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Anglo-Saxon

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ham

(n.)
Grammar
ham, a ham.
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Add: — Hom copla, poples, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 80. Hamme publite, Txts. 111, 25. [H]omme poplite, 182, 81. Hamme suffragine, An. Ox. 38, 3. Gebígedum hamme curvo poplite, Hpt. Gl. 493, 75. Hommę puplites, Txts. 114, 102.

hám

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hám, es; m.

Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, propertydomus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessioa villagea dwelling-placean abode, world, this worldhomedomus, domicilium, patria

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Hælend com tó Lazares hám Jesus had come to the home of Lazarus, Blickl. Homl. 69, 21. Ðá Noe ongan hám staðelian then began Noah to establish his home, Cd. 75; Th. 94, 4; Gen. 556.

hop-steort

(n.)
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Cf. hop-páda

Linked entry: honsteorc

hér

(adj.)
Grammar
hér, adj.

Nobleexcellenthonourableholysublime

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Noble, excellent, honourable, holy, sublime Gehýr ðis hére spel [herrespel, Thorpe], hear this noble lay, Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 32; Sch. 37

Linked entry: hér-

ýþ-hof

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-hof, es; n.
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Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof (ýðhof is suggested by Grein, which would restore the missing alliteration ) wyrcan, Cd. Th. 79, 25; Gen. 1316

HEL

(n.)
Grammar
HEL, hell, helle; e; f.

HELLthe place of souls after deathHadesthe infernal regionsthe place of the wicked after death

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In ðæt háte hof ðam is hel nama into that hot abode whose name is hell, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 24; Sat. 193.

heolstor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
heolstor-hof, es; n.

A dark dwellinghell

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A dark dwelling, hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1524; El. 764

lifer-hol

(n.)
Grammar
lifer-hol, es; n.
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A hollow in the liver Hwæðer on ðám liferbýlum ðe on ðám liferholum, L. M. 2, 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 20

Linked entry: lifer-býl

mearc-hof

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-hof, es; n.

A dwelling in a mark or country

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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61

mór-hop

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hop, es; n.

A pool in a marsh

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A pool in a marsh Hé 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

morþor-hof

(n.)
Grammar
morþor-hof, es; n.

A place of torment or extreme misery

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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303

niht-hróc

(n.)
Grammar
niht-hróc, es; m.

The night-rookraven

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The night-rook, raven Nihtróc nycticorax, Ps. Lamb. 101, 7

grorn-hof

(n.)
Grammar
grorn-hof, es; n.
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A house of sadness, of woe, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 32; Jul. 324

stán-hof

(n.)
Grammar
stán-hof, es; n.
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39

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

be-hón

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Seó cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, Hml. S. 21, 431. Mǽdenheáp blóstmum behangen, Dóm. L. 289. Add

hóf-ring

Similar entry: hoffingas

hoh-full

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Add: careful, that takes care or pains Emhýdi, hohful zelotypus An. Ox. 2277. Hé sí gewordan hohful reddatur de suis ratiociniis sollicitus R. Ben. I. 17, 7. Hohfullum (carefullan, R. Ben. 72, 12) bréðer betǽce þás gímene solicito fratri injungat hanc

hoh-mód

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Sé ðe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. Add

hol-leác

(n.)
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a kind of onion Holleác duricorium, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, II : ii. 26, 21 : Lch. iii. 20, 16: 46, 23. [v. N. E. D. holleke.]