Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

herig-feþa

Grammar
herig-feþa, v. here-féþa: herig-weard. v. hearg-weard: hering emulation, v. hyring: hering praise, v. herung: hér-inne. v. hér; VII 5.

This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.

hér

here . . . there

Entry preview:

Him andwyrde ꝥ heáfod, 'Hér, hér, hér,' Hml.

hete

Entry preview:

Dele passage (Rá. 34, 5) in 1. 4, and add: as a human passion Wæs here and hete on gehwilcum ende oft and gelóme, Wlfst. 162, 14. Hit ná næs búton hete and gewinnum, Ors. 3, II; S. 143, 17. Ic mé wið heora hete hýde, Ps. Th. 54, 12.

HÉR

(adv.)
Grammar
HÉR, adv.

HEREin this worldat this time

Entry preview:

HERE, in this world, at this time Hér hic, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse.

hege

Entry preview:

To ðǽm mǽrhege; ondlong ðæs mǽres heges, C. D. iii. 32, 30. Tó bysceopes swýnhege; ondlong heges, 77, 11: 78, 6. Oð ðone cwichege; súð andlang heges, 380, 13. Longan méd iacit be norðan hege, ii. 26, 27. Tó ðám ráhhege; æfter ðám hege á be ðám ófre, iii

hecg

(n.)
Grammar
hecg, hegg, e ; f.

A hedgefence

Entry preview:

A hedge, fence In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 16, 20

hése

(n.)
Grammar
hése, hoese, haese, hýse
Entry preview:

woodland country, land with bushes and bushwood. [The character of the land to which this name is applied seems marked by the fact that a denbǽre is called hése] Adiectis quatuor denberis . . . heáhden, hése, helmanhyrst, C. D. i. 317, 20. Adiectis denberis

heóre

(adj.)
Grammar
heóre, hýre; adj.

Gentlemildpleasant

Entry preview:

Culufre fótum stóp on beám hýre the dove with her feet stepped on to the tree, gentle, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 20; Gen. 1468. Ðǽr se hýra gæst þíhþ an þeáwum where the gentle spirit thrives in morals, Exon. 38 a; Th. 126, 9; Gú. 368

heóf

(n.)
Grammar
heóf, es; m.

Lamentationgriefsorrow

Entry preview:

Lamentation, grief, sorrow Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com Maximus troubled with great grief came to him, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS. C.] ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan Fabius

Linked entry: heáf

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

Entry preview:

Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.

hele-

(prefix)

Similar entry: helle-

herde

Similar entry: hirde

hese

(n.)

a youth

Entry preview:

a youth

-hete

(suffix)
Grammar
-hete, (?)

a foe

Entry preview:

a foe

hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hefe, es; m.
Entry preview:

Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164,

herd

Similar entry: HEORD

heóre

Grammar
heóre, l. híre.

Similar entry: un-híre

héra

Similar entry: híra

hele

(n.)

a covering

Entry preview:

a covering (?)

HELP

(n.)
Grammar
HELP, e; f: also es; m.

HELPaidsuccour

Entry preview:

HELP, aid, succour On ðǽm burgum wæs getácnad ðæt Crist is eáðmódegra help probans se esse conservatorem humilium, Ors. 3, 2; Swt. 100, 25. Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr

Linked entry: hylp