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Anglo-Saxon

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hægtesse

(n.)
Grammar
hægtesse, an; f.

A witch, hag, fury

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A witch, hag, fury Helle-rúne vel hægtesse pythonissa, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 102; Wrt. Voc. 60, 11. Hægtesse Tissiphona, 113; Som. 79, 115; Wrt. Voc. 60, 22.

Linked entry: hǽting

hægtesse

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Add: <b>hægtiss, hægtess, e: hætse, an ; hǽts, e.</b> afury of the classical mythology Haehtes furia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 47. Hægtesse 36, 29. Hægtes erenis, hægtesse eumenides, 29, 41, 42.

hætsan

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Perhaps the word may be connected with hǽts(e) ( v. hægtesse), cf. (?) later English hag to incite, urge. v. N. E. D

heah-rún

(n.)
Grammar
heah-rún, e; f.
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Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne; heago-rún, hægtesse

Linked entry: hell-rún

burg-rúne

(n.)
Grammar
burg-rúne, an; -rún, e; f. [Substitute these for burh-rúnan.]
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Cf. hægtess(e)

ilf

(n.)
Grammar
ilf, e; f.

An elf

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Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot oððe hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot if it were Æsir's shot, or elves' shot, or witches' shot, Lchdm. iii. 54,10

Linked entry: ylf

ge-scot

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Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot oððe ylfa gescot oððe hægtessan gescot, nú ic wille ðín helpan. Þis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, Lch. iii. 54, 9-15. Gescotum calamis, sagittis, Germ. 392, 52. Ðá díglan gescotu (jacula) ðæs sweocolan feóndes, Past. 431, 5: Ps.

ós

(n.)
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Further in Lchdm. iii. 54, in a charm, occurs a genitive pl. ésa :-- Gif hit wǽre ésa gescot, oððe hit wǽre ylfa gescot, oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot, nú ic wille ðín helpan. Ðis Ðis ðé tó bóte ésa gescotes, &amp;c. . . .

Linked entry: ésa

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