hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Ða hellícan fýnd the fiends of hell, Homl. Th. i. 380, 27
Linked entry: helle-líc
hár
Hoar, hoary, grey, old ⬩ canus
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Hoar, hoary, grey, old; canus Hár hǽþ the grey heath, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 5; Exod. 118. Se hára wulf the grey wolf, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 15; Wand. 82. Háres hyrste the old warrior's arms, Beo.
hǽl
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Icel. íllu heilli malo augurio ; m evil hour) did he come upon hall-thanes, B. 719. Add
ýþ-hof
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Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof (ýðhof is suggested by Grein, which would restore the missing alliteration ) wyrcan, Cd. Th. 79, 25; Gen. 1316
in-hold
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Thoroughly loyal, loyal from the heart Abbodissum wé tǽcaþ ðæt hí inholde sín and ðæs hálgan regoles gebodum eallum móde þeówigen we teach abbesses to be heartily loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, Lchdm
hár
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, the enemy of the holt, because the wood has to be cleared away from the land which is to be brought under cultivation ), Rä. 22, 3.
hám
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Hit Scipia oftrǽdlíce hám onbeád ( sent home orders ) þæt hié hit ne angunnen, and eác self sǽde, þá hé hám of Ispanium com, Ors. 4, 12; S. 208, 34. Lida . . . hám cymeð, nefre him holm gestýreð, Gn. Ex. 106
hál-wenda
A saviour
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The Saviour that he spoke about is Jesus Christ who came to heal our wounds, that is, our sins, Homl. Th. i. 142, 32: 136, 21
-hám
the abode of the elves
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In this sense it is the general assemblage of the dwellings in each particular district, to which the arable land and pasture of the community were appurtenant, the home of all the settlers in a separate and well defined locality, the collection of the
ymb-hón
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Homl. Ass. 202, 220. Seó fone is mid .xii. godwebbum útan ymbhangen, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 17
Linked entry: ymb-hangen
a-hold
faithful ⬩ fidelis ⬩ fidus
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faithful; fidelis, fidus
firgen-holt
a mountain-wood
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a mountain-wood
heolstor-hof
A dark dwelling ⬩ hell
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A dark dwelling, hell, Elen. Kmbl. 1524; El. 764
hyl-song
timbrel
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timbrel On hylsongæ in tympano, Ps. Spl. T. 150, 4
lim-hál
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Sound of limb, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 14; Gú. 661
mearc-hof
A dwelling in a mark or country
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A dwelling in a mark or country, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61
mór-hop
A pool in a marsh
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A pool in a marsh Hé byreþ blódig wæl . . . mearcaþ mórhopu he (Grendel) will bear the bloody corse . . . will mark the marshy pools (with the blood), Beo. Th. 904; B. 450
morþor-hof
A place of torment or extreme misery
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A place of torment or extreme misery (hell), Elen. Kmbl. 2603; El. 1303
stán-hof
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A house of stone Stánhofu stódan, Exon. Th. 478, 10; Ruin. 39
súsl-hof
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A place of torment, hell Of helle, of ðam súslhofe, Hy. 10, 31