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ge-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hátan, -hǽtan, he -hát, -hǽt; p. -hét, pl. -héton, -héht, pl. -héhton; pp. -háten.

to call ⬩ name ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ to call ⬩ command ⬩ promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ vocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ jubere ⬩ spondere ⬩ promittere ⬩ vovere

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to call, name; vocare, nominare Swá ðú geháten eart as thou art called, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 26; Cri. 58. Crist wæs on ðý eahteoþan dæg Hǽlend geháten Christ was on the eighth day named Jesus, Menol. Fox 7; Men. 4. Is geháten Saturnus is called Saturn,

Linked entries: ge-hǽtan ge-hét

heorra

Grammar
heorra, heorre, hearre, hyrre, an; f.

a hinge

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Substitute: glossing cardo Hic cardo þeós heorre (heorr, v.l.), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 37, 9. Heorre (hearre, v.l.) cardo, 317, 2. a hinge; the bar which forms part of a hinge Swé forhwerfed bið on hiore hyrran sicut (ostium) vertitur in cardine suo, Kent.

Linked entry: heorr

wíg-heafola

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[Hé] wód þurh ðone wælréc wíg[hea]folan bær freán on fultum. Beo. Th. 5316; B. 2661. Hea is the reading of Thorkelin's transcripts, but now the MS. shews only quite uncertain traces of h, and ea is entirely gone (Zupitza). Wíg-heafola is taken to mean

Linked entries: hafela wíg

hearh

(n.)
Grammar
hearh, hearch, herh, es; m: pl. hearga, f.

A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara

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Siððan hé fór tó ðæm hearge ðe Egypti sǽdon ðæt hé wǽre Amones heora godes inde ad templum Jovis Ammonis pergit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 126, 23.

Linked entries: hearh-eard hearh-lic

heorcnian

(v.)
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Heorc[niendum] auscultamibus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 52. with gen. Ðá féringa oðsuígde hé, suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade . . . Cuæð hé, 'Hú meahte ic bú somod ge in heofon gehéran ge hér sprecan,' Shrn. 72, 24. Hié hyrcnodon háliges láre, An. 654.

heals-mene

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an ornament for the neck Brýcð wíf healsmene utitur mulier anabola (ornamentum muliebre), Hpt. 31, 7, 91. Healsmyna frætewunge crepundiorum lunulas, An. Ox. 2203. Halsmenum, sweórbeágum lunulis, 1188. Menas gimbǽrum heal[s]mynurn crepundia (collo) gemmiferis

healt

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Healt (heolt, MS.) catax, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 52. Sió healte catax (Vulcanus, Ald. 172, 32), ii. 93, 51: 19, 51. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá . . . Gif se mon healt sié, . . . geselle .xxx. sciłł . tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 100, 5.

forþ-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
forþ-heald, -heold; adj.

Bent forward ⬩ inclined downwards ⬩ stooping ⬩ incurvus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ proclīvus

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Bent forward, inclined downwards, stooping; incurvus, prōnus, proclīvus Hwón forþheald paulŭlum incurvus, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33. He lang fæc forþheald licgende wæs aliquandiu prōnus jăcens, 4, 31; S. 610, 14. Forþheold proclīvus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48

Linked entries: forþ-heold heald

ge-hípan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hípan, to heap together.
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Take here <b>ge-hýpan</b> in Dict. and cf. ge-heapian

Linked entry: ge-hýpan

herig-feþa

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herig-feþa, v. here-féþa: herig-weard. v. hearg-weard: hering emulation, v. hyring: hering praise, v. herung: hér-inne. v. hér; VII 5.

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ge-hégan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hégan, p. -hégde, -héde

To do ⬩ perform ⬩ effect ⬩ hold

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To do, perform, effect, hold Ðing gehégan to have a meeting, Beo. Th. 855; B. 425 : Andr. Kmbl. 1859; An. 932 : Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 19; Gn. Ex. 18. Seonoþ gehágan to hold a synod, 63 a; Th. 231, 23; Ph. 493 : 116 a; Th. 445, 17; Dóm. 9. Hie ðing gehégdon

Linked entry: -hégan

hyld

(n.)
Grammar
hyld, held, es; m.
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Dele, and see <b>hild, es;</b> m. and <b>hyldu;</b> f

-sunn

(suffix)
Grammar
-sunn, (?), v. heáh-sunn (?).

can

Grammar
can, ic he

I know, he knows

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I know, he knows Ic oððe he can, Elen. Kmbl. 1363; El. 683: Ps. Th. 88, 13. He can he can, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 10

for-hátan

(v.)
Grammar
for-hátan, p. -hét, -héht; pp. -háten [for, hátan to call]

To renounce ⬩ forswear ⬩ renuntiāre ⬩ ejurāre

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To renounce, forswear; renuntiāre, ejurāre Búton he hit forhíten hæbbe unless he have forsworn it, L. Ælf. P. 47; Th. ii. 384, 30

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEAR ⬩ hear of ⬩ to listen to ⬩ follow ⬩ serve ⬩ obey ⬩ be subject to ⬩ belong to

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Ða men ðe híraþ intó heora mynstre the men that belong to their minster, L. Ælfc. P. 49; Th. ii. 384, 4. Ða ígland ðe in Denemearce hýraþ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 31. Ðás land eall hýraþ tó Denemearcan, 36; 20, 4.

heorþ

a hearth ⬩ fire place

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Heort foculare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 38. Íren hiorð arula, 10, 21. Heorðe fornacula, log, 7: 35, 77. Wermód gesodenne on wætere on níwum cytele, dó of heorðe, Lch. ii. 44, 2.

híran

(v.)

to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told

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Nóe fremede swá hine Nergend héht, hýrde heofon-cyninge, Gen. 1315: 1493 'Hát bútú áweg féran' . . . þá se wer hýrde his waldende, 2803: Exod. 410. Suna ic lǽrde ꝥ hié hýrdon heora yldrum (cf. Filii, obedite parentibus vestris, Eph. 6, 1), Bl.

eálá

(int.)
Grammar
eálá, æálá, ǽlá, hélá; interj.

0! alas! Oh! ⬩ eheu! euge! proh

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0! alas! Oh! eheu! euge! proh Eálá ge næddran O! ye serpents. Mt. Bos. 23, 33: 23, 37. Eálá, eálá euge, euge. Ps. Spl. 69, 4. Eálá eálá! oððe wel wel! ahah ahah! or well well! euge euge! vel bene bene! Ps. Lamb. 34, 25. Ǽlá, ðú Scippend O, thou Creator

Linked entries: æálá ǽ-lá eáw lá

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