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HLÁF-GEBRECE -- HLÁFORD-DÓM 549

hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll. Th. i. 334, 34.

hláf-gebrece, es; n. Substitute: hláf-gebrecu, e; f. A fragment of bread :-- Hé his cristallum cynnum sendeð swylc swá hláfgebrece mittit crystallum suum sicut frusta panis, Ps. Th. 147, 6.

hláf-hús a house of bread (translation of Beth-lehem) :-- Bethlehem is gereht' Hláf-hús', Hml. Th. i. 34, 15.

hláf-mæsse. Add :-- Blódlæ-acute;s is to forgánne fíftýne nihtum æ-acute;r hláf-mæsse. Lch. ii. 146, 9. See next word.

hláfmæsse-tíd, e; f. Lammas-tide :-- Hú sié áttres ful sió lyft on hláfmæssetíd, Lch. ii. 14, 30.

hláf-ofen, -ofn, es; m. An oven for baking bread :-- Fornum hláfofn, a farre dictum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 65.

hláford. Add: I. applied to non-English persons, or in a general sense. (1) a master of servants, a male head of a household :-- Gleáw þeów þone geset hys hláfurd (hláferd. L., dryhten, R.) ofer his híred, ðæt hé him on tíde mete sylle, Mt. 24, 45. Se ðeówa nát hwæt se hláford (hláfard, L. R.) déð, Jn. 15, 15. Gif þeów næbbe wíf and his hláford him wíf sylle ... þæt wíf and hire winclo beóð þæs hláfordes ... Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé is mín hláford leóf,' Ex. 21, 4-5. Se apostol beád ðeówum mannum þæt hí wæ-acute;ron heora hláforde getreówe and holde, wæ-acute;re se hláford good, wæ-acute;re hé yfel. Hml. Th. ii. 68, 9. Wénst þú þæt seó mengio þínra monna þé mæge dón gesæ-acute;ligne? ... yfele þegnas beóþ heora hláforde fiénd an te longus ordo famulorum facit esse felicem? qui si vitiosi moribus sint ... ipsi domino inimici, Bt. 14, 1; F. 42, 23. Swé swé égan ðiówa in hondum hláfarda heara, Ps. Srt. 122, 2. Ne mæg nán man twám hláfordum þeówian, Mt. 6, 24. (1 a) where the servant is a thing personified :-- Hláford mín (a plough's), Rä. 22, 3. (2) a ruler, one who has subjects, one to whom obedience is due. (a) sovereign of a country, governor of a city or province, an ecclesiastical chief :-- Se hláford (Nero), Met. 9, 55. Se hláford (cf. v. 2) ðe ðæ-acute;m here waldeð, 25, 15. Hyra hláford (Caldéa cyning, 668) læg, Dan. 675. Þæt hé Heardréde hláford wæ-acute;re oððe þone cynedóm ciósan wolde, B. 2375. Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon on his hláfordes æ-acute;rende færþ, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 21. Gyf þínes hláfordes æ-acute;rendgewrit and hys insegel tó ðé cymð, Solil. H. 23, 14. Geðenc nú hweðer mani mann cynges hám séce ... hí cumað æalle tó ánum hláforde, 41, 1-10. Heretoga hláforde leóf, Met. 1, 47. Þegnas síne mynton forlæ-acute;tan leófne hláford (cf. Ðracia cining, 22), 26, 72. Þeóda æ-acute;ghwilc hæfdon heora hláford for þone héhstan god (cf. hiora cyningas hí weorþodon for godas, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 15), 44. Pílatus gréteþ Claudium his hláford, Bl. H. 177, 5. Rómwarena hláford, El. 983. Úrne hláford (cf. Heliseus hæfde ealdordóm micelne, 25), Jul. 129: 681. Dryhten hláforda Dominus dominorum, Ps. Srt. 135, 3. Hwæt tácnað ús Saul búton yfle hláfurdas (mali rectores)? oððe hwæt Dauid búton góde ðeówas (boni subditi)?, Past. 197, 22. ¶ applied to Deity :-- Gif ðá gesceafta heora unwillum hláforde hérden, Bt. 35, 4: F. 160, 21. þ-bar; hí þeówian swilcum hláforde and fægniaþ þæs þ-bar; hé heora wealt, 39, 13; F. 234, 29. Áhóf ic riicnæ kyningc, heafunæs hláford, Txts. 126, 5. Heofeones hláford and ealles middangeardes, Bl. H. 69, 13. Þane æ-acute;can hláford, Solil. H. 25, 2. Hláford eallra, engla and elda, El. 475. (a a) used in addressing a ruler :-- Se biscop wrát æ-acute;nne pistol Theodosio cásere þus cweðende: 'Hyt gedafenað, lá wynsuma hláford ...,' Angl. viii. 322, 48. (b) a military officer, captain :-- Hundraðes monna hláford centurio, Mt. p. 15, 13. (c) a master of disciples :-- Hláford mín (cf. þone leófestan láreów, 977), Gú. 1331. Hé his hláford geseah ellorfúsne ... ongan þá duguda hleó geongran rétan, 1026-1035. Hý þæs láreówes word ne gehyrwdon; sóna wæ-acute;ron gearwe hæleð mid hláford, Cri. 461. (d) a major-domo. v. hláf-weard :-- Gesette hine hláford húses his, Ps. Srt. 104, 21. (e) figurative (α) where the ruler or master is a thing :-- Se wela and se anweald and þá woruldgesæ-acute;lþa sint eówre hláfordas and eówre wealdandas, Bt. 16, 2; F. 50, 36. Ðá unrihtwísan cynges hí underþiódaþ unþeáwum; sceal ðonne néde tó þára hláforda dóme þe hé hine æ-acute;r underþeódde, 37, 1; F. 186, 29 : Met. 25, 65. (β) where the ruled is a thing :-- Is þ-bar; forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 15. Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden, þá þá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford?, Angl. vii. 6, 42. Þás woruldgesæ-acute;lþa and þes anweald willaþ clifian on þæ-acute;m wyrstan monnum, and him geþafiaþ þæt hí bióð heora hláfordas, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 20. (f) used of animals :-- Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wæ-acute;re hláford ofer óþre mýs and sette him dómas and nídde hié æfter gafole si inter mures videres unum aliquem jus sibi ac potestatem prae caeteris vendicantem, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 2. (3) an owner, a proprietor :-- Gif oxa hníte wer oððe wíf ... his hláford (dominus bovis) bið unscildig. Gif se oxa hnitol wæ-acute;re ... and hig hit his hláforde cýðden ... ofsleah þone hláford, Ex. 21, 28-29. Sum fearr wearð ángencga ... Se hláford ðá gegaderode micele menigu his incnihta, Hml. Th. i. 502, 12; Bl. H. 199, 9. (4) a husband :-- Nerónes wíf, Libia, and Agrippan wíf, Agrippina, noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera restgemánan sécean. Bl. H. 173, 15. II. used of Englishmen in technical senses. (1) a master of free or servile labourers :-- Gif þeów mon wyrce on Sunnandæge be his hláfordes hæ-acute;se ... se hláford geselle .xxx. sci&l-bar;&l-bar;. tó wíte ... Gif se frígea þý dæge wyrce bútan his hláfordes hæ-acute;se, Ll. Th. i. 104, 2-6. Gif hláford his þeówan freólsdæge nýde tó weorce ... gylde lahslit se hláford, 402, 17-19. Gif wíteþeów hine forstalie, hó hine mon, and ne gylde his hláforde, 118, 7. (2) the male head of a household, (a) the master of domestics :-- Hæbbe æ-acute;lc hláford his híredmen on his ágenum borge. Ll. Th. i. 394, 27. Híredmanna gehwilc sille pænig tó ælmessan, oððe his hláford sille for hine. Wlfst. 181, 17. (b) the master of a wife, a wife's lord and master, the husband :-- Ðis is geðinge Eádwaldes and Cyneðrýðe, Eðelmódes láfe ymbe ðet lond ðe hire Eðelmód hire hlábard salde, C.D. i. 295, 34. Æfter Byrhtwara (cf. Byrhtwaru Ælfríces láf, 380, 23) dæge ... for Ælfríc hire hláford; and Bró;mleáh ... swá Ælfríc hire hláford hit becwæð, ii. 381, 20-23. Eádgyð seó hlæ-acute;fdie forðférde, seó wæs Eádwardes cynges geresta ... and se cyngc ... leide heó wið Eádwearde cynge hire hláforde, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 22. Þæt wíf sceal hire ealdore (hláforde, v.l.) hiéran, Ll. Th. i. 138, 18. (3) a lord spiritual, the chief of an ecclesiastical establishment, v. hláford-dóm :-- Gif preóst mon ofsleá ... hine mon of þám mynstre ágife, búton se hláford þone wer foreþingian wille, Ll. Th. i. 76, 3. Fóe se hláford tó and ðá hígon æt Krístes cirican ... an ðás rédenne ic hit ðider selle ðe se monn, sé ðe Krístes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda forespreoca, and an his hláforddóme wé bión móten, C.D. i. 311, 17-22: 310, 31. Bútan þæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse. Ll. Th. i. 74, 16. Healf cyninge, healf biscepe and þæ-acute;re cirican hláforde þe þá nunnan áge, 66, 17. Wiib and cild ðæ-acute;m hláforde and hígum and ðæ-acute;re stówe befestan, C.D. i. 316, 10. Geunnan