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§5; §47; §135; §136; §163; §174; §187; §221; §328; §329; §427; §428; §440; §443; §557;
Add: — Héum minacibus [cf. oferhlifiende minaci (turrem minaci proceritate in edito porrectam,
    Ald. 62, 12), 85, 47
], Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 65. Heáran editiorem, 32, 43. A. as adj.
in a physical sense.
extending to a (relatively)
great distance from the lowest point.
of persons, plants, &c.
a person
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  • Geseah hé weorud . . . and wæs án þǽra swýþe heáh and swýðe mycel ofer eal þæt óþer folc,

      Vis. Lfc. 14.

  • Silhearwan swá heáge swá entes,

      Hml. S. 4, 286.
a tree, plant, &c.
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  • Of heán beáme feallan,

      Vy. 21.

  • Macian ǽnne heágan gealgan,

      Hml. A. 98, 204.

  • Þæt treów on holtehýhst geweaxe,

      Met. 13, 52.
of buildings, hills, &c.
of buildings, lofty structures
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  • Tempel heáh and horngeáp,

      An. 668.

  • In sele þǽm heán,

      B. 713.

  • Máran cyricean and hýhran timbrian,

      Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 16.

  • Tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól heárran on heófne,

      Gen. 282.

  • Þá scipu wǽron hiéran (heárran,

    v. l.

    ) þonne þá óðra,
      Chr. 897 ; P. 90, 17.
of hills, high :
—
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  • Of þám heóhan (heáhan, F. 14, 28) munte.

      Bt. 6 ; S. 14, 16.

  • On ánre heáre dúne,

      Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 142, 14.

  • Ofer heánne (heáne, v. l. ) munt,

      Past. 81, 13.

  • Heáne,

      Met. 7, 4.

  • Heáhne (héhne, R.),

      Mk. 9, 2.

  • Muntas heáche (heáe, Srt.),

      Ps. L. 103, 18.

  • Be þám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middangeard,

      Wlfst. 262, 13.
of water.
rising water,
high
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  • Seó eorðe weóll ongeán þám heofonlican flóde oð ðæt þæt wæter wæs heáhre þonne ǽnig munt ǽfre wǽre,

      Wlfst. 206, 22.

  • Lóc hwenne ꝥ flód byþ ealra héhst,

      Chr. 1031 ; P. 158, 4.
deep, high (seas) :
—
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  • Se pytt héh (deóp

    ,
      W. S. ) is, Jn. L. 4, 11.

  • Heánne holm,

      Sat. 17; Wand. 82 : El. 983.

  • Heá holmas,

      Az. 123.

  • Ic heán streámas cunnige,

      Seef. 34.
raised above a surface
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  • Gif þæs dolges ófras synd tó heá,

      Lch. ii. 96.5.
having a specified upward extent: —
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  • Se arc wæs þrittig fæðma heáh

    in altitudine triginta cubiti,

      Angl. vii. 34, 324.

  • Fæt úp oþ mannes breóst heáh,

      Bl. H. 127, 6.

  • Hú héh hell seó,

      Sat. 707.

  • Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wǽre tó þǽm hefone,

      Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 22.

  • Þæt fær gewyrc . . . þrittiges heáh elngemeta,

      Gen. 1308.

  • Þæt hié nǽren x fóta heá bufan wætere,

      Ors. 5, 13 ; S. 246, 11.

  • Mon dyde álces consules setl áne pyle hiérre þonne hit ǽr wæs,

      5, 11 ; S. 236, 7.
having a lofty position
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  • Híge þám þe on húses þæce heáh (or under (I. a β)?) áweaxeð

    foenum aedificiorum,

      Ps. Th. 128, 4.

  • Fæder . . . in heofonsetle heáh

    Deus altithronus,

      Dom. L. 276 : Ph. 449.

  • On dúnum gesæt heáh . . . earc Nóes,

      Gen. 1422.

  • Þeós heá lyft

    'the lift sae hie,'

      Rä. 8, 4.

