heolor-bledu
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The scale of a balance Mid þá efnan helurblede justa lance, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 40
hús-bót
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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.]
hrægel-sceára
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Cloth-shears, scissors for cutting out clothes Ræglsceára forfices, fexsceára forpices, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 21
hratele
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The name of some plant Hratele bobonica, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 1. Hrate[le?] bobonaca, Lch. iii. 300, col. 2
Linked entry: hrætele
humele
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The hop-plant
hundred-seten
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The ordinance of the hundred; the fine for not attending the hundred-court (?) In multis locis debent habere constitutionem hundredi, quod Angli dicunt kundrtsdsetene, Ll. Lbmn. 615, 15. Omnes forisfacturas . . . id est hundredsetene, áthac et ordélas
hunig-binn
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A receptacle for honey Man sceal habban . . . hýfa, hunigbinna, Angl. ix. 264, 15
Linked entry: bin
hreáw-ness
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Rawness of a hide. v. hreáw; Grénre hýde hreáwnesse recentis corii cruditate, An. Ox. 3283
hreód-gírd
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A reed, cane [H]reó[d]gyrde calamum, Germ. 390, 48
hreófl
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Gif sió hreófl ( scabies ) ðæt líc ofergǽð, Past. 437, 18. Hé swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (micle hreófle and scurf) on his heáfde hæfde scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add
holen-rind
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Holly-rind, bark of the holly Holenrinde niþewearde, Lch. ii. 96, 2: 98, 8. Amber fulne holenrinda and κscrinda, 332, 15
hlíwung
Shelter ⬩ protection
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Shelter, protection Hlíwing favor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 14. Sconde hléwung sive fraceþu ignominium 49, 30. Stów gecwéme . . . þæs fýrhýses hlýwing winterlices cyles . . . wiþerrǽdnes sí gelýht locus aptus . . . cuius caumene refugio hybernalis algoris
Linked entry: hleówung
hlóse
A pigstye ⬩ lewzf ⬩ looze
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A pigstye, lewzf, looze (v. D. D.) Swína hlóse ceni, luti (the gloss seems to refer to the dirt of a pigstye ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 77. Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlósan eác swá, Angl. ix. 261, 19. hlós- occurs in a number of local names:
hlýd
Rumour
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Rumour, noise made in discussing an event Mardocheus wearð þurh þá micclan hlýde cúð þám cyninge the matter made such a great noise that Mordecai became known to the king, Hml. A. 95, 120. [In Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7 perhaps hlydne arises from confusion between
hlýding
Clamour ⬩ cry ⬩ noise
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Clamour, cry, noise Middum næht lýdeng (cirm ł cleopung, R.) geworden wæs media nocte clamor facias est Mt. L. 25, 6
hringe
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A ring employed as a means of attachment, suspension, compression, &c., a buckle, clasp. v. hring; Hringiae, hringae, hringe, sigl fibula, Txts. 62, 410. Sigel oððe hringe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 351, 42. Hringe ansa, 8, 5; i. 284, 7: 66, 34 (not hringc
lǽttewestre
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A female guide Ongan ic biddan míne lǽttewestran, Sancta Maria, Hml. S. 23 b, 508
land-hredding
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Redemption of mortgaged land Ic onborgedé .xxx. mancsa goldes tó mínre landhreddinge æt Beorhnóðe, Cht. Crw. 9, 118
hwícung
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Squeaking Se ealda feónd ongan onhyrgian . . . swína grunnunge and músa hwícunge ( stridores soricum ), Gr. D. 185, 4
hwíl-þrág
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A space of time Ic þrowode þurh hwílþráge ( per horarum momenta ) swilce ic neálǽhte mínum ende, Gr. D. 243, 19