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helfe

(n.)
Grammar
helfe, es; m. n.

Helvehandle

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Helve, handle Hæft and helfe manubrium, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 31; Wrt. Voc. 35, 20. Sió æcs áwient of ðæm hielfe ferrum lapsum de manubrio, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 167, 1.

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a plant Healm culmus, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 127; Wrt. Voc. 38, 49. Healmes láf stipulæ, Som. 67, 129; Wrt. Voc. 38, 51. Gán and gadrion him sylfe ðæt healm let them go and gather straw for themselves, Ex

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HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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HALT, lame, limping Healt claudus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 35. Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14. Hæfdon him tó ládteówe ǽnne wísne mon, þéh hé healt wǽre and him tó gielpworde hæfdon ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hie hæfdon healtne cyning

healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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For substitute I a below, and add: in a collective sense, stubble, straw Hég foenum, healm stipula, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 46. Healm stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 48. Swá hwylc man swá ofer þisne staþol seteð . . . híg oððe healm (stipulam) . . . þeáh þe ꝥ híg

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Lfc. 37. a retired or secret place, cave, closet, recess Oð ðá ýtemestan helle heala[s?] to the most remote of hell's recesses ad inferni nouissima, Ps. L. fol. 193 a, 5. Swá hwelp leóna eardiende on halum (in abditis), Ps. Spl. 16, 13.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Hí mid þý heápe helle sécað, fleógað mid þám feóndum, Dóm. 17. Hé (Peter) ána spræc for ealne ðone heáp, Hml. Th. i. 394, 1. His þone gecorenan heáp electos suos, Ps. Th. 104, 38. Hellwarena heáp, Cri. 731. Leófra heáp, El. 1206.

hete

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Dele passage (Rá. 34, 5) in 1. 4, and add: as a human passion Wæs here and hete on gehwilcum ende oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 162, 14. Hit ná næs búton hete and gewinnum, Ors. 3, II; S. 143, 17. Ic mé wið heora hete hýde, Ps. Th. 54, 12. Ne teó ic N. for

hefe

importancea burdena weight

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Add: the property of being heavy Ǽnne swer ormǽtes hefes, Hml. S. 31, 1248. Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian, 9, 98. God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele,

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs,
  • Cd. 215
  • ;
  • Th. 270, 9
  • ;
  • Sat. 87
  • .
]

A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, companya troop, flockstrues, acervus

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A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company Galað ðæt is gewitnesse heáp Golaad acervus testimonii interpretatur, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 5. Se hálga heáp héhfædera and wítgena the holy host of patriarchs

heóf

(n.)
Grammar
heóf, es; m.

Lamentationgriefsorrow

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Lamentation, grief, sorrow Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com Maximus troubled with great grief came to him, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS. C.] ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan Fabius

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heals

(n.)
Grammar
heals, hals, es; m.

The neck, the prow of a shipcollum, amplexatoriumneck, part of the bow of a ship

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The neck, the prow of a ship Se hals the neck, Exon. 60 a; Th, 218, 22; Ph. 298. Gehæfted be ðdam healse fastened by the neck, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29; Gen. 385. Heals ealne ymbeféng he clasped all the neck, Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691. Lét his francan wadan þurh

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hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hefe, es; m.

Weight

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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164,

HEGE

(n.)
Grammar
HEGE, es; m.

A HEDGEfence

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A HEDGE, fence Hege sepes, Wrt. Voc. 84, 56: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 24. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and ðǽræfter mid wealle Bamborough was first enclosed with a hedge and afterwards with a wall, Chr. 547; Erl. 17, 9. Gá geond ðás wegas

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heals

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Add: as part of a person Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne þeóden, B. 2809: 3017. Cyning þegn be healse genam, 1872. Hire wið halse grápode, 1565. Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch.

heán

lowpoormeanignoblebasehumbleddepresseddejectedcast downmiserablewretchedmeanbaselow

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Ðú scealt andettan yfeldǽda má, heán helle gǽst. Jul. 457: 615. Helm sceal cénum and á þæs heánan hyge hord unginnost, Gn. Ex. 206. Áhrede mé hearmcwidum heánra manna, Ps.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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a half Healfe ðý swétre sweeter by half, Bt. Met. Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt.

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hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

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A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
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woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis

helle-heáf

Grammar
helle-heáf,
  • Cd. 2; Th. 3, 19; Gen. 38.

heáh-heall

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heall, (?), e; f.
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A palace Bold wæs betlic brego róf cyning heáhealle the building was splendid, a brave king was the prince of the palace (?), B. 1926. Cf. heáh-sele