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HÉR

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1 HÉR

adv. HERE, in this world, at this time :-- Hér hic, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 1. Ðá ic hér ǽrest com when I first came here, Cd. 129; Th. 164, 8; Gen. 2711. Hér gehýrþ Drihten ða ðe hine biddaþ and him sylleþ heora synna forgyfnesse. Hér is his mildheortnes ofer ús ac ðér is se éca dóm in this world the Lord heareth those that ask him and giveth them forgiveness of their sins. In this world his mercy is upon us, but in the next is the eternal judgement, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 4-16. Hér in this year, Chr. passim. [Goth. hér: O. Sax. hér, hier: O. Frs. hír; Icel. hér: O. H. Ger. hiar, hier: Ger. hier.] her-,her
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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