híw-fæst
Beautiful
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Beautiful Híwfæst formosa, i. speciosa, An. Ox. 1054. Híwfæstre formosior, i. speciosior, 453
híw-gedál
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Híwgedál divortium, i. divisio conjugiorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 54: 28, 27. Híwgedále divortio, 14. Add
híw-lic
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Of a married woman Þǽre híwlican matronalis (cf. (?) matronalis pudicitiae obliviscens, Ald. 59, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 19. For 'matronalis ... Lye' substitute:
hin-síþ
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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be
wæter-ham
Land surrounded by a ditch (?)
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Land surrounded by a ditch (?) Andlang burnan on wæterweg; of ðan wæterwege on waterhammes; of ðan hamman on grénan beorh, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 374, 31. Cf. flódhammas, i. 289, 18
Linked entry: flód-hamm
hám-cúþ
Familiar
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Familiar Ða hámcúþa stówa familiaria loca, Mt. Kmbl. p. 11, 1
hám-leás
Homeless
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Homeless Sceal hámleás hweorfan it must wander homeless, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 25; Rä. 40, 9
hám-scir
The office of an ædile ⬩ ædilitas, officium ædile
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The office of an ædile; ædilitas, officium ædile, Cot. 71, Lye
hám-weardes
Homewards ⬩ domum versus
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Homewards Sió óðeru fierd wæs hámweardes the other force was returning home, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 1
hám-stede
A homestead ⬩ domicile ⬩ a homestead
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A homestead Tó hámstede to the homestead, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 77, 7. v. p. xxxviii s
hám-wyrt
Home-wort ⬩ sempervivum tectorum
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Home-wort; sempervivum tectorum, L. M. 3, 41; Lchdm. ii. 336, 4: 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 18, 19: 1, 40; Lchdm. ii.104,14
hin-fús
Ready to go away or depart,
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Ready to go away or depart, Beo. Th. 1514; B. 755: Andr. Kmbl. 1223; An. 612
mylen-ham
An enclosure in which a mill stands
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An enclosure in which a mill stands Hit (the boundary) cymþ nyðer to ðam mylenhammæ and se mylenham and se myln ðǽrtð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 189, 10
hiw-leás
Wanting in form or in, colour
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Hú hiwleáse hie beóþ how colourless the patients are, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 2
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Of viii hídum helm and byrnan, Chr. 1008; P. 138, 6. Þeán ceorlisc geþeó ꝥ hé hæbbe helm and byrnan . . . gif hé ꝥ land nafað hé bið ceorl swá þeáh, Ll.
Snotinga-hám
Nottingham
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Fór hé tó Snotingahám and gefór ða burg and hét hié gebétan and gesettan ǽgðer ge mid Engliscum mannum ge mid Deniscum 922; Erl. 108, 30. Hér Eádmund cyning Myrce geeode, burga fífe, . . . Snotingahám . . . 942; Erl. 116, 13
HÁD
person ⬩ persona ⬩ sex ⬩ degree, rank, order, condition ⬩ state, condition, kind, nature, form ⬩ manner, way ⬩ honour ⬩ persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.
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Weorþian wé ða cláþas his hádes let us honour the clothes of his person, Blickl. Homl. 11, 9. Hé wæs on ánum háde twegra gecynda he was of two natures in one person, 33, 33.
Linked entries: acolitus diácon dúru-weard hádelíce -hád
haran hige
hare's foot ⬩ trifolium arvense
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hare's foot; trifolium arvense Genim ðás wyrte ðe man leporis pes and óðrum naman haran hige nemneþ take this plant which is called leporis pes and by another name hare's foot, Herb. 62; Lchdm. 164, 17
hel
a pretext
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a pretext Mid yfelan helan earme men beswícaþ with evil pretexts defraud poor men, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 18. [?]