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heáh-mód

  • adjective
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Grammar
heáh-mód, adj.
Of high, lofty mind, noble, proud, haughty
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  • Siððan hine sylfne heáhmód hefeþ on heánne beám

    afterwards exultant raises itself on to a lofty tree,

      Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 13; Ph. 112.
  • Se ðe hine sylfne áhefeþ heáhmódne se sceal heán wesan

    he who exalts his proud self shall be abased,

    84 a;
      Th. 316, 25; Mód. 54.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. hóh-móti; Cf. Ger. hoch-müthig.]
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v.  heán-mód.
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