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háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

heaf

Grammar
heaf, l. hæf, q. v.

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háma

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Add: — Háma grillus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 2 : 41, 6: cicada, 16, 27. Háman cicade, Txts. 52, 256

hamm

Similar entry: ham

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, l. hǽle q. v.

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-hǽme

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-hǽme, adj.

Similar entry: ge-hǽme

-hǽme

(suffix)
Grammar
-hǽme, pl. m.
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This form is found in many words denoting the inhabitants of places whose names end in -hám, e, g. Æschǽma gemǽru, C. D. iv. 70, 26.lt;i>For a list ofswch words see Cht. Craw. 116. Also the form -hǽmingas Wanhǽminga gemǽre,C. D. v. 264, l. Wealthǽminga

hæn

Similar entry: hen

heal

(n.)

a corner

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a corner

-heáw

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-heáw

hæc

(n.)
Grammar
hæc, gen. hæcce; f.

A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework ⬩ a wicket, or hatch of a doore

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A hatch, grating, a gate made of latticework [?] Of ðare ealdan hæcce, Th. Chart. 394, 15, 21 : 395. 10, 22, 28 : 396, 4, 5, 14

hǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽl, adj.

Hale, safe, whole, sound

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Hale, safe, whole, sound Hǽle and trume safe and sound, Blickl. Homl. 171, 30

halm

Similar entry: HEALM

háma

(n.)
Grammar
háma, an; m.

A cricket ⬩ cicada ⬩ cicada, grillus ⬩ cricket

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A cricket; cicada, Wrt. Voc. 281, 48

Linked entry: hyll-háma

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.

Hoarse

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Hoarse Hás raucus, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan ðe nú hás ys habeo quendam puerum qui modo raucus est, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3

hát

(n.)
Grammar
hát, es; n.

A promise, vow ⬩ vota ⬩ a solemn promise, vow ⬩ a command

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A promise, vow Ic sendo hát fadores mínes ego mitto promissum patris mei, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 49. Hátes promissionis, Rtl. 14, 14

heal

Linked entry: hol

hell

Linked entries: hel hel-lic hellwendlic

hǽr

(n.)
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In l. 8 l. efesiað

hán

(n.)
Grammar
hán, e; f.
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A projecting stone that forms part of a boundary Þis synt þá gemǽro . . . tó þǽre háne; þonan norþ on gerihte andlang hrycges, C. D. ii. 215, 31. Ǽrest on þane hwítan weg; ðonon on ðá reádan háne; of ðǽre háne on ðone herpað, iii. 415, 30: v. 297, 32

Linked entry: hon-

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