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healf-hunding

(n.)
Grammar
healf-hunding, es; m.

A creature having a dog's head

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A creature having a dog's head Healf-hundingas cenocephali, Nar. 34, 30: 22, 15

Linked entry: hunding

heáh-weofod

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-weofod, es; n.

The high altar

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The high altar Gesceot bæftan ðæm heáh-weofode propitiatorium vel sanctum sanctorum, vel secretarium, vel pastoforum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 27; Wrt. Voc. 59, 1

helle-heáf

Grammar
helle-heáf,
  • Cd. 2; Th. 3, 19; Gen. 38.

heów-síþ

Similar entry: heóf-síþ

heófe-líce

(adv.)
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Dele

heáf-sang

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Substitute: A dirge, lament Heáfsang lamentabile (canticum: cf. canticum lamentabile, quod epithrenion nocatur, Ald. 13, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 69

heáf-sang

(n.)
Grammar
heáf-sang, es; m.

An elegy

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An elegy, Cot. 118, Lye

Linked entry: heóf-sang

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hæl (?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es; m.

a shelter

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A hidden spot (f), a shelter Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16

hec

Similar entry: fódder-hec

here-toga

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Swá hwylcne heora swá him se tán ætýwde, þonne gecuron hí þone him tó heretogan and tó ládþeówe (hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 19.

heort-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heort-ece, es; m.

Pain at the heart

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Pain at the heart Heó wið heortece well fremaþ it is very beneficial for heartache, Herb. 18, 3; Lchdm. i. 110, 19: ad cardiacos, 89, 3; Lchdm. i. 192, 16

heá

Similar entry: HEÁH

heofon-weorod

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-weorod, es; n.
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The heavenly host Þurh Godes mihte bid ale ástyred heofonwered (heofen-, v.l.). Wlfst. 25, 21: 203, 5

heort-ece

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Cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel [heort]ece, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 66. Wiþ heortece, gif him oninnan heard heortwærc sié, Lch. ii. 60, 6. Wiþ heorotece, ii. Wiþ hiorotece, 14. Add

here-býme

Grammar
here-býme, l. here-bíme,
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Herebýme classica, tubas, An. Ox. 50, 21. Herebýmum classibus, 2602. and add

here-toga

(n.)
Grammar
here-toga, -toha, an; m.

The leader of an army or of a peoplea generalduxconsul

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Heora heretogan twegen gebroðra Hengest and Horsa duces eorum duo fratres Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 28. Heora heretogena sum ofslægen wearþ one of their leaders was slain, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 21.

here-nes

(n.)
Grammar
here-nes, -nis, -ness, e; f.

Praise

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Praise Herenes mín laudatio mea, Ps. Th. 103, 32: 110, 8: 117, 14. Herenis laus, Rtl. 30, 23: 174, 31. In herenesse Godes in laudem Dei, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 17: 599, 12; Ps. 55, 10. Hé geearnode ðæt hé ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit

Linked entries: here-word hærenes

here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an armymilitary roadroad large enough to march soldiers upon

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A road for an army, military road, road large enough to march soldiers upon [occurs not unfrequently in charters] Ondlong herpoþes. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 172, 18. Up tó herpaþe and fram ðam herpaþe súþrihte, 205, 20. On ðone brádan herpaþ, iii. 23, 35

Linked entries: strǽl here-weg

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

Linked entry: heg-stæf

heofon-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-fýr, es; n.

Lightning

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Lightning, Be ðám muntum . . . þá ðe heáh standað . . . heó beóð genehhe mid heofenfýre geþreáde, Wlfst. 262. 15

Linked entry: fýr