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níd-hǽs

(n.)
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níd-hǽs, e; f.

A command which is attended by compulsion

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A command which is attended by compulsion Man for cyning gebidde and hine búton neádhǽse heora willum weorðigen let people pray for the king, and honour him without injunction, of their own accord, L. Wih. 1; Th. i. 36, 16

Linked entry: hǽs

ge-hæp

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hæp, adj.

Fit

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Fit On stówe gehæppre in loco apto, Th. An. 21, 13

Linked entries: -hæp hæplíc

tægl-hǽr

(n.)
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tægl-hǽr, es; n.

A hair of an animal's tail

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A hair of an animal's tail Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemæstan on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð, Lchdm. i. 360, 21

un-hǽl

Similar entry: un-hǽlu

hæg-steald

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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5. Ðǽr hehstalde

hæg-sugga

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-sugga, an ; m.
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A hedge-sparrow Hægsugga. ficitula, Hpt. 33, 241, 48

Linked entries: sucga hege-sugge

hǽl-bǽre

Similar entry: hál-bǽre

heáfod-hǽr

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Add:: —Heáfodhǽr capilli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 37

hæg-steald

(adj.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, adj.

Unmarried, young

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Unmarried, young Hægstealdra, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 28; Gen. 1862 : Beo. Th. 3782; B. 1889

hæg-weard

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-weard, hæcg-, es; m.

A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius

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A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground,L. R. S. 20; Th. i. 440, 11, 12. The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp. Kennett observes that there were two kinds of agellarii, the common

hǽr-loccas

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-loccas, m. pl.

Locks of hair, curls ⬩ cincinni, crines

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Locks of hair, curls; cincinni, crines, Hpt. Gl. 526

hǽð-stapa

(n.)
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hǽð-stapa, an; m.

A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country

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A heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country Ðeáh ðe hǽðstapa hundum geswenced heorot holtwudu séce although the heath-wanderer, the hart by the hounds wearied, seek that wood, Beo.Th. 2740; B. 1368. Wulf hár hǽðstapa

hám-hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-hæn, -henn, e; f.

A domestic fowl

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A domestic fowl, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25

un-hǽlu

(n.)
Grammar
un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.

bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap

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bad health, disease, sickness, infirmity, of persons Se oferdrenc fordéð ðæs mannes gesundfulnysse and unhǽl becymð of ðam drence, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 38. Oferfyll bið ðæs líchaman unhǽl, Wulfst. 242, 4. Búton ðé unhǽl oððe yld derige, 247, 34. Ða diófla

Linked entries: hǽlu un-hǽl

hrycg-hǽr

(n.)
Grammar
hrycg-hǽr, es; n.
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Hair on the back of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its

ge-hǽt

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hǽt, part.

Made warm ⬩ heated ⬩ călĕfactus

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Made warm, heated; călĕfactus Ðæt sý gehǽt let it be heated, Herb. 23, 2; Lchdm. i. 120, 8

crano-hawc

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Dele, and see Whitman, p. 45. Cf. O. H. Ger. 'accipiter, quem chranohári dicunt,' Grff. iv. 614

ge-hæg

(n.)
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ge-hæg, es; n.
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A hay, an enclosed piece of land, a meadow Oxena gehæg and án mylen, C. D. iv. 77, 28. Grénes gehæges vernantis prati An. Ox. 551. Of gehæge ex (sacrorum voluminum) prato, 1422. Ic ána sæt innan bearwe, mid helme beþeht, holte tómiddes; þǽr þá wæterburnan

ge-hǽt

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-hǽtan;</b> p. te To heat. physical Genim senepes sǽd . . . and xx piporcorna, gesamna eall mid ecede, gehǽt on wætere, Lch. ii. 24, 17. Gehǽt ceald wæter mid hátan íserne, 100, 20. Gegníd mid wíne, and gehǽte, 214, 21. Ꝥ

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200