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21. grith n.

110 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The peace of a nation or society, law and order; fig. the peace resulting from the observation of God's will; breken (fordon) grith, to disturb the peace, break the law; holden (maken, setten)……

22. hal-penī n.

Additional spellings: halpeni
45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An English coin [made of silver from the time of Edw.I], worth half a penny, a halfpenny; (b) a halfpenny given in charity; Goddes hal-peni; (c) a coin of Biblical times; a small foreign coin……

23. hamelen v.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To mutilate or maim (sb., a foot); also fig.; (b) to cut short (hose); hamelen in sondre, separate (two parts) by cutting. …

24. hā̆m-fāre n.

Additional spellings: hamfare
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law = hamsokne. …

25. hang-wīte n.

Additional spellings: hangwite
7 quotations in 1 sense
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Law The right to impose a fine for hanging a culprit without legal trial; also, an acquittance of amercement for such an offense. …

26. hẹ̄ pron.(2)

108 quotations in 4 senses
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As anaphoric or pers. pron., subject: (a) the female person referred to, she; (b) used pleonastically, or for emphasis; (c) with appositional adjunct; (d) he that, he the, he..that, she who. …

27. hẹ̄r-right(e adv.

Additional spellings: herright, her-righte, herrighte
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Right here, here on this spot; ?also, here and now, immediately. …

28. hẹ̄r-with adv.

Additional spellings: herwith
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In addition to this; (b) her-with accorden, to agree with this; her-with scornen, mock at this; (c) with this, by means of this; (d) on this account, because of this; (e) after this, thereupon……

29. hilder n.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); hilder tre; (b) hilder tre, ?the European alder [see alder n. (1)]; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274]. …

30. hitten v.

83 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To strike (sb. or sth.); strike a blow; deliver (blows); hitten in, cut into (sb. or sth.); hitten on, beat upon (sb. or sth.); hitten on the hed of the nailes ende, hit the nail on the head……

31. hō̆lm(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: holme
22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An island; a peninsula; (b) a meadow on a river bank; (c) a hill; (d) in surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.258-9, 268]. …

32. hoppe n.(2)

6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The seedpod of flax; also, a representation of a flax pod in embroidery; hoppe gavel, a rent paid in flax pods; (b) ?hedge-berry, haw. …

33. hǒus-bō̆nd(e n.

Additional spellings: housbond, hous-bonde, housbonde
107 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A male spouse, married man, husband; also fig.; (b) alch.?sophic sulphur. …

34. hǒus-carl n.

Additional spellings: houscarl
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A member of the household troops of a Danish king, an armed retainer; (b) as surname. …

35. imihte n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Sg. & pl.: military might or skill; mid al imihte(n. …

36. inẹ̄den v.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Ppl. inede as noun: needy persons. …

37. innōm n.

12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An enclosure made from common or waste land; cp. inhok; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.303]. …

38. ispēken v.

56 quotations in 5 senses
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To make or deliver a speech, speak, ispeken of, speak about (sb. or sth.). …

39. iwrā̆tthen v.

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To anger (sb.), offend; (b) fig. to stir up (the sea); (c) refl. to become angry. …

40. kinrē̆de n.

125 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Stock, family, lineage, race; gret (god, heigh, noble, worthi) kinrede, high birth; loue (mene) kinrede, low birth; (b) descendants, progeny, posterity; also, a descendant; (c) forebears……

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