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Anglo-Saxon

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húsel-þegn

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-þegn, es; m.

An acolyte

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C. 41; Th. i. 166, 20

hús-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
hús-heofon, es; m.

A ceiling

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A ceiling Húshefen lacunar, Cot. 119, Lye

Linked entry: heofon

hwǽte-land

(n.)
Grammar
hwǽte-land, es; m.

Wheat-land

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Wheat-land, land for growing wheat upon Ðæt hæft se arcebisceop genumen tó hwǽtelande, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 159, 23

hwæt-hweganunges

(adv.)
Grammar
hwæt-hweganunges, -hwugununges, -huguningas; adv.

Somewhat

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Cot. -hwugununges] aliquantum, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 27. Hwæthwegnunges, 11, tit; Fox xii. 10. Ða niétenu ðonne beóþ hwæthuguningas [MS. Cote.

Linked entry: -hweganunges

hwall

(adj.)
Grammar
hwall, adj.

Procax

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Procax, Cot. 171, Lye

hwalwa

(n.)
Grammar
hwalwa, [ = hwalfa?]

devexus

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devexus, Cot. 67, Lye

hwat

(n.)
Grammar
hwat, es; n.

Augury ⬩ divination

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C. 16; Th. ii. 248, 3

Linked entry: hwatung

hwealf

(n.)
Grammar
hwealf, e; f.
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Hwalf clima, Cot. 56, Lye

Linked entries: hwalf hwalwa hwealf

hwearf

(n.)
Grammar
hwearf, hwerf, es; m.

A turn ⬩ space ⬩ change ⬩ exchange

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Ðæt wharfe and ðæt foreward pactionem et commutationem, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 241, 37

hwemman

(v.)
Grammar
hwemman, p. de

To slope ⬩ incline

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To slope, incline Hí hwemdon ðá mid ðam scypon wið ðæs norþlandes they inclined then with the ships towards the north shore, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 25

Linked entry: hwem-dragen

hweorf-bán

Grammar
hweorf-bán, hwyrf-, hwer-bán, es; n.

A join ⬩ vertebra ⬩ the knee-cap

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Hwiorfbán, Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1

Linked entries: hwer-bán hwurf-bán hwyrf-bán

hwíl-stycce

(n.)
Grammar
hwíl-stycce, es; n.
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A fragment or short portion of time Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12

hwirfel

(n.)
Grammar
hwirfel, es; m.

A whirl-pool

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On ðone hwyrfel, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 412, 8

hwirf-pól

(n.)
Grammar
hwirf-pól, es; m.

A whirl-pool

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A whirl-pool Hwyrfepóle vorago, syrtis, Cot. 59, Lye

Linked entry: hwyrf-pól

Hwít-cirice

(n.)
Grammar
Hwít-cirice, an; f.

WHITCHURCH

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A local name, WHITCHURCH Æt Hwítciricean, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 7

hwít cwidu

(n.)
Grammar
hwít cwidu, cudu, es; n.

hwíting-treów

(n.)
Grammar
hwíting-treów, es; n.
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Lchdm. iii. 334. col. 1

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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Hé wunede eall riht swá dráne dóþ on híue he lived exactly as drones do in the hive, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 20

Linked entries: híf héf

hyge-gleáw

(adj.)
Grammar
hyge-gleáw, adj.

Wise ⬩ prudent

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Wise, prudent, having clear menial vision, Exon. 25 a; Th. 73, 23; Cri. 1194: Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 25; Edg. 51: Elen. Kmbl. 665; El. 333

hyll-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hyll-wyrt, e; f.

Hill-wort

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Lchdm. ii. 392, col. 2. In E. D. S. Plant Names hillwort is given as [1] mentha pulegium; [2] thymus serpyllum

Linked entry: hǽl-wyrt

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