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hrís

(n.)
Grammar
hrís, es; n.

A twig ⬩ branch ⬩ RISE

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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye

hríseht

(adj.)
Grammar
hríseht, adj.

Bushy ⬩ bristly ⬩ setosus

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Bushy, bristly; setosus, Cot. 186, Lye

Linked entry: hrísig

hrúmig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrúmig, adj.

Sooty ⬩ fuliginosus

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Cot. 31, Lye

Linked entries: be-hrúmig rómig

hrycg-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-weg, es; m,
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A road running along a ridge or elevated piece of ground On ðone beorh tó ðem ricgwege ðonne eást andlang hricgweges on to the hill to the road that runs along it, and then east along the road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 427, 33

hrýme

(n.)

soot ⬩ fuligo

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Cot. 83, Lye

Húnas

(n.)
Grammar
Húnas, and Húne; pl.

The Huns

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Húna cyning, 64; El. 32: Chr. 443; Erl. 10, 22. Ætla weóld Húnum, Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 26; Vid. 18: 85 b; Th. 322, 2; Víd. 57

Linked entry: Húne

hundes cwelcan

(n.)
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Lchdm. iii. 333, col. 2

hundes heáfod

(n.)

snapdragon

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snapdragon, Lchdm. ii. 395, col. 2

hundes tunge

(n.)

hound's tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officinale

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hound's tongue; cynoglossum officinale, Lchdm. ii. 333, col. i

hund-eahtatig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-eahtatig, num.

Eighty

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Mid hundehtatigum scipum, Chr. Erl. 5, 2. Ǽr ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wǽre iiii hunde wintrum and hundeahtatigum anno ante urbem conditam cccclxxx Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 4

Linked entry: eahtatig

hund-nigontig

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hund-nigontig, num.

Ninety

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Mid þrím and hundnigentigon scipum, Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 2. Feówer hund geára and hundnigontig geára, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 71, 459

Linked entry: nigontig

hundred

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
hundred, pl. u; n.

A hundred

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Seox hundred wintra and iii and hundseofenti wintra, Chr. 656; Erl. 33, 34. Hundrað scillinga centum denarios, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 28. On twegera hundred penega wurþe. Jn. Skt. 6, 7. Wið þrím hundred penegon, 12, 5. Mid twám hundred penegon, Mk.

Linked entry: hund

hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, es; n.

A hundred

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C. S. 17; Th. i. 384, 30: 19; Th. i. 386, 12

hunig-æppel

(n.)
Grammar
hunig-æppel, es; m.

Pastillus

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Pastillus, Cot. 155, Lye

hunigteár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hunigteár-líc, adj.

nectareus

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like nectar; nectareus, Cot. 138, Lye

hún-spuran

(n.)
Grammar
hún-spuran,
  • Lye
hun-spera, -spura

dolones

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Cot. 62

Linked entry: spora

Huntan-dún

(n.)
Grammar
Huntan-dún, e; f.

Huntingdon

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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19

huntaþ-faru

(n.)
Grammar
huntaþ-faru, e; f.

hunting

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C. E. 15; Th. i. 368, 18

hús-bonda

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bonda, -bunda, an; m.
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Then Eustace got on his horse and his companions on theirs, and went to the man of the house and slew him, in his own home, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 35-40

Linked entry: bonda

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25. Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna, 1036; Erl. 165, 5

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