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hun

(n.)
Grammar
hun, [hún?], e; f.

Impurity ⬩ tabes

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Impurity [?]; tabes. Cot. 192

Linked entry: hunel

hux-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
hux-, husc-líc; adj.

Ignominious ⬩ scorn ⬩ insult

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Ignominious, involving shame, scorn, insult Huxlíc dedecor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 34. Ðá þuhte him tó huxlíc ðæt hé híran sceolde ǽnigum hláforde it seemed to him too ignominious to obey any lord, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 36. Ðá þuhte ðam heáhgeréfan huxlíc

húf

(n.)
Grammar
húf, es; m.

bubo

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A horned owl; bubo. Wrt. Voc. 63, 19

hun

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Substitute: <b>hun (?), hunu(?), hún (?)</b> diseased matter, disease; tabum Hune vel ádle tabo (elephantino deturpans, Ald. 49, 16. The passage is glossed: Hreófligum wyrmse áwlǽtende, An. Ox. 3585), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 55

HÚ

(adv.)
Grammar
HÚ, adv.

How

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Eálá on hú grimmum and on hú grundleásum seáðe swinceþ ðæt sweorcende mód, Bt. Met.

Linked entries: hú-lic hú-meta hwu

husc

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Voc. ii. 87, 30, and odd Hux, hosp hironiám, An. Ox. 5201. ( Both glosses belong to Ald. 75, 20.)

hún

(n.)
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Hún-bald, Ælf-hún. v. Txts. 635 for many examples

hucs

Similar entry: husc

húsl

Similar entry: HÚSEL

hás

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Ic swanc hrýmende (clypiende, Ps. Rdr., Spl., Srt.), háse gewordene synt míne góman, Ps. L., Rdr., Spl., Srt. 68, 4. Add

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, a bramble.
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Substitute: <b>hos,</b> pl. hossas and (?) hosa a shoot, tendril Hos butrus (cf. cyprus, arbor est habens . . . butros sicut erba pratorum, Ld. Gl. H. 90, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 27: ii. 11, 56. Mænifealde hosses spissos (palmitum) pampinos

hás

(adj.)
Grammar
hás, adj.

Hoarse

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Hoarse Hás raucus, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 38. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan ðe nú hás ys habeo quendam puerum qui modo raucus est, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Mé syndan góman háse raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ, Ps. Th. 68, 3

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, e; f.

A bramble, thorn

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A bramble, thorn Hós butrus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 27: rhamnus, vimen; butrus, Cot. 25, 165, Lye. Twígu ł hósa rhamnum, Ps. Spl. C. 57, 9

húf

Similar entry: úf

hós

(n.)
Grammar
hós, e; f.

A company, band ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors

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A company, band Mid mægþa hóse with a band of maidens, Beo. Th. 1853; B. 924

HÚSEL

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

The HOUSEL ⬩ the Eucharist

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Ðæm folce húsl syllan Eucharistiam populo dare, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507,13. Hé frægn hwæðer hí ǽnig húsel ðǽrinne hæfdon. Ðá andswaredon hí hwylc þearf is ðé húsles . . . Cwæþ hé Beraþ mé hwæðere húsel tó interrogavit, si Eucharistiam intus haberent.

Linked entry: húsl

hú

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Gewát neósian húses, hú hit Hring Déne gebún hæfdon, B. 116.

hu-

(prefix)

Similar entry: hwá

hún-spuran

(n.)
Grammar
hún-spuran,
  • Lye
hun-spera, -spura

dolones

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dolo, dolones; great spars or staves with small heads of iron, and swords within,' Som. Cot. 62

Linked entry: spora

Swíþ-hún

(n.)
Grammar
Swíþ-hún, es; m.

St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852.

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St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, in which see he succeeded Helmstan, who died 852. In one MS. of the A. S. Chronicle, under the year 861, is the entry Hér forðférde S. Swíðún biscop, Erl. 71, 20; but in a charter of 863, Swíðhún episcopus is given