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hóh-hwyrfing

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hóh-hwyrfing, l. hóh-hwirfing, and add: — Hringa hóhhwerfinge
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orbes orbibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 6. Hóhhwyrfinge, 64, 21

byrn-hom

(n.)
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byrn-hom, es; m. [byrne a coat of mail, hom a covering, garment]
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A coat of mail; lorica Beraþ bord fór breóstum and byrnhomas bear shields before your breasts and coats of mail, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 17; Jud. 192

be-hón

(v.)
Grammar
be-hón, p. -héng, pl. -héngon; pp. -hangen, -hongen [be, hón to hang]

To BEHANGto hang roundcircumpenderecircumdareambire

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To BEHANG, to hang round; circumpendere, circumdare, ambire Behongen beón mid bellum to be behung or hung round with bells Past. 15, 4; Hat. MS. 19 b, 7

Linked entry: bi-hongen

hú-meta

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I. 1 áxodon þá weardmenn húmeta se án wǽre tó þám hálgum geþeód?, Hml. S. 11, 236. Cf. 2 áxode þá weardmen húmeta dorston swá wel fédan, Hml.

hú-meta

(adv.)
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hú-meta, adv.

Howquomodo

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Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú ne mihte witan húmeta his weólde oððe his weólde you said that you could not see in what manner or by what means he governed it [the world ]; quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 25

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hú-líc

(adj.)
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hú-líc, pron.

qualis

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Of what sort; qualis áhsode hwæt alexander se cyning dyde and húlíc mon wǽre and in hwylcere yldo he asked what king Alexander was doing, and what sort of man he was, and of what age, Nar. 18, 12.

hú-lic

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R. 13, 1. predicative, of what sort Ꝥ him bróhtan ꝥ heáfod tó, ꝥ gesége húlic ꝥ wǽre, Shrn. 76, 27.

on-hón

(v.)
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Ic gemétte þone cásere onhangen, Hml. A. 191, 286. Þone onhangenan Hǽlend ic séce, 188, 220. v. á-hón

Linked entry: an-hón

ge-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hón, -hongian; pp. -hongen, -hoen

To hanghang with

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To hang, hang with Ðætte he gehongiga that he hang, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 6. He sé gehoen crucifiga'ur, 26, 2. Wudu biþ blédum gehongen the wood will be hung with fruits, Exon. 56 a; Th. 200, 9; Ph., 38 : 566; Th. 202, 18; Ph. 71

dun-hof

(n.)
Grammar
dun-hof, Hpt. Gl. 494, 78. l.
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dim-hof

hóp-páda

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>hop-páda,</b> an; m. An upper garment Ependeton cóp vel hoppáda vel ufre scrúd, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 52. Cf. hop-steort

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450

súsl-hof

(n.)
Grammar
súsl-hof, es; n.
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A place of torment, hell Of helle, of ðam súslhofe, Hy. 10, 31

ge-hú

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God hit gewræc, ꝥ swultan gehú ( they died by all manner of deaths ), S. 13, 232. God gemyltsode mancynne gehú, 284. is gecweden hláf þurh getácnunge, and lamb, and leó, and gehú elles ( in every other way he is called, it is typically ), Hml.

weód-hóc

(n.)
Grammar
weód-hóc, es; m.

A weed-hooka hoe

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A weed-hook, a hoe Uueódhóc (uueád-, Ep. Erf. ) sarculum Txts. 95, 1764. Weódhóc (printed weodhoclu sarcum) Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 2 : Anglia ix. 263, 5

Linked entry: hóc

hoh-full

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Hml. S. 31, 1084

ge-hú

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-hú, adv.

In any manner

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In any manner He is gecweden hláf ðurh getácnunge and lamb and leó and gehú elles he is called bread typically and lamb and lion and in any other way, Homl. Th. ii. 268, 17.

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ge-hón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hón, ge-hongian.
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Substitute: <b>ge-hón</b> to hang (trans. ). to fasten to an object above Genim þás wyrte, and gehóh tó ðǽre hýfe, Lch. i. 98, i. to fasten to a cross, crucify Gehéngon hine crucifixerunt eum Mt.

á-hón

(v.)
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hié ðǽr áhón hét, Chr. 897; P. 91, 17. His stíward hét se cyng on róde áhón, 1096; P. 232, 23. hiene hét áhón in crucem suspendit, Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 33. Sié áhóen crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22: Lk. L. 23, 23

fen-hóp

(n.)
Grammar
fen-hóp, es; n.

A fen-heapmound?pălūdis agger?

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He meahte fleón on fen-hópu he might flee to the fen-mounds, Beo. Th. 1532; B. 764