healfes Gode and sancte Petre and ðæ-acute;re cyrcean hláforde, v. 143, 2. Ðá menn ðá ðaer (Canterbury) hláfordas wæ-acute;ron, 292, 29. Aet hláforda tídum, 293, 17. (4) a lord of vassals or retainers, a feudal lord :-- Godríc þone gódan forlét þe him mænigne oft meár gesealde; hé gehleóp þone eoh þe áhte his hláford, By. 189. Wé cweðað þ-bar; mon móte mid his hláforde feohtan orwíge, gif mon on þone hláford fiohte; swá mót se hláford mid þý men feohtan. Æfter þæ-acute;re ilcan wísan mon mót feohtan mid his mæ-acute;ge ... búton wið his hláforde; þ-bar; wé ne liéfað, Ll. Th. i. 90, 19-25: 120, 3: 220, 22: 228, 27. Ne teó se hláford ná máre on his æ-acute;hte bútan his rihtan heregeate, 412, 29. Sé þe ymb his hláfordes feorh sierwe, 64, 4. Sé ðe ðone ándagan brece, búton hit sý þurh hláfordes geban, 260, 13. Gif hwá fare unáliéfed fram his hláforde, 126, 9: 150, 15. Þá þe hine æ-acute;r hláforde befæston, 162, 17. On cinges sele hé his hláforde þénode, 192, 1. Se man þe ætfleó fram his hláforde ... on scypfyrde oþþe on landfyrde, 420, 7. Se man þe on fyrdunge ætforan his hláforde fealle, 15. Gif mon wille of boldgetale in óðer boldgetæl hláford sécan, dó þ-bar; mid þæs ealdormonnes gewitnesse þe hé æ-acute;r in his scíre folgode, 86, 3: 134, 3. Gif hwá embe cynincg oþþe hláford syrwie, 408, 3. (4 a) with special reference to the grant of land :-- Fó se hláford tó his lande þe hé him æ-acute;r sealde, Ll. Th. i. 420, 10. Hláfordes gifu, 292, 16: 422, 2. Æ-acute;lcne man lyst, siððan hé æ-acute;nig cotlýf on his hláfordes læ-acute;ne getimbred hæfð, þæt hé hine móte þár on gerestan ... oð ðone fyrst þe hé bócland and æ-acute;ce yrfe þurh his hláfordes miltse geearnige, Solil. H. 2, 7-13. Ymb mín lond þe ic (Abba geroefa) hæbbe and mé God láh and ic æt mínum hláfordum begæt, C.D. i. 310, 6. (5) the lord of a manor :-- Gif se hláford him wile þ-bar; land áræ-acute;ran tó weorce and tó gafole. Ll. Th. i. 146, 3: 436, 9. Gif geneátmanna hwilc forgýmeleásað his hláfordes gafol ... gif se hláford mildheort bið ..., 270, 16-18. Æt hláfordes falde, berne, 434. 13, 16. Gescádwís geréfa sceal witan ge hláfordes landriht ge folces gerihtu, Angl. ix. 259, 4. (5 a) the lord of a manor in legal relations :-- Fó se hláford (landhláford, v.l.) tó healfan, tó healfan þ-bar; hundred, Ll. Th. i. 268, 20: 258, 12-13. Gif se hláford sæcge þ-bar; him náðor ne burste ne áð ne ordál ... niman se hláford him twégen getreówe þegenas innan þám hundrede and swerian ..., 280, 10-13. Gif se hláford hine ládian wylle, 294, 12. Gif þeós lád teórie, gylde twygylde, and hláforde his wíte, 354, 31: 282, 3. (6) a ruler, (a) of a country, (our) lord (the king) :-- Gif úre hláford ús æ-acute;nigne eácan geþæncean mæge tó úrum friðgildum ... uton healdan þ-bar; frið swá hit úrum hláforde lícige, Ll. Th. i. 238, 15-25. Þone man þe úres hláfordes grið tóbrocen hæbbe, 296, 29. Úres hláfordes geræ-acute;dnes and his witena, 304, 9, 14, 18. Æ-acute;lc mæssepreóst mæssige for úrne hláford and for ealle his þeóde, Wlfst. 181, 22. (b) of a province :-- Æ-acute;r Æðelréd wæs Myrcna hláford, C.D. ii. 131, 28. Æþelrédes dohtor Myrcna hláfordes, Chr. 919; P. 105, 31. Æþréd aldorman and Æthelflæd Myrcna hláfordas, C.D. ii. 151, 1. Hé hit geearnode hit æt Mercna hláfordum, 111, 29. See Chr. P. ii. 118. v. land-, riht-, scip-hláford.

hláford-dóm. Add:, jurisdiction :-- Hláforddómes consulatus, i. principatus. An. Ox. 271. Constantinus him æfterfyligde in þæs mynstres rihtinge and hláfordóme (ealdordóme, v.l.) Constantinus ei in monasterii regimine successit. Gr. D. 96, 8. An ðás rédenne ðe se monn, sé ðe Krístes cirican hláford sié, sé mín and mínra erfewearda mundbora, and an his hláforddóme wé bián móten, C.D. i. 311, 21. Wiib and cild ðæ-acute;m hláforde and hígum and ðæ-acute;re stówe befestan tó mundbyrde and tó hláforddóme on ðæ-acute;m ðingum ðe him ðearf sié, 316, 11. On