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HEÁH

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HEÁH, héh; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §135; §136; §163; §174; §187; §221; §328; §329; §427; §428; §440; §443; §557;
HIGH, tall, lofty, sublime, haughty
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  • Heáh on bodige

    statura sublimis,

      Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 7.

  • Gyldenu onlícnes twelf elna heáh

    a golden image twelve ells high,

      Shrn. 88, 23.

  • Se beám geweóx heáh

    the tree grew high,

      Cd. 202 ; Th. 251, 15; Dan. 564.

  • Hwæt elles getácnaþ se heá torr búton ðone heáh foreþonc and ða gesceádwísnesse ðara gódena manna

    what else does the high tower signify but the lofty forethought and the sagacity of good men,

      Past. 56; Swt. 433, 24.

  • Sió heá lár

    lofty doctrine,

      63; Past. 459, 8.

  • Seó heáge dún

    the high mountain,

      Homl. Th. ii. 384, 29.

  • Heáh heofoncyning

    heaven's high king,

      Cd. 23; Th. 30, 7; Gen. 463.

  • Hé on hrófe gestód heán landes

    he on the summit stood of the high land,

    140:
      Th. 175, 21; Gen. 2898.

  • Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon

    they found a cavern by the side of a lofty hill,

      122; Th. 156, 26; Gen. 2594.

  • Se deófol gesette hine uppan ðam scylfe ðæs heágan temples

    the devil placed him upon the summit of the lofty temple,

      Homl. Th. i. 166, 18.

  • Seó eádignes ðæs heán heáhengles tíd

    the blessedness of the festival of the great archangel,

      Blickl. Homl. 197, 4, 24.

  • From stæþe heáum

    from the high shore,

      Exon. 106 a; Th. 405, 6; Rä. 23, 19.

  • Uppan ánre swíðe heáhre dúne

    upon a very high mountain,

      Homl. Th. i. 166, 23.

  • Unriht on heán húse ácwǽdon

    iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt,

      Ps. Th. 72, 6.

  • On heágum

    in excelso,

    9.

  • Hóf ic míne eágan tó ðam heán beorge

    levavi oculos meos in montes,

      120, 1.

  • Fram ðam heágan cederbeáme

    from the tall cedar,

      Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.

  • Hát ðú mé ánne heáhne tor getimbrian

    order a high tower to be built for me,

      Blickl. Homl. 183, 3.

  • Hé ásette míne fét on swíðe heánne stán, ðæt ys on swýðe heáh setl

    statuit super petram pedes meos,

      Ps. Th. 39, 2.

  • Ofer heáne hróf heofones ðisses

    beyond the lofty roof of the sky,

      Bt. Met. Fox 24, 5; Met. 24, 3.

  • Ðone heán heofon

    high heaven,

      Cd. 35; Th. 45, 33; Gen. 736.

  • Se ðe gebígde ðone heágan heofonlícan bígels

    he who bowed the lofty vault of heaven,

      Homl. Th. i. 170, 23: H. R. 103, 1.

  • Ofer heáh wæter

    over deep water,

      Cd. 72; Th. 87, 19; Gen. 1451.

  • Engel drihtnes lét his hand cuman in ðæt heá seld

    the angel of the Lord brought his hand into that lofty hall,

      210; Th. 261, 7; Dan. 722.

  • Wǽron ófras heá streámas stronge

    the shores were high, the streams, strong,

      Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 14; Rä. 23, 7.

  • Wé ceorfaþ heáh treówu on holte

    altum silvæ lignum succidimus,

      Past. 58, 6; Swt. 443, 36.

  • Wesan heá mihte handa ðíne áhafen ofer hæleþas

    may the excellent powers of thy hand be exalted over men,

      Ps. Th. 88, 12.

  • Heágum þrymmum

    in excellent majesty,

      Cd. 1; Th. 1, 16; Gen. 8.

  • Hýð heáum ceólum

    a haven for the tall ships,

      Bt. Met. Fox 21, 22; Met. 21, 11.

  • On heán muntum heortas wuniaþ

    montes excelsi domus cervis,

      Ps. Th. 103, 17.

  • Ná geþafian ðæt se heárra derige ðam heánran

    not to permit the higher to hurt the lower,

      L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.

  • Stól heáhran, heárran

    a loftier throne,

      Cd. 15; Th. 18, 16, 26; Gen. 274, 282.

  • Hérra,

      Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 20; Ph. 28.

  • Tó hiéran háde

    to a higher rank,

      Past. pref. Swt. 7, 15: Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 14.

  • Se mægþ-hád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe

    præeminere virginitatem conjugio,

      Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 23.

  • Wearþ him hýrra hyge

    he had a haughtier mind,

      Cd. 198; Th. 247, 2; Dan. 491.

  • Hýrre ic eom heofone

    higher am I than heaven,

      Exon. 110 b; Th. 424, 12; Rä. 41, 38.

  • Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron ðonne israela éce drihten

    said that his gods were superior to the everlasting lord of Israel,

      Cd. 210; Th. 262, 26; Dan. 715.

  • Ðéh ðe hí selfe wilnien ðæs heáhstan

    etsi summa appetunt,

      Past. 16, 4; Swt. 103,16: Ps. Th. 112, 4.

  • Se geworden is hwommona heágost

    hic factus est in caput anguli,

      117, 21.

  • Ðæs héhstan heofonríces,

      90, 1.

  • Seó is ealra dúna mǽst and hígest

    mons maximus et altissimus,

      Nar, 37, 32.

  • Se hýhsta ealra cyninga cyning

    the most high king of all kings,

      Exon. 32 b; Th. 103, 1; Cri. 1682.
  • Goth. hauhs: O. Sax. hóh: O. Frs. hách, hág: Icel. hár: O. H. Ger. hóh altus, excelsus, celsus, excellens, sublimis: Ger. hoch.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HEÁH.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18311.

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