hreóh-mód
Savage ⬩ fierce of mind ⬩ ferocious ⬩ troubled in mind
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Hreóhmód wæs se hǽðena þeóden fierce of heart was the heathen prince, Cd. 186; Th. 231, 4; Dan. 242. Se þeóden hreóhmód the prince with troubled heart, Beo. Th. 4270; B. 2132
H
hail
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In later English the guttural h is generally represented by gh, e. g. leóht light, heáh high. Under certain circumstances h takes the place of c and g, see those letters.
liccung
Licking
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Licking Hundes liccung gehǽlþ wunda a dog's licking heals wounds, Homl. Th. i. 330, 23
treów-wyrm
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A caterpillar Hé salde treówyrme westmas heara dedit erugini fructus eorum, Ps. Surt. 77, 46
geó-geáre
Of old ⬩ olim, antiquitus
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Of old; olim, antiquitus Swá swá we geógeáre hýrdon so as we of old have heard, Ps. Th. 47. 7
lifrig
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D. livered, clotted, coagulated; livery (of soil) heavy, tenacious)
wrixl
change ⬩ alteration ⬩ vicissitude ⬩ alternation ⬩ exchange ⬩ interchange ⬩ place ⬩ stead ⬩ a loan ⬩ what is given in return ⬩ return ⬩ requital
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Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 628, 2. where there is reciprocal action, interchange Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, Cd.
ge-styllan
To spring ⬩ move rapidly
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Cyning engla munt gestylleþ gehleápeþ heá dúne the king of angels shall mount a hill, shall leap the high downs, 18 a; Th. 45, 9; Cri. 716
twi-híwe
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of two forms or shapes Twihiówe, swá swá biþ healf mon and healf fear biformis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 31. Twihíwe biformia, 126, 12. of two colours Twihíwe bicolor, Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 34. Twihíwe godweb coccum bis tinctum, ii. 135, 44.
ge-hírness
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Add: what is heard Hwelc giléfeð gihérnisse úser? quis credidit auditui nostro?, Jn. R. 12, 38
eorþ-gráp
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After wyrhtan add: forweorene, geleorene, heard gripe hrúsan, and for ' mighty workmen ' substitute ' masters and (?) makers. '
ecg-hwæs
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Cf. ecg-heard
DYNE
DIN, noise ⬩ sonus, fragor, strepĭtus
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Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre ere he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 546; Sal. 272: 650; Sal. 324. Dyne fragōre, Mone B. 4425
GÁD
A point of a weapon ⬩ spear or arrow-head ⬩ sting ⬩ prick ⬩ GOAD ⬩ cuspis ⬩ acŭleus ⬩ stĭmŭlus
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A point of a weapon, spear or arrow-head, sting, prick, GOAD; cuspis, acŭleus, stĭmŭlus Gád cuspis, Wrt. Voc. 288, 23. Gád stĭmŭlus, Wrt. Voc. 75; 1. Se yrþling ná gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea, Coll.
hreác
A heap ⬩ stack ⬩ rick ⬩ reek
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A heap, stack, rick, reek [in dialects, v. E. D. S. Old Country and Farming Words, ii. iii. and Halliwell's Dict.] Hreác acervus, Wrt. Voc. 89, 44.
Linked entry: hrǽc
leáþor
lather
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Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4.
syn-rust
The foulness of sin
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The foulness of sin Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound, Exon. Th. 81, 9; Cri. 1321.
Linked entry: rust
niþer
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Sé sceal heán wesan niðer gebíged, Mód. 55. Funde þreó róda under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde, El. 832. Add
asc-bacen
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Baked in the ashes, on the hearth His gebróðra gegearwodon axbakenne (heorðbæcenne, v. l.) hláf (panem subcinericium ), Gr. D. 86, 30
hyl-lic
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Hilly Þis syndon þá túnas . . . óþer is hillic lég . . . feórþe healf burhlég, fífte gislic léh, C. D. B. iii. 577, 17