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ambeht-híra

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-híra, (-héra), an; m.
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A vasal Eom ic eáðmód his ombiehthéra, þeów geþyldig, Gú. 571

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, a secret place. In Ps. Spl. T. 16, 13 perhaps ge-hídum should be read for gehildum. Cf. ge-hýddum
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abditis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 34: 4, 17

ge-híne

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-híne, adj.
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Mean, poor, frail. Ðá gehéno kaduca Rtl. 189, 31

Linked entries: ge-hén -híne

gylden-hilt

(adj.)
Grammar
gylden-hilt, gylden-hilte; adj.
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Golden-hilted Hé an ii. gyldenra róda and ii. gyldenhiltra sweorda, C. D. 8. iii. 74, 27

grǽg-hiwe

Grammar
grǽg-hiwe, grǽg-hǽwe.
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Dele, and see grǽg and hǽwe

hider-ryne

(adj.)
Grammar
hider-ryne, adj.
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Of this (the speaker's) country Hidirrinę nostratis, Txts. 115, 131

hider-tócyme

advent

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advent

Linked entry: tó-cyme

hilt-sweord

(n.)
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a hilled sword, sword with a hilt Hiora þegnas bióþ mid fetlum and mid gyldenum hyltsweordum gehyrste Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 5

hírd-preost

Linked entries: híred-preóst hírd-clerc

hird-ræden

Similar entry: heord-rǽden

híred-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
híred-cúþ, adj.

Familiar ⬩ domestic

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Familiar, domestic Betere ys þincg híredcúþ beón gewanud þænne sáwle hǽle forwyrþan melius est rem familiarem minui quam animę salutem perire, Scint. 203, 13

in-híred

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Híwcúþum inhíredes domesticis clientelę (sodalibtis), An. Ox. 5133. Geférrǽdene, inhírede clientela, i. obseruatio domestica, 2809. Hírede þeówtlicum inhírede þénum (cum omni) familia (et) vernacula clientela (una cum) parasitis, 3309. Add

-sin-híwen

(suffix)

Linked entry: -híwen

twi-híwe

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Add Twihíwum wurmon bis tincto cocco, An. Ox. 2, 24

un-híre

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Add Becreáp þǽr inn sum swýðe unhýre (-héru, v.l.) nǽddre (serpens ), Gr. D. 211, 14. For ðæs swinglan þá unhýran deór. . . flugon ante cujus verbera immanissimae bestiae . . . fugiebant, 229, 22

ǽ-híwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-híwe, adj.

without colour, pallid ⬩ without form, ugly, deformed

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without colour, pallid Ǽhíwe decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69. Óðre hwíle hé bið blǽc and ǽhíwe, An. Ox. 4897, note. without form, ugly, deformed Ǽhíwe deformes (opifices turpi natura corporis ), An. Ox. 2, 498

Linked entry: híwe

ofer-híre

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-híre, adj.

Disobedient, regardless

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Disobedient, regardless Gif preóst on his scriftscíre ǽnigne man wite Gode oferhýre, oððe on heáfodleahtrum yfele befeallene, L. Edg. C. 6; Th. ii. 244, 22

Linked entries: -hýre -híre

hild-from

(adj.)
Grammar
hild-from, adj.

Stout or bold in war,

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Stout or bold in war, Andr. Kmbl. 2405; An. 1204

híre-man

Linked entry: hére-man

ge-hild

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hild, es; n. ; ge-hildo, ge-hildu ; f.
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</b> a place for keeping in safety :-- Settun swé swé æppeltún gehaeld posuerunt Hieru-salem velut pomorum custodiam Ps.

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