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uma

(n.)
Grammar
uma, huma, an; m.

a weaver's beam ⬩ the name of some plant

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a weaver's beam Uma scapus, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 25: scafus, 282, 8(in each case the word occurs in a list of terms connected with weaving). Huma scafus, Corpus Gl. ed. Hessels 106, 206 (the word is omitted by Wright in Voc. ii. 120, 26, and in Txts. 97,

Linked entry: huma

hús-brice

(n.)
Grammar
hús-brice, es; m.

Housebreaking ⬩ burglary

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Housebreaking, burglary Húsbrice [-brec, MS. A.] and bærnet æfter woruldlage is bótleás housebreaking and arson are according to the secular law inexpiable, L. C. S. 65; Th. i. 410, 5. Cf. quedam non possunt emendari, que sunt husbreche, et bernet, L

cípe-hús

Grammar
cípe-hús, v. cǽpe-hús
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in Dict

ge-béd-hús

(n.)
Grammar
ge-béd-hús, es; n.

A prayer-house ⬩ an oratory ⬩ house of prayer ⬩ orātōrium ⬩ dĕmus orātiōnis

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A prayer-house, an oratory, house of prayer; orātōrium, dĕmus orātiōnis Habbaþ ða wíc gebéd-hús the dwellings have a prayer-house, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 33. Mín hús biþ genemned gebéd-hús dŏmus mea dŏmus orātiōnis vocābitur, Mk. Bos. 11, 17. Godes cyrce

HÚSEL

(n.)
Grammar
HÚSEL, húsul, húsl, es; n.

The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist

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The HOUSEL, consecrated bread and wine, the Eucharist Ðæs hláfes wé onbyriaþ ðonne wé mid geleáfan tó húsle gáþ forðan ðe ðæt hálige húsel is gástlíce Cristes líchama that bread we taste when we believingly go to the Lord's supper, for the consecrated

Linked entry: húsl

ambiht-hús

(n.)
Grammar
ambiht-hús, es; n. [ambeht an office, hús house]

A workshop ⬩ officina

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A workshop; officina, R. Concord, 11

Linked entry: ambeht-hús

béd-hús

(n.)
Grammar
béd-hús, es; n. [béd a prayer, hús a house]

A chapel ⬩ an oratory ⬩ a place for prayer ⬩ oratorium

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A chapel, an oratory, a place for prayer; oratorium, Fulg. 43

hús-bonde

Grammar
hús-bonde, l. (?) hús-bonda. v. ge-bedda, ge-maca
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for a-forms

gist-hús

(n.)
Grammar
gist-hús, (<b>gæst-hús,</b> q. v. in Dict.), es; n.
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A place of entertainment for strangers, a guest-chamber, hostel, hospice, an inn Gisthús ælðeódigra manna zenodochium, Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 51. Gysthúses méd hospitii merces, Nap. 57, 10. Mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf, Ll. Th

hús-bót

(n.)
Grammar
hús-bót, e; f.
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House-repair; wood for the repair of a house; the right to cut such wood Ðis is seó wudung ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, ǽlce geáre fíftig fóðra and án hund of ðæs cinges ácholte and húsbót, C. D. vi. 243, 13. [v. N. E. D. house-bote.]

here-hýþ

Grammar
here-hýþ, here-húþe. l. here-húþ,
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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

hús-carl

(n.)
Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
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A member of the king's bodyguard Ðurstán mín húskarll præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4. Urk mín húskarl, 221, 6. On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?], 291, 15. Ða Densca húscarles, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 25

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Little ⬩ few

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Little, few [but the word occurs for the most part only in the neuter acc. with a substantive or adverbial force = a little] Dó huniges hwón tó put a little honey to it, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 32, 15. Hwón buteran, 8; Lchdm. ii. 54, 3. Hwón buteran and

æppel-hús

(n.)
Grammar
æppel-hús, es; n.

An apple-house ⬩ a place for fruit generally ⬩ pomarium

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An apple-house, a place for fruit generally; pomarium, Wrt. Voc. 58, 55

Linked entry: hús

ambeht-hús

(n.)
Grammar
ambeht-hús, es; n.

A workshop ⬩ officina

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A workshop; officina

bæþ-hús

(n.)
Grammar
bæþ-hús, es; n.

A BATH-HOUSE ⬩ thermarum domus

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A BATH-HOUSE; thermarum domus Bæþhús balnearium vel thermarium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 13; Wrt. Voc. 58, 54. Bæþhús vel bæþstów thermæ, Ælfc. Gl. 107; Som. 78, 75; Wrt. Voc. 57, 53

Linked entry: bæþ-stów

deófolgyld-hús

(n.)

a heathen temple

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a heathen temple

feorh-hús

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-hús, es; n.

Life's house ⬩ spirit's house ⬩ the body ⬩ vītæ vel ănĭmæ dŏmus ⬩ corpus

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Life's house, spirit's house, the body; vītæ vel ănĭmæ dŏmus, corpus Gár oft þurhwód fǽges feorhhús the dart often pierced the body of the fated, Byrht. Th. 140, 32; By. 297

fisc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
fisc-hús, es; n.

A fishing-house ⬩ piscīnāle

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A fishing-house; piscīnāle, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 105; Wrt. Voc. 58, 20

flǽsc-hús

(n.)
Grammar
flǽsc-hús, es; n.

A flesh-house ⬩ carnis officīna

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A flesh-house; carnis officīna Flǽschús carnāle, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 102; Wrt. Voc. 58, 17