
A quail ⬩ cŏturnix, perdix
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A quail; cŏturnix, perdix Erschen cŏturnix, Wrt. Voc. 77, 36. Hi bǽdon and com erschen pétiērunt et vēnit cŏturnix, Ps. Spl. M. C. 104, 38. Erschæn cŏturnix. Wrt. Voc. 63, 22. Drihten gesende swá micel fugolcyn on hira wícstówe swilce erschenna, ðæt
heg-stów
A place enclosed by a hedge[?]
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A place enclosed by a hedge[?], Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 27: 213, 8, 9: 263, 23, 26
for-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre
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To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115
hédan
to have a care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to care for ⬩ take notice of ⬩ to take care that ⬩ to observe ⬩ take note of
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Add: to take charge or possession of (with gen.). the object a person Gif hé næbbe mǽgburg, héden his þá gefán, Ll. Th. i. 148, 19. the object a thing. [Hml. Th. ii. 114, 33: Exod. 583: Ll. Th. i. 436, 9: Hml. Th. i. 330, 31 in Dict.] to have a care
heall
A hall, residence ⬩ aula, palatium, templum
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A hall, residence Heall aula, Ælfc. Gl. 61, 107; Som. 78, 89; Wrt. Voc. 58, 4. Mycel and rúm heall atrium, 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61. Seó heall ðæs Hálgan Gástes the residence of the Holy Ghost, Blickl. Homl. 163, 13. Heal, Beo. Th. 2307; B.
heorot-berige
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Heoru berge, 55, 77. Heortberige, Lch. iii. 304. 7. Heortberge celsa agreste, sicomorus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 55. Heorotberge fragas, 38, 63. Add
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hát
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Hát ácólað ardor frigescit, Angl. i. 285, § 2: ii. 374, 3. Nánwiht þæs hátes ne þæs cealdes, Wlfst. 184, 19. Wið wunda hátum, Lch. i. 84, 20. Add:
hǽt
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For forms that might be taken as oblique cases of such a nominative see hǽtu
heóflan
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Árleás sáwl byð heófud inpia anima plangitur, 42, II
ge-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ dolare ⬩ cædere ⬩ concidere
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To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27. Ðæt
be-heáwan
To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare
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To beat, bruise, hew or cut off, to separate from, deprive of; tundere, heów; cædendo privare, amputare Beheáwene mid swingellan tunsi per flagella Past. 36, 5; Hat. MS. 47 b, 15. Heáfde beheáwan to behead Bt. Met. Fox 1, 85; Met. 1. 43.
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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Se cásere beád þ man swíðe georne sceolde cépan crístenra manna, and gehwá þǽr hé mihte heora be feore hente Hml. S. 23, 49. to capture an animal Þá woldon þá hǽþenan he[n]tan þǽre leó, ac heó gelælite ǽfre ǽnne and æune, Hml.