Hóh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hóh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hó; Related words:

Definitions

1 hóh

gen. hós; m. A heel, hough: -- Hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hó calx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 72; Som. 14, 17, Hwæt is ðæs wífes hó? ... Ðæs wífes hó getácnode ... what is the woman's heel? ... The woman's heel signified ..., Boutr. Scrd. 20, 13, 19. Hós mínes calcanei mei, Ps. Spl. 48, 5. Dó on ðínne winstran scó under dínum hó put it into thy left shoe under thy heel, Lchdm. i. 396, 2. Áhefþ hys hó ongeán me levabit contra me calcaneum suum, Jn. Skt. 13, 18: Gen. 3, 15. Him on hóh beleác heofonríces weard merehúses múþ God closed the door of the ark behind him, Cd. 69; Th. 82, 16; Gen. 1363. Mínra hóa calcanei mei, Ps. Th. 48, 5. Pharao him filigde æt ðám hón Pharaoh followed at their heels, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 22. Hós míne calcaneum meum, Ps. Spl. 55, 6. [Cf. Icel. há-sin.] hoh-,hoh

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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