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hám-hæn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-hæn, -henn, e; f.
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A domestic fowl, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 244, 25

égor-here

(n.)
Grammar
égor-here, es; m.

The water-host, the delugeundārum exercĭtus, dilŭvium

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The water-host, the deluge; undārum exercĭtus, dilŭvium Se égorhere eorþan tuddor eall acwealde the water-host destroyed all the earth's progeny. Cd. 69; Th. 84, 23; Gen. 1402 : 75; Th. 92, 31; Gen. 1537

forþ-here

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-here, -herge, es; m.

The front or van of an armyfrons exercĭtūs

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The front or van of an army; frons exercĭtūs Hie getealdon on dam forþherge féðan twelfe they numbered twelve bands in their van, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 1; Exod. 225

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 9; Sat. 87.]
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Hwanon ferigeaþ gé heresceafta heáp whence bear ye a heap of war shafts, Beo. Th. 675; B. 335. Hengestes heáp Hengest's band, 2186; B. 1091. His ðone gecorenan heáp electos suos, Ps. Th. 104, 38: L. Ælfc. P. 21; Th. ii. 372, 3.

here-beácen

a war-signala beaconan ensigna lighthouse

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Herebécn heál cum sǽnesse forus in edito promontorio, An. Ox. 575. Herebeacn, 1701

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, adv.
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Wæs nán tó gedále nymðe heá wæs áhafen on þá heán lyft, Gen. 1401.

heáf

(n.)
Grammar
heáf, es; m.
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Ðǽr biþ heáf illic erit fletus, 24, 51. Nis hér nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred there is no weeping nor wailing heard here, Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28.

Linked entry: heóf

hæc

(n.)
Grammar
hæc, gen. hæcce; f.
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Parv. hec, hek, or hetche, or a dore antica. On this word the following note is given ' "Antica, a gate, or a dore, or hatche est antica domus ingressus ab anteriori," Ortus. "An heke antica," Cath. Ang. " Ostiolum hek," Roy. MS. 17 c. xvii. f. 27.

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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Sax. hét: Icel. heitr: O. H. Ger. heiz: Ger. heiss: cf. Goth. heito; f. a fever.]

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.
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Heard is ðeós sprǽc this is an hard saying; durus est hic sermo, Jn. Skt. 6, 60. Heó wæs ǽror ðam cynge hire suna swíðe heard she had been before very hard to the king her son, Chr.1043; Erl. 168, 36: Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261.

heáh

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Fæt úp oþ mannes breóst heáh, Bl. H. 127, 6. Hú héh hell seó, Sat. 707. Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 22. Þæt fær gewyrc . . . þrittiges heáh elngemeta, Gen. 1308.

Linked entry: dynt

hǽs

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hét him tó clypian ealne þone here ꝥ hí his hǽse gefyldon, Hml. S. 28, 27: Angl vii. 52, 406. gehýrde þá word þæs hátendan, ac yldode ꝥ þá hǽsa gefyllan nolde audivit jubentis verba, sed implere distulit, Gr. D. 159, 16.

heáf

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Þú scealt þurh wóp and heáf cennan, þurh sár micel in dolore paries, Gen. 923. Heáf in helle habban, Gú. 588 : Sal. 467. Helle heáfas, Gen. 38. Add

hǽl

Grammar
hǽl, health.
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þæs hǽl gehleát, 105, 24. ¶ in form of salutation :-- þám cásere hǽle bodade, Lch. i. 326, 2. Hǽle Gode (hǽletode, Hpt. Gl. 467, 32) dré[mende] osanna persultans, An. Ox. 2607.

hǽre

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Add: sackcloth used as a garment, a hair-shirt scrýdde hine mid hǽran and mid axan bestreowode, Hml. S. 31, 445. Mid héran eilicio, Ps. Srt. 34, 13. Heó (St.

hæf

(n.)
Grammar
hæf, es; n.
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Take here heaf in Dict. and add Haeb salum (cf. salum vel mare, 65), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 57

Linked entry: hæb

hán

(n.)
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a thole Ǽnne scegð .lxiii. ǽre, is eallgearo bútan þám hánon; hine wolde fulgearwian his hláforde tó gerisnum, Crw. Cht. 23, 8. (?)

Linked entry: hǽnan

-hád

(suffix)
Grammar
-hád, a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in
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In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head

hal

(n.)
Grammar
hal, es; n.
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A, secret place, a corner Ðá gemétte hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13

hád

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Gif leornere wǽre ꝥ þurh láre geþunge ꝥ hád hæfde and þénode Críste, Ll. Th. i. 192, 13. nolde ꝥ ǽnigóðer man sceolde hire hád on sættan he would not have her take the veil from any one else, Hml.