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horu

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Add:: n. [A weak form occurs, Hml. S. 7, 129.] of physical impurity (or uncertain) Fúles horewes squalentis ceni, An. Ox. 3598. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71. Fúle horewas putidos (ergastuli) squalores, An. Ox. 11, 134. of moral impurity

hosp

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Hosp, lehter probrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 35. Hosp, hearmsprǽc calumpnia, 127, 77. Factio, i. conjuratio, conventus, narratio vel hosp, 146, 67. Ðá cempan . . . bígende heora cneówu and cweðende mid hospe ( milites . . . genu flexu ante eum inludebant dicentes

hoss

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hóced

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On ðá hócedan díc; of þǽre hócedan díc, C. D. B. ii. 260, 36: C. D. vi. 30, 5. Add

hocg

Similar entry: hogg

-hogod

(suffix)

Similar entry: á-hogod

hopa

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Add: expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation On hopan ( spe ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom. 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3. Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8. Hopa þe byð

hóre

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Add: — Leás fyrnhicge, hóre prostituta pellax, i. meretrix quae prostat, i. mendax, An. Ox. 2940. Hórena meretricum, 3329

horn

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Add: the horn of an animal Swýþor þonne æþele cealf, þeáh þe him upp ágá horn on heáfde super vitulum novellum cornua producentem Ps. Th. 68, 32. Hé geseah ánne ramm betwux þám brémelum be þám hornum gehæft, Gen. 22, 13. Úr feohteð mid hornum, Rún. 2

hopu

lygustra,

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lygustra, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 2

horo-

(prefix)

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hóced

(adj.)
Grammar
hóced, adj.

Shaped like a hook, curved

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Shaped like a hook, curved Óþ ðat hit cymþ tó ðan hókedan gáran until it comes to the curved strip of land, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 434, 10

Linked entries: hóc hociht

hoeg

Similar entry: HEG

hogo-

(prefix)

Similar entry: hoga

hoga

(n.)
Grammar
hoga, an; m.

Care

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Care, R. Ben. 53, Lye

holor

Similar entry: heolra

hona

Similar entry: hana

Dún-holm

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-holm, e; m. [Flor. Dunhelm: Brom. Durem, Durham: dúna hill, holm water, an island]

DURHAMDunelmia

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DURHAM; Dunelmia Hér forlét Ægelríc bisceop his bisceopríce æt Dúnholm in this year [A. D. 1056] bishop Ægelric left his bishopric at Durham, Ch. 1056; Erl. 191, 14. Ða menn hine befóron innan ðære burh æt Dúnholme the men surrounded him in the burgh

æsc-holt

(n.)
Grammar
æsc-holt, es; nom. pl. holt; n.

Ash-woodan ash-wood spearlignum fraxineumhasta fraxinea

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Ash-wood, an ash-wood spear; lignum fraxineum, hasta fraxinea Æscholt asceóc shook his ashen spear, Byrht. 138, 35; By. 230: Beo. Th. 665; B. 330

hóc

a hookchaindragginga fish-hook

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Add: a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27.