hor-pyt
A dirt-pit, slough [?]
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A dirt-pit, slough [?] Tó ðæm horpytte, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 37, 21 : 162, 9
drync-horn
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A drinking-horn Ic ann Æþelwerdæ ánæs gerǽnodes drincæhornæs, Cht. Th. 555, 6. Cf. drinc-horn
horn-sceaða
A pinnacle
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A pinnacle Ofer hornsceaðe temples supra pinnaculum templi, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 5
Linked entry: sceaþa
horn-sele
A building having pinnacles,
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A building having pinnacles, Cd. 86; Th. 109, 11; Gen. 1821
horn-gestreón
An abundance of pinnacles,
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An abundance of pinnacles, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 11; Ruin. 23
hoc-leaf
Mallow
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Mallow Hocleáf malva, Wrt. Voc 79, 11. Hocleáf. Ðeós wyrt ðe man maluæ erraticæ and óðrum naman hocleáf nemneþ byþ cenned ǽghwǽr on begánum stówum this plant, which is called malva erratica, and by another name hockleaf, is produced everywhere in cultivated
hóh-hwyrfing
A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?]; ⬩ orbis,
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A turning on the heel so as to describe a circle [?]; orbis, Som
hóh-scanca
The shank; ⬩ crus
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The shank; crus Sceápes hóhscancan, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 8
hóp-páda
An upper tunic, ⬩ cope
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An upper tunic, cope Hóppáda ependeton [ = ἐπενδύτης], Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 83; Wrt. Voc. 59, 52
hóp-gehnást
The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]
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The dashing together of waves in a bay [?] Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up
a-hó
hang ⬩ suspendo
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hang; suspendo,Ælfc. Gr. 26, 6; Som. 29, 12;
ceaster-hof
A city-dwelling ⬩ urbis ædes
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A city-dwelling; urbis ædes Storm upp arás æfter ceasterhofum a storm arose along the city-dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 2475; An. 1239
ham
The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee ⬩ with bent knees ⬩ the ham or haunch of a horse ⬩ poples, suffrago
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The ham, the inner or hind part of the knee Hamm poples, hamma suffragines, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 84, 83; Wrt. Voc. 44, 66, 65. Ham poples, 71, 50. Monegum men gescrincaþ his fét tó his homme ... gebeðe ða hamma with many a man the feet shrink up to
hóh-hwyrfing
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orbes orbibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 6. Hóhhwyrfinge, 64, 21
fen-hóp
A fen-heap ⬩ mound? ⬩ pălūdis agger?
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He meahte fleón on fen-hópu he might flee to the fen-mounds, Beo. Th. 1532; B. 764
hel
a pretext ⬩ Calumny ⬩ a false charge
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a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll.
fyrd-hom
A war-covering ⬩ bellĭca vestis ⬩ lōrĭca
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A war-covering; bellĭca vestis, lōrĭca Ðæt beo ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte that she might not pierce through the war-covering, Beo. Th. 3012; B. 1504
byrn-hom
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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
gast-hof
A guest-house ⬩ guest-chamber ⬩ hospĭtium
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A guest-house, guest-chamber; hospĭtium In ðam gast-hofe in the guest-house, Exon. 19 b; Th. 21, 24; Cri. 821
Linked entry: gæst-hof