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hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

hǽr-sife

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-sife, es; n.
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A hair-sieve Man sceal habban . . . hérsyfe, Angl. ix. 264. 14

hæg-hál

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Linked entry: hál

hæg-steald

(adj.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, adj.
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Add: v. hago-steald; adj

hæg-weard

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hǽl-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl-wyrt, e ; f.
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Penny-royal Hǽlwyrt pollegia, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 61

múþ-hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
múþ-hǽl, es; n. l. e ; f.

hæg-steald

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-steald, hæge-, heh-, es; m : e; f [?]

One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virgin ⬩ mansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo

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One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, bachelor, virgin; mansionarius, cælebs, juvenis, virgo Hwæðer hé sig hægsteald ðe hǽmedceorl utrum cælebs sit an uxoratus, L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii

Linked entry: Hagustaldes-eá

hæg-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hæg-þorn, es; m.

Hawthorn

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Hawthorn Hægþorn alba spina, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 50; Wrt. Voc. 33, 46. Genim hægþornes leáf take leaves of hawthorn, Herb. 37, 6; Lchdm. i. 138, 17. Of ðam mappuldre tó ðam hægþorne from the maple to the hawthorn, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 424, 3

Linked entries: hege-þorn haga-þorn

hǽl-bǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
hǽl-bǽre, adj.

Salutary

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Salutary, Lye

hǽr-nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-nǽdl, e; f.

A hair-pin ⬩ calamistrum

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A hair-pin; calamistrum, Lye

lencten-hǽte

(n.)
Grammar
lencten-hǽte, an : <b>lencten-hǽt lencten-hǽtu,</b> e; f.
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22

Linked entry: hǽte

un-hǽlu

Grammar
un-hǽlu, un-hǽlo.
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Deáh hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 19. Add

fearh-hama

(n.)
Grammar
fearh-hama, an; m.

A little stem ⬩ caulĭcŭlus

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A little stem; caulĭcŭlus Fearh-hama caulĭcŭlus, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 117; Wrt. Voc. 45, 22

hærn-flota

(n.)
Grammar
hærn-flota, an; m.

A wave-floater, ship

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A wave-floater, ship, Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 9; Gú. 1307

hago-steald

(n.)
Grammar
hago-steald, es; n.

Celibacy

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Celibacy, Exon. 105 b; Th. 402, 17; Rä. 21, 31

háls-wurþung

(n.)
Grammar
háls-wurþung, e; f.

A celebration because of safety

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A celebration because of safety, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 11; Exod. 581

hae-swealwe

(n.)
Grammar
hae-swealwe, an ; f.
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A kind of hawk Haesualwe (Sweet suggests sǽ-) astur, Txts. 43, 234. Cf. beoru-swealwe

hago-stealdmonn

(n.)
Grammar
hago-stealdmonn, es; m. = hago-steald, q.
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Exon. 104 a; Th. 395, 3; Rä. 15, 2. v

ge-hǽre

Grammar
ge-hǽre, l. (?) <b>ge-hǽr.</b> Cf. ge-feaxe.

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