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heáfod-hrægel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
of clothing. The word glosses oraria in the verses which tell the medicinal virtues of St. Cuthbert's clothing, 'tegmina corporis almi', 'veneranda vestis'. One whose eyes were affected 'sancti accipiens oraria vatis' was cured. v. Nap. 36. It also glosses
poderis
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  • Gif þú fyligst rihtwísnysse þú gegrípst hí, and þú on dést swylce heáfudhrægl wyrðscype (

    indues quasi poderem honorem

    ),
      Scint. 74, 2.
of bedding,
a bolster, pillow
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  • Bedreáf bedda geniht*-*sumiað . . . hwítel . . . and heáfudrægel stramenta lectorum sufficiant . . . sagum . . .

    et capitulae,

      R. Ben. I. 93, 3.
  • Cf. heáfod-bolster.
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Word-wheel

  • heáfod-hrægel, n.