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HEÁWAN

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

To HEW, cut, strike, smite

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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4. Mǽst ǽlc óðerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícum onscytum almost all men calumniate [lit. strike

herian

(v.)
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Hé hit herede, 53, 8. Lǽrað hí hit ǽlcne ðára ðe hit gehiérð herian, 427, 17. Hcrigean, 55, 7. Tó herianne (-igeanne, v. l.), 52, 19. Tó herigenne, 353, 25. Hered, 451, 19. to extol the attributes of Deity Heraþ concelebrat, An. Ox. 2612.

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Hit lícode Herode it pleased Herod, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6. Ðonne hit tócymþ ðæt hie hit sprecan sculon when the time comes that they ought to speak, Past. 46; Swt. 355, 10.

edisc-hen

(n.)
Grammar
edisc-hen, -henn, e; f.

EDISH HEN, quail ⬩ cŏturnix

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AnEDISH HEN, quail ; cŏturnix Hí bǽdon, and com edischen petiērunt, et vēnit cŏturnix. Ps. Spl. 104, 38. Edeschen 'the edisse-henne,' Ps. Surt. 104, 40

Linked entries: edesc-hen ersc-hen hen

heópa

(n.)
Grammar
heópa, an; m.

A briar ⬩ bramble

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A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)

wód-hen

(n.)
Grammar
wód-hen, wód-henn, e; f.

A quail

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A quail Wódhae[n] coturno, Txts. 53, 583. Wódhen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 30

hildan

(v.)

to bend ⬩ incline

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Take here hyldan in Dict., and add: trans. Ne drinc ðú of þǽre flascan, ac hyld (inclina) þú hí wærlíce, Gr. D. 142, 5. Þá þá hé helde ł bígede cum (membra sopori) dedisset i. inclinasset, An. Ox. 2105. intrans.

Linked entries: hyldan heldan -hilde

hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrdan, herdan, hierdan; p. de

to embolden ⬩ encourage ⬩ brace

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Herd hyge ðínne heortan staðola make thy soul strong, firm fix thine heart, Andr. Kmbl. 2427; An. 1215

hefeld

(n.)
Grammar
hefeld, hebeld, hefel, hebel, es; m.[?]

Thread for weaving ⬩ fine twine ⬩ the clew-lines and bunt lines of a sail

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Thread for weaving Hefeld licium, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 50; Wrt. Voc. 59, 21

Linked entry: hebeld

hearma

A field-mouse ⬩ dormouse

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Herma, Txts. 116, 225. Substitute:

un-híre

(adj.)
Grammar
un-híre, -heóre, -hére, -hiére, -hióre, -hýre; adj.

Fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ cruel ⬩ deadly ⬩ dire ⬩ dreadful ⬩ frightful

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Fierce, savage, cruel, deadly, dire, dreadful, frightful Unhiére carolios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 59. Unhére (printed unkere), 94, 36: carolios, atrox, inobediens, 129, 17. Unhére, sceþðende caustica, nocens, 130, 12. Wælgrim, unhére funestus, crudelis, perniciosus

héh

Similar entry: HEÁH

hel

Similar entry: hell

heó

(pronoun.)

Similar entry: hé

hec

Similar entry: fódder-hec

HEBBAN

(v.)
Grammar
HEBBAN, hæbban; p. hóf, pl. hófon; pp. hafen, hæfen

To HEAVE, lift up, raise ⬩ levare, extollere

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To HEAVE, lift up, raise Ic míne handa tó ðé hebbe and þenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Tó ðé ic hæbbe mín mód ad te levavi animam meam, 24, 1. Hine sylfne hefeþ on heáhne beám raises itself into a lofty tree, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 13;

Linked entries: ge-hebban hafen

helan

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

To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover

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To conceal, hide, cover Gif ðú mé hylest ðíne heortan geþohtas if thou dost conceal from me thy heart's thoughts, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 12; Gn. Ex. 3. Ðonne eówaþ hé hí nalles ne hilþ then it shews them and does not conceal them, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 26

Linked entries: ge-hala be-helan hal

healh

(n.)
Grammar
healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

hall ⬩ a stone building ⬩ calx.

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The following are some of the passages in which the word occurs Se westra eásthealh, Cod. Dipl. iii. 19, 6. On ðone west halh, 18, 25. Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On

hænne-belle

(n.)
Grammar
hænne-belle, an; f.

Henbane ⬩ hyoscyamus

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Hennebelle, Herb. 5, 1; Lchdm. i. 94, 3, 6. Henne-belle simphoniaca, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 96; Wrt. Voc. 30, 42

Linked entry: henne-belle

hetol

(adj.)
Grammar
hetol, hetel; adj.

Full of hate ⬩ hostile ⬩ malignant ⬩ evil

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Her sind on earde cyrichatan hetole here in the land are foes of the church full of malice, 109, 154

Linked entries: hetol-ness hatol