mán-hús
A house of wickedness ⬩ hell
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A house of wickedness, hell Mánhús fæst under foldan, ðǽr biþ fýr and wyrm, open scræf yfela gehwylces, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 7; Exod. 535
máðum-hús
A treasure-house ⬩ treasury
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A treasure-house, treasury Mádmhús gazophilacium, Ælfc. Gl. 81; Som. 73, 11; Wrt. Voc. 47, 18. Máðmhús, 86, 48: erarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 42. On ðæs cynges máðmhúse in ærarium regis, Gen. 47, 14: Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 258, 13. Gesæt se Hǽlend binnan ðam temple
mealt-hús
A malt-house ⬩ brationarium
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A malt-house; brationarium, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 127; Wrt. Voc. 58, 38
mót-hús
A house where a court or assembly is held
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A house where a court or assembly is held Dómhús vel móthús epicausterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 52. Móthúses prod[r]omi. Hpt. Gl. 476, 61
Linked entry: gemót-hús
eardung-hús
A habitation ⬩ habitācŭllum
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A habitation; habitācŭllum Gemǽne eardunghús commūne habitācŭlum, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 26
gift-hús
A wedding-house ⬩ nuptiarum domus
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A wedding-house; nuptiarum domus Ðá wǽrun ða gyfthús mid sittyndum mannum gefyllede impletæ sunt nubtiæ discumbentium, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 10
græf-hús
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A grave-house, house of the dead Hell grim græf-hús hell the grim house of the dead, Cd. 228; Th. 309, 11; Sat. 708
sealt-hús
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A house where salt is prepared (?) or sold (?); salinarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49
fýr-hús
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Siððan hí of beóderne gán drincan innan heora fýrhúse ( in caminata ), Chrd. 45, 6. Add
fore-hús
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a porch Þǽr wæs án forehús æt þǽre cyrcan duru, Vis. Lfc. 33
Swíþ-hún
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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given
wíte-hús
A house of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ prison ⬩ an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred ⬩ hell
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A house of punishment or torment, a prison Wítehúsa ergastulorum, Hpt. Gl. 516, 8. an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred Wítehúses amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47. On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos
ambeht-hús
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Ambihthús officina, Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. Add
bern-hús
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(Gr. D. 68, 22)
capitol-hús
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A chapter-house Gyf þú hwæt be capitelhúse tǽcan wylle, Tech. ii. 122, 4
ealu-hús
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an alehouse. Ðe werc of þesternesse . . . ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, O. E. Hml. ii. 11, 30
eardung-hús
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Ꝥ hús wæs geworden geleáffullra manna eardunghús ( habitaculum ), Gr. D. 185, 16. Of ðǽm eardunghúse his de habitaculo suo, Ps. Srt. 32, 14: ii. p. 188, 29. Hé funde áne wéste stówe, in þǽre hé him sylfum geworhte tela unmycel eardunghús, Gr. D. 201,
eorþ-hús
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Se cásere hét hine gelǽdan intó ánum eorðhúse, and hét áne strange leó lǽtan in tó him, Hml. S. 30, 415. [He hehte hine makian an eorðhus . . . wes Astrild i þissen eorðhuse þat na mon heo þer nuste, Laym. 2360, 2381.] Add