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heá-líc

  • adjective
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heá-líc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§329;
High, elevated, lofty, sublime, proud, chief, very great, noble, distinguished, deep, profound
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  • Nán gereord nis swá heálíc swá Ebréisc

    no language is so noble as Hebrew,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 86, 28
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  • Abram ðæt is heálíc fæder

    Abram, that is, great father,

    • i. 92, 13
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  • Leóht swilce heálíc sunnbeám

    a light like a splendid sunbeam,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 100, 152
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  • Swíðe heálic nama

    a name of great distinction,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 31
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    • L. E. I. 40
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    • Th. ii. 438, 11
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  • Is án ðæra eahta winda aquilo geháten se blǽwþ heálíc and ceald

    one of the eight winds is called aquilo; it blows high and cold,

    • Lchdm. iii. 276, 5
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  • Heálíc on his weorcum

    actione præcipuus,

    • Past. 12
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    • Swt. 75, 8
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  • Gebletsod ys Abram ðam heálícan Gode ... and gebletsod ys se heálíca

    God blessed be Abram of the most high God ... and blessed be the most high God,

    • Gen. 14, 19, 20
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  • Nis nán leahter swá heálíc ðæt man ne mǽge gebétan

    there is no crime so deep that it may not be expiated,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 602, 20
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  • Hé næs ácweald þurh ðam heálícan fylle

    he was not killed by the fall from such a height,

    • 300, 20
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  • Mid heálícum gedwylde

    through profound error,

    • 506, 27
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  • On heálícum gemóte

    in a principal meeting,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 67, 348
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  • Ðæt lengtenfæsten mon sceal mid swíðe heálícre gýmene healdan

    the fast of Lent ought to be kept with the very greatest care,

    • L. E. I. 37
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    • Th. ii. 436, 5
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  • Heálíc þingc ðú ðǽrmid ongitst

    thereupon thou wilt observe a remarkable thing,

    • Herb. 57, 2
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    • Lchdm. i. 160, 1
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  • Swá heálícne dem his ágnes hryres

    alta ruinæ suæ damna,

    • Past. 58, 2
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    • Swt. 441, 26
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  • Hafaþ heálíce stefne

    hath an excellent voice,

    • Exon. 79 b
    • ;
    • Th. 298, 31
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    • Crä . 93
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  • Heálíce bodan

    archangels,

    • Homl. Th. i. 342, 26
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    • L. Eth. vii. 2
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    • Th. i. 330, 6
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  • Gif hie hwæt suá heálícra yfela on him ongieten

    if they perceive any very great evil in them;

    si qua valde sunt eorum prava,

    • Past. 28, 5
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    • Swt. 197, 6
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  • On heálícum muntum

    on lofty hills,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 160, 29
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  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt man wið heálíce synna scylde swýðe georne

    we instruct people to guard very diligently against very great sins,

    • L. C. E. 23
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    • Th. i. 374, 6
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  • Heálíce gegaderunga

    legitima conjugia,

    • L. Ecg. C. 28
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    • Th. ii. 152, 35
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  • Spræc heálig word wið drihten sínne

    spoke proud words against his lord,

    • Cd. 15
    • ;
    • Th. 19, 21
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    • Gen. 294
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  • Ǽlc sáwul sý underþeód heálícrum anwealdum

    let every soul be subjected to the higher powers,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 362, 17
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  • Se is heálicost seðe ðone martyrdóm æfter Gode ástealde

    he is most exalted who was the first ,martyr after God,

    • i. 50, 1
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  • Ða recceras scoldon þencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underþióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre

    a subditis inferiora gerenda suet, a Rectoribus summa cogitanda,

    • Past. 18, 3
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    • Swt. 131, 19
    • .
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