HOPA
HOPE
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HOPE Geleáffullum mannum mæg beón micel hopa tó ðam menniscum Gode Criste believing men may have great hope on the human God, Christ, Homl. Th. i. 350, 24. Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8
hosp
Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
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Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy Hosp opprobrium, Ps. Spl. 14, 4: 21, 5. Ða ðe forþgewéteþ of welerum mínum ná ic dó hosp quæ procedunt de labiis meis, non faciam irrita, 88, 34. Hé geseah mínne hosp áfyrran respexit auferre
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Clofes hoo
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Cliff, near Rochester Her sinoþ wæs æt Clofes hoo [æt Clofes hó, col. 2] in this year [A. D. 822] there was a synod at Cliff, Chr. 822; Th. 111, 14, col. l; 110, 14, col. l, 2. Æt Clofes hóum at Cliff, Th. Diplm. A. D. 803; 52, 32: A. D. 825; 73, 12.
Linked entry: Cleofes hoo
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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a HOLT, wood, grove, copse Holt lucus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 30: nemus, 9, 32; Som. 12, 17: saltus, Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 104; Wrt. Voc. 32, 39: nemus vel saltus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 34. Wildeóra holt, Salm. Kmbl. 116; Sal. 82. Holtes frætwe fruit, Exon. 57
hóh
A heel, ⬩ hough
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A heel, hough: Hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hó calx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei
hof
a temple
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a temple Hof sacellum, templum Germ. 391, 21. On háligum hofe þínum in sanctuario tuo Ang. .xi. 118, 50. Hofa edes, i. templum Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 32. Add:
hogg
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A hog .xx. sugena . . . swyn, and .xl. hogga. . .xliiij hogga, Cam. Phil. Soc. 1902, p. 15. Cf. Ðæs landes æt Hocgestúne, C. D. iii. 294, 22. Ðás dæn wæs Hocgetwisla, Lindhyrst, vi. 243, 16
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drenc-horn
A drinking-horn ⬩ potōrium cornu
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A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31
holm
A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river
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A mound, hill, rising ground; but in this sense, which belongs to the word in the Old Saxon, it is not found in English. Its most common use in the latter, in the poetry, is in reference to water with the meaning wave, ocean, water, sea Freá engla héht
cræte-hors
A cart-horse ⬩ veredus
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A cart-horse; veredus Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 17; Wrt. Voc. 17, 21
Linked entry: HORS
hol
Hollow
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Hollow On middan hol hollow in the middle, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 9. Gif se weobud ufan hol nǽre si in altari fossa non esset, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 217, 21. Hol stán fornix, Cot. 93, Lye. Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe
cú-horn
A cow's horn ⬩ vaccæ cornu
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A cow's horn ; vaccæ cornu Cuuhorn [cú- MSS. B. H.] biþ twegea pæninga wurþ a cow's horn shall be worth two pence, L. In. 59; Th. i. 140, 2
horn-scip
A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow,
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A ship having a beak [rostrum], a ship with a horn-like projection in the bow, Andr. Kmbl. 547; An. 274
horsc
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D. iii. 456, 16. v. horh, horu, horsc-lic, foul
horn-bora
A horn-bearer, trumpeter,
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A horn-bearer, trumpeter, Elen. Kmbl. 107; El. 54
hóh
'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'
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a form occurring in local names whose meaning is thus given by Kemble: 'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,' Cod. Dipl. iii. xxvi, where see the references to the various forms
horn-bláwere
A horn-blower, trumpeter ⬩ tubicen, cornicen
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A horn-blower, trumpeter Hornbláwere cornicen, Wrt. Voc. 73, 63 : Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 24. Ðǽr mihte wel bén ábúton twenti óðer þritte hornblaweres, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 36
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hosu
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or for hosu) Hosa caliga vel ocrea, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 48. Synd gesealde from þám abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, þæt is . . . hosa (hosan, R. Ben I. 93, 9, calige ), R. Ben. 92, 3. Habbon hig tó fótgewǽdum hosa (hosan, R. Ben. I. 92, 1), 88, 14. Hý habbaþ
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hors-hirde
A horse-keeper, groom
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A horse-keeper, groom Horshyrde pabulator, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 123; Wrt. Voc. 19, 6. Horshyrde agaso, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 37