helur-bledu
The scale of a balance ⬩ lanx
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The scale of a balance; lanx, Cot. 26, Lye
heoru
A sword
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A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds
heoru-drync
The sword's drink ⬩ blood flowing from a wound,
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The sword's drink, blood flowing from a wound, Beo. Th. 4706; B. 2358
heoru-sceorp
Warlike dress
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Warlike dress, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 20; Hö. 73
heoru-serce
A war-shirt, ⬩ coat of mail
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A war-shirt, coat of mail, Beo. Th. 5072; B. 2539
heoru-swealwe
A hawk
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A hawk, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 17; Vy. 86
heoru-sweng
A blow with a sword,
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A blow with a sword, Beo. Th. 3184; B. 1539: Andr. Kmbl. 1903; An. 954
heoru-wearh
A savage, bloody wolf,
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A savage, bloody wolf, Beo. Th. 2538; B. 1267
Linked entry: wearg
hete-níþ
Enmity ⬩ hostility ⬩ malice ⬩ wickedness
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Enmity, hostility, malice, wickedness Hí sprǽcon heteníþ locutíi sunt nequitiam, Ps. Spl. T. 72, 8. Geheald ðú mé wið heteníþas and wið firenfulles folman custodi me de manu peccatoris. Ps. Th. 139, 4: Exon. 94a; Th. 352, 22; Sch. 101. Grendel heteníþas
hete-sprǽc
Hostile or malicious speech.
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Hostile or malicious speech.Cd. 14; Th. 17, 22; Gen. 263
hete-sweng
A hostile blow,
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A hostile blow, Beo. Th. 4453; B. 2225
hete-þanc
A hostile thought
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A hostile thought, Beo. Th. 955; B. 475: Exon. 70a; Th. 261, 14; Jul. 315
hiéwe-stán
A hewn stone
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A hewn stone Ǽlcne hiéwestan tóbeátan. beat to pieces every hewn stone, Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100. 10
hell-rún
A sorceress
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A sorceress, one who has a spirit of divination Helrún pithonis (cf. pithonissa, spiritus inferni. Corp. Gl. H. 6, 252), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 64: 69, 20. Fram helrúnum a pithonibus, 3, 37
Linked entry: hel-rán
hege-hymele
Hedge
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Hedge (or wild) hop plant Cicena mete muronis, hegehymele humblonis, Wrt. Voc. i. 69, 27-28. Þis is seó gréne sealf. . . brócminte and óþre mintan, cicena mete, hegehymele, Lch. iii. 6, 8-15
Linked entry: hymele
hege-steall
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The site of a hedge (?), a place with a hedge (?) (cf. Haystall a small portion of wood on the outskirts of a large wood (in Herefordshire), Halliw. Dict.) Æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 10
hege-sugge
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A hedge sparrow Hegesugge cicada, uicetula, Wülck. Gl. 131, 34
Linked entries: hæg-sugga heges-sugge
ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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He æt ða offring-hláfas pānes prōpŏsĭtiōnis cŏmēdit, Mt. Bos. 12, 4. He æt he ate, Gen. 3, 6. Fuglas ǽton ða vŏlucres cŏmēdērunt ea, Mt. Bos. 13, 4. Ðeáh ðe gé of ðam treówe eten [MS. eton] though ye should eat of the tree, Gen. 3, 4.
cyninges wyrt
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Cyninges wyrt sampsuchum, Mone A. 529
leáh-tric
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in Dict., and add Be þǽre nunfǽmnan þe bát þone leahtric, Gr. D. 30, 33