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hræfnes leác

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Hreafnes leác . . . Ðeós wyrt ðe man satyrion and óðrum naman hræfnes leác nemneð, Lch. i. 108, 16. Add

hrægel-talu

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It was for the purchase of such clothing (ad uestimenta) that the land mentioned in the charter quoted in Dict. was given ), R. Ben. 89, 3

hrægel-þegn

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Eadred's will). as officer of a monastery Beón eác on hrægelhúse (hrægl-, v. l.) gehealden ǽgðer ge cugelan ge syricas . . . and notian þára þe . . . on ýtinge farað, and þá eft þám hrægelþéne (vestiario ) betǽcen swá hý hám cumen, R. Ben. 91, 13.

hrǽw

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Fore þám wyrmum þe of þám hreáwum (hreáwe, v. l. ) creópað, Gr. D. 302, 19. Se feónd gespearn fleótende hreáw, Gen. 1447. Eów in beorge bǽl fornimeð, and eówer hrá bryttad lácende líg, El. 579

hran

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Sǽfisce ł hrane ballená (grandior ), 23, 48. Hran ballenam, coetum, 7, 47: ballenam, 4, 16. Ran balenam .i. diabolum (crudelissimam superbiae balenam virtutum devoratricem, Ald. 10, 26. Cf. the poem on the whale), 668

hrisian

(v.)
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Hig hrysedon ł hig cwehton heáfda heora, Ps. L. 108, 25. Ðonne þú sealt habban wylle, þonne geþeóddum þínum þrím fingrum hryse þíne hand swylce þú hwæt seltan wylle, Tech. ii. 124, 4. intrans. Syrcan hrysedon, B. 226.

hrycg

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S. 31, 1047. a ridge. v. gráf-, lǽg-, middel-, sand-, stán-, timber-hrycg, and Midd. Flur. s. v

holm

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.), Laym. 20861.] sea Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42. Sǽýþa vel holmas equo[r], maria 143, 74. low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme, C.

hol-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hol-ness, e; f.
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A hollow, depression in the earth's surface Hé sóhte þone Godes wer geond þá holnessa (holenesse, v. l.) þára dena virum Dei per concava vallium quaesivit. Gr. D. 99, 22

hólunga

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Hólenga (on ídel, v. l.) ic wénde incassum aestimabam Gr. D. 25, 25. Hólinga (on idel, v. l. ) hé cleopað, E. S. 43, 164. Hólinga ( in vano ) winnað þá þe timbriað, Ps. Vos. 126, I. Add

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hóme

Grammar
hóme, v. óme. l.
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hóman

hord

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Add: an accumulation of valuable things hidden away or laid by for preservation or future use (see also ). of precious metals, jewels, &c. Sege ús nú hwǽr se ealda hord ( of coins ) sý þe þú dígellíce fundest, Hml. S. 23, 661.

hord-cleófa

Grammar
hord-cleófa, hord-clýfa. l. hord-cleofa, -clyfa,
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horder-wice

Grammar
horder-wice, l.
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horder-wíce

horn-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
horn-leás, adj.
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Without horns Gif hé hornleásne oxan geseó, þonne ofercymð hé his fínd, Archiv cxx. 304, 28 ; E. S. 39, 349

horn-píc

(n.)
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horn-píc, n.(?). l. m.

ídlian

(v.)
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Add: to be or become empty, be unoccupied, v. ídel; 1 Fram ǽlce bígonge þis land ligeð tólýsed and ídlað in wéstenne ab omni cultura destituta in solitudine vacat terra, Gr.

ifig

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ifig, l. ífig, and add: [íf-ig if-hég. Cf. O. H. Ger. eba-hęwi]
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Þæs blacan ífiges croppan, Lch. ii. 248, 21: 268, 3. Hifia crop hederarum corimbos, An. Ox. 115. Íuia, 7, 17

in-byrdling

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Add: a native Sicelic inbyrdlinc ł bur[h]leód siculus indigena, i. ciuis, An. Ox. 3957. Inbyrdling, 2, 275. a slave Inbyrdlincg uerna, i. seruus, An. Ox. 7, 185

India

(n.)
Grammar
India, Indea; f.
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Þurh þá uncúðan land Indie per ignota Indie loca, Nar. 6, 12. Ðá wynstran dǽlas Indie sinistram partem Indie, 30, 19: 21, 7. Wé cwómon in Indie lond in India peruenimus, 4, 2. On óþer þeódlond India (or under Indéas ?)