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heá

Similar entry: HEÁH

here-toga

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Swá hwylcne heora swá him se tán ætýwde, þonne gecuron hí þone him tó heretogan and tó ládþeówe (hunc tempore belli ducem omnes sequuntur), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 19.

hec

Similar entry: fódder-hec

heort-ece

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Cardiacus dicitur qui patitur laborem cordis vel morbus cordis heortcoþa vel [heort]ece, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 66. Wiþ heortece, gif him oninnan heard heortwærc sié, Lch. ii. 60, 6. Wiþ heorotece, ii. Wiþ hiorotece, 14. Add

heort-ece

(n.)
Grammar
heort-ece, es; m.

Pain at the heart

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Pain at the heart Heó wið heortece well fremaþ it is very beneficial for heartache, Herb. 18, 3; Lchdm. i. 110, 19: ad cardiacos, 89, 3; Lchdm. i. 192, 16

here-býme

Grammar
here-býme, l. here-bíme,
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Herebýme classica, tubas, An. Ox. 50, 21. Herebýmum classibus, 2602. and add

here-toga

(n.)
Grammar
here-toga, -toha, an; m.

The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul

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Heora heretogan twegen gebroðra Hengest and Horsa duces eorum duo fratres Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 28. Heora heretogena sum ofslægen wearþ one of their leaders was slain, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 21.

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, hearm-ewidelian, hearm-cweodelian
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Þætte ne hearmcwideligen (-cweodelien, Ps. V. ), Ps. Vos. 118, 122. Add:

here-paþ

Grammar
here-paþ, her-paþ, es; m.

A road for an army ⬩ military road ⬩ road large enough to march soldiers upon

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A road for an army, military road, road large enough to march soldiers upon [occurs not unfrequently in charters] Ondlong herpoþes. Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 172, 18. Up tó herpaþe and fram ðam herpaþe súþrihte, 205, 20. On ðone brádan herpaþ, iii. 23, 35

Linked entry: here-weg

hege-stæf

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stæf, heg-stæf, es; m.
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A bar used to stop an opening in a fence (?) Hegstæf clatrum (= ? κλεῖθρον a bar, bolt; Latin clathri, clatri a trellis, grate), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 67. Cf. Dorebar clatrus, i. 203, 35. Barre clatrus, 237, 34

Linked entry: heg-stæf

here-nes

(n.)
Grammar
here-nes, -nis, -ness, e; f.

Praise

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Praise Herenes mín laudatio mea, Ps. Th. 103, 32: 110, 8: 117, 14. Herenis laus, Rtl. 30, 23: 174, 31. In herenesse Godes in laudem Dei, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 17: 599, 12; Ps. 55, 10. Hé geearnode ðæt hé ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit

Linked entries: here-word hærenes

here-beácen

(n.)
Grammar
here-beácen, -beácn, es; n.

A military ensign, standard ⬩ a beacon ⬩ lighthouse

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A military ensign, standard; also a beacon, lighthouse Herebeácn farus: upstandende herebeácn pira, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 93, 90; Wrt. Voc. 41, 45, 43. Herebeácen and segnas beforan mé lǽddon cum signis et vexillis, Nar. 7, 16

here-cyst

(n.)
Grammar
here-cyst, -cist, e; f.

A warlike troop,

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A warlike troop, Cd. 151; Th. 188, 32; Exod. 177: 156; Th. 194, 7; Exod. 257: 158; Th. 197, 3; Exod. 301

here-hýþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-hýþ, -húþe, e; f.

Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder

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Spoil, booty, plunder Hér wæs mycel herehúþe [herehýþe, MS. C.] ðǽr genumen in this year much spoil was taken at Bamborough, Chr, 993; Erl. 133, 2. Hé his ðone feórþan dǽl and ðære herehýþe for Gode gesealde quartam partem ejus et prædæ Domino daret,

here-net

(n.)
Grammar
here-net, -nett, es; n.

A war-net ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ corslet

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A war-net, coat of mail, corslet, Beo. Th. 3110; B. 1553

here-spel

(n.)
Grammar
here-spel, here-spell, es; n.

panegyric ⬩ eulogy

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A story of praise, panegyric, eulogy Gehýr nú þis herespel (the story of creation), Sch. 37. Substitute:

Linked entry: hér

here-þrym

(n.)
Grammar
here-þrym, here-þrymm, es; m.
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A martial force Hereþrym falanges, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 10. Substitute:

hell-rúna

Grammar
hell-rúna, (l ?) hell-rúne,
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Helhrúnan, wiccan pitonissam, diutnatricem, An. Ox. 1926. Helrúnan, 2, 60: 7, 106: 8, 106. and add

HEG

(n.)
Grammar
HEG, hig, es; n.

Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum

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Hay, grass; fœnum Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes fœnum agri, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind

Linked entries: hig hoeg

here-láf

(n.)
Grammar
here-láf, e; f.

The remnant of an army or people ⬩ what is left of an army after a battle ⬩ what is left after a battle ⬩ spoil

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Costontinus ne Ánláf mid heora hereláfum hlehhan ne þorftun not Constantine nor Anlaf, with the remnants of their forces, had cause for laughing, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 13; Æðelst. 47

Linked entry: fird-láf