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flán-hred

Grammar
flán-hred, -hræd.
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Swift as an arrow Flánhred dæg (the day of death. Cf. My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, Job 7, 6), Reim. 72. Substitute:

hreóh-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
hreóh-lic, adj.
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Stormy, full of trouble Hú feallendlic and hú lǽnendlic and hú hreóhlic þeós woruld ys, Wlfst. 136, 27. See preceding word

hrér-ness

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On his ymbehwyrfte bið swíþe mycel hrérenes, Verc. Först. 133, 16. Þysne dæg wé ús on mycelre rérnesse tóweardne ongytan magon, 130, 20. On hrérnisse in commotione(m), Bl. Gl. (under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add

hréð-mónaþ

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Hrǽdmónað Marche, Chr. P. 274. Add

hrif-téung

(n.)
Grammar
hrif-téung, e; f.
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Stomach-ache Hriftéung (printed hrig-, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 24) yleos, Wülck. Gl. 112, 23

Linked entry: téung

hrím-forst

(n.)
Grammar
hrím-forst, es; m.
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Hoar-frost Deáwas and rímforst ( pruina ), Ps. L. p. 249, 6. Hé ofslóh heora morbeámas on rímforste ( in pruina ), Ps. L. 77, 47

hræc-tunge

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Add: the tongue of the throat, the uvula Tóðum, tungan, múðe, hræctungan ( uvae ), hracan, þrotbollan, Lch. i. lxxiv, 9; lxx, 8

hran-fisc

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Add: The word seems used of some other fish than the whale in the following Hié of ðǽm neáhéum and merum þá hronfiscas úp tugon, and þá ǽton, and be þǽm lifdon, and ꝥ wæter æfter druncon (this very imperfectly translates the Latin, which is: Hii assueti

hráw-lic

Similar entry: hrá-lic

hrycg-hrægel

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Eádgyfe his swyster .i. hrigchrægl and .i. setlhrægl, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Add

hrycg-téung

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Dele, and see hrif-téung

middel-hrycg

(n.)
Grammar
middel-hrycg, es; m.
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A ridge of land lying between two streams Of lyllan bróce on middelhrycg ; of middelhrycge on herepaðford. Cht Crw. 1, 19. v. p. 52

sand-hrycg

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Betwyx sandhriccan (cf. stánhricgum, 5465) inter scyllam, An. Ox. 634. Add

writ-hreód

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Dele.(?)

wæl-hreów

(adj.)
Grammar
wæl-hreów, -hreáw, -reów, -rǽw; adj.

Cruelbarbarousbloodthirsty

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Cruel, barbarous, bloodthirsty Wælhreów crudelis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Zup. 54, 12: atrox, 9, 66; Zup. 72, 1: trux, 9, 67; Zup. 72, 9. Wælhreówe crudeli, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 22. Ða wælhreówan funestam, 38, 20. of living beings Wælhreów werod, Cd. Th. 219,

cytel-hrúm

kettle-soot

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kettle-soot

hran-mere

(n.)
Grammar
hran-mere, es; m.

the sea

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The whale-mere, the sea Hronmere, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 19; Met. 5, 10

hran-rád

(n.)
Grammar
hran-rád, e; f.

the sea

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The whale-road, the sea Ús bær on hranráde heáhstefn naca us the high-stemmed bark bore on the sea, Andr. Kmbl. 531; An. 266: 1267; An. 634. Geond hronráde throughout the ocean, Cd. 10; Th. 13, 19; Gen. 205: Beo. Th. 19; B. 10: Andr. Kmbl. 1641; An.

hreá-wíc

(n.)
Grammar
hreá-wíc, es; n.
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A place of the dead, a place where people lie slain, Beo. Th. 2432; B. 1214

hréd-mónaþ

Similar entry: hréð-mónaþ