Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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helur

Similar entry: heolor

heon

(adv.)
Grammar
heon, hion.

Similar entry: heonan

héra

Similar entry: híra

hére

(n.)

dignity

Entry preview:

dignity. In the passage Hwæt is hiora here, perhaps hér might be read, which would correspond with the phrase in the prose nú tó láfe

helde

(n.)

a slope

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a slope

helfe

Similar entry: hilfe

hell-rúna

Grammar
hell-rúna, (l ?) hell-rúne,
Entry preview:

Helhrúnan, wiccan pitonissam, diutnatricem, An. Ox. 1926. Helrúnan, 2, 60: 7, 106: 8, 106. and add

helle-heáf

Grammar
helle-heáf,
  • Cd. 2; Th. 3, 19; Gen. 38.

heáh-heall

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-heall, (?), e; f.
Entry preview:

A palace Bold wæs betlic brego róf cyning heáhealle the building was splendid, a brave king was the prince of the palace (?), B. 1926. Cf. heáh-sele

hell-waran

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waran, pl.
Entry preview:

Tó hell-warum ad inferos, 1010, 16. Ne forlǽt ðú míne sáwle mid hellwarum leave not my soul in hell, Blickl. Homl. 87, 33

hell-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cræft, es; m.

Hellish art,

Entry preview:

Hellish art, Andr. Kmbl. 2205; An. 1104

hell-deóful

(n.)
Grammar
hell-deóful, es; m. n.

Orcus, Pluto

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Orcus, Pluto, Cot. 145, Lye

hell-firen

(n.)
Grammar
hell-firen, e; f.

A hellish crime,

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A hellish crime, Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 3; Reb. 6

hell-træf

(n.)
Grammar
hell-træf, es; m.

A hellish, infernal building,

Entry preview:

A hellish, infernal building, Andr. Kmbl. 3379; An. 1693

hell-rún

(n.)
Grammar
hell-rún, e; f.

A sorceress

Entry preview:

A sorceress, one who has a spirit of divination Helrún pithonis (cf. pithonissa, spiritus inferni. Corp. Gl. H. 6, 252), Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 64: 69, 20. Fram helrúnum a pithonibus, 3, 37

Linked entry: hel-rán

mid-help

(n.)
Grammar
mid-help, es; m: e; f.

Help ⬩ assistance

Entry preview:

Help, assistance Tó miðhelpe adjuvando, Rtl. 29, 36

Linked entry: help

eorþ-hele

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-hele, es; m.

A heap ⬩ tŭmŭlus

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A heap; tŭmŭlus Wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc, swilce hit hagoles eorþhele wǽre the dew was about the camp, as it were a heap of hail, Ex. 10, 14

Linked entry: hele

hél-spure

(n.)
Grammar
hél-spure, an; f.

A heel

Entry preview:

A heel Unrehtwísnis hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 48, 5] mínre iniquitas calcanei mei, Ps. Stev. 48, 6. Hélspuran [hellspuran, Ps. Spl. 55, 6] míne calcaneum meum, 55, 7

Linked entry: sporu

here-hýþ

Grammar
here-hýþ, here-húþe. l. here-húþ,
Entry preview:

Hí læddon mid him micele herehúþe and manige hæftnýdlingas, Hml. S. 30, 390. Sé þe fint here-húða manige qui inuenit spolia multa, Ps. L. 118, 162. and add

hell-grund

(n.)
Entry preview:

the depth of hell Þú in hellgrundes (helle-, v.l.) ástige, Angl. xii. 507, 8

Linked entry: helle-grund

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