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hentan

to seizetaketo arrestto capturestriketo try to get

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S 35, 280. to take and carry off Ágeóte man heora blód on ðá eorðan, and swá hwá swá þæs blódes hent and him tó mete macað, losað of his folce, E. S. viii. 62, 39. to get at with a blow, strike with a weapon Dioclitianus hét hine (St.

helm-berend

(n.)
Grammar
helm-berend, es; m.

One who wears a helmet

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One who wears a helmet Ne róhte helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642

hell

Linked entries: hel hel-lic hellwendlic

heort

Linked entry: heart

helur

Similar entry: heolor

heon

(adv.)
Grammar
heon, hion.

Similar entry: heonan

heóre

Grammar
heóre, l. híre.

Similar entry: un-híre

-heort

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-heort, adj.

Similar entry: clǽn-heort

hele

(n.)

a covering

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a covering (?)

-féþa

(suffix)
Grammar
-féþa, v. herig-féþa (here-féþa).

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hearga

(n.)
Grammar
hearga, an; m.

a grovea templefanean idol

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Herga simulacrorum, idolorum. Hpt. Gl. 440, 63. In hergum heara in simulacris suis, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 183, 29. Ꝥ þeówige unclǽnum deóflum, and þám unwittigum heargum, Hml. S. 30, 52.

hiw

(n.)
Grammar
hiw, heow, hiow, heó, es; n.
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Heó, Elen. Kmbl. 12; El. 6. Tócnáwan heofones hiw faciem cæli dijudicare, Mt. Kmbl 16, 3. Scínende hiow and gewǽdu shining face and garments, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 18.

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

heófan

Grammar
heófan, also strong forms occur, p. heóf, hóf (an Old Saxon form A. S. heáf?); pl. heófon.

To lamentTo be sorry forgrieve at

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Þæt wíf gnornode, heóf hreówigmód, Gen. 771. Ongan ic of inneweardre heortan heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga, Hml. S. 23 b, 428. with acc.

hyrdan

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

to emboldenencouragebrace

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

helan

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

To concealhidecover

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Ðú heora fyrene fæste hǽle operuisti omnia peccata eorum, Ps. Th. 84, 2. 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.

Linked entries: hal ge-hala be-helan

heoru-fæðm

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-fæðm, es; m.

A deadly, hostile grasp

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A deadly, hostile grasp Wolde heoru [huru MS.] fæðmum hilde gesceádan meant with deadly grasps to decide the conflict, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 24; Exod. 504

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

Linked entry: heg-stæf

heorot

(n.)
Grammar
heorot, heort, es; m.

A hartstagmale deer

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Swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde hine man sceolde blendian whoever killed hart or hind should be blinded, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27, 28.

Linked entry: heort

HETE

(n.)
Grammar
HETE, es; m,

HATEhatredenmitymalignitymalicespite

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forseah and on hete hæfde odio habebat et despiciebat, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551; 25. Se wæs on hete heofoncyninges he was hateful to the king of heaven, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 31; Gen. 648.