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heard-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-neb, -nebb; adj.

Having a hard beak

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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15

heard-lícness

(n.)
Grammar
heard-lícness, e; f.

Hardness, severity, strictness

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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume hí sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15

hearm-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-cwalu, e; f.

Grievous destruction

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Grievous destruction, Exon. 31 b; Th. 98, 18; Cri. 1609

heard-wendlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
heard-wendlíce, adv.

Severely, strictly

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Severely, strictly Heardwendlíce [MS. B. heardlíce] districtius, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 40

hearm-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-leóþ, es; n.

A sorrowful song, lamentation

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A sorrowful song, lamentation Hearmleóþ galan to sing a song of grief, Andr. Kmbl. 2256; An. 1129: 2684; An. 1344. Hearmleóþ ágól earm and unlǽd wretched and miserable sang a mournful song, Exon. 74 b; Th. 279, 18; Jul. 615

hearm-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-líc, adj.

Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous

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Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous Hearmlíc him wǽre ðæt hé wurþe ðá éce it would have been hurtful for him to become eternal then, Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 17. Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057; Erl. 192, 21

hearm-sprǽcolness

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽcolness, e; f.

Slandering, traducing,

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Slandering, traducing, Som

hearm-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-stæf, es; m.

Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction

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Hurt, harm, sorrow, trouble, affliction Wé nú gehýraþ hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan we now hear whence troubles arose for us, Cd. 45; Th. 58, 1; Gen. 939. Ne móstun hý Gúþláces gæste sceððan ... ac hý áhófun hearmstafas they might not injure Guthlac's

hearm-loca

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-loca, an; m.

An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison

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An enclosed place where hurt or affliction is suffered, a prison Wræcstówe under hearmlocan gefóran they reached their place of exile in hell, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 19; Gen. 91. Hé his maguþegne under hearmlocan hǽlo ábeád he announced safety to his servant

hearp-sang

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-sang, es; m.

A song to the harp, a psalm

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A song to the harp, a psalm Hearpsang psalmus, Ælfc. Gl. 34: Som. 62, 56; Wrt. Voc. 28, 36

hearp-swég

(n.)
Grammar
hearp-swég, es; m.

The sound of the harp

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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss

hearm-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽc, e; f.

Slandercalumnia

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Slander; calumnia, Som

Linked entry: hearm-cwide

hearm-sprǽcol

(adj.)
Grammar
hearm-sprǽcol, adj.

Calumnious

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Calumnious, Som

hearm-heortness

(n.)
Grammar
hearm-heortness, e; f.

Murmuring, grievingmurmuratio

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Murmuring, grieving; murmuratio, Cot. 187, Lye

on-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
on-heáw, es; m.

A block to hew on

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A block to hew on Onheáwas codices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 38: 135, 60: 14, 62

ge-heáw

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heáw, es; n.

A striking togethera gnashinggrindingconcussiostridor

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A striking together, a gnashing, grinding; concussio, stridor Tóþa geheáw a gnashing of teeth, Cd. 221; Th. 285, 18; Sat. 339

Linked entry: -heáw

ge-heáw

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Þár bið eágna wóp and tóða geheáw, Hml. A. 168, 128. Add

Sigel-waras

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-waras, -ware ; pl.
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The Ethiopians Mannkynn sweartes hiwes . . . ða man háteþ Sílhearwan (Sigilwara, MS. V.), Nar. 38, 30. Hine Sigelwearas ( Aethiopes ) séceaþ, Ps. Th. 71, 9. Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2 ; Exod. 69. Hé ( St.