  • Þá tungla þæs heán heofnes,

      Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 25.

  • Heáhre handa dynt

    a blow from an uplifted hand,

      Ll. Th. i. 18, 1.

  • Ꝥ mynster wæs geseted in heánum cnolle þæs muntes (

    in summo montis cacumine

    ),
      Gr. D. 49, 3.

  • On þǽm heán cnolle sumes muntes,

      Bl. H. 197, 18.

  • Of heán rodore,

      Dan. 236: Gen. 545.
  • On þone heán heofon, 476.

  • Ofer ðone heán hróf þæs heofones,

      Bt. 36, 2 ; F. 174, 5.

  • Ofer ealle heá hwammas,

      Past. 245, 6.
  • Þæt. hiéhste

    editissima (arx ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 57.
(3 a) metaphorical
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  • Úre hand is heáh,

      Deut. 32, 27.

  • In earme heám (þǽm hǽhstan,

      Ps. L.), Ps. Srt. 135, 12.
non-physical.
of persons or their attributes,
of exalted rank, dignity or estimation.
human beings
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  • Him onwóc heáh Healfdene,

      B. 57.

  • Héh sácerd

    summus sacerdos

    (Pope Damasus),
      Mt. p. 1, 10. (v. heáh-sácerd.) Ic
    sette hine heáne fore cyningum eorðan, Ps. Srt. 88, 28.

  • Heáge lǽcas

    archiatros, i. summos medicos,

      An. Ox. 3027.

  • Se hiéra folgoð,

      Past. 189, 17.

  • Hé wæs hiérra þonne consul,

      Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 29.

  • Hiérra ofer þá consulas,

      4, 9 ; S. 190, 28.

  • Þurh geþingða heárra on háde,

      Ll. Th. i. 328, 14.

  • Maara ł héra

    maior,

      Mk. L. R. 10, 43.

  • Huelc héra (yldra, W. S. ) is

    quis maior est?

    ,
      Lk. L. 22, 27.

  • Arð ðú mára ł héra (mǽrra,

      W. S. )
    from feder úrum, Jn. L. 4, 12.

  • Gé eów on hiéran (hiérran,

    v. l.

    ) folgoðe áhebbað,
      Past. 52, 14.

  • Rómáne him gesetton híran ládteów þonne hiera consul wǽre

    Romani dictatorem creant, cujus auctoritas et potentia consulem praeiret,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1.

  • Beforan ðǽm hírrum hádum,

      Past. 411, 22.

  • Sé wæs on láre and on dǽde se hýhsta

    uir doctrina et actione praecipuus,

      Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 47, 25.

  • Þeáh þú heágust (

    summus

    ) sí, eádmódnysse heald,
      Scint. 22, 3.

  • Sé ðe héist (yltst, W. S.

    maior

    ) is iúer,
      Mt. L. 23, 11.

  • Héest,

      20, 26.
  • Heeist ł maast, p. 18, 3.

  • Ofer eorðcyningas ealra heáhstne

    excelsum prae regibus terrae,

      Ps. Th. 88, 24.

  • God þé gedéð heáhst and mǽrost ealra þeóda

    faciet te Deus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus,

      Deut. 28, 1.
divine or angelic beings
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  • Heáh and hálig þrynes,

      Cri. 379.

  • Dryhten in Sion micel and héh ofer ealle folc,

      Ps. Srt. 98, 2.

  • Lá héh fæder

    abba pater,

      Mk. L. R. 14, 36.

  • Se heá and se hálga heáhengel,

      Bl. H. 199, 35.

  • Seó heá miht on þysne wang ástág,

      105, 13.

  • Þæs heán fæder

    swmmi Patris,

      Gr. D. 240, 25.

  • Swá heágum Gode wiþcweþan,

      Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 29.

  • Þone heán cyning, gásta hyrde,

      Dan. 198.

  • Þára heán handa Drihtnes,

      Ps. Th. 76, 9.

  • Þæt hé (

    Jupiter

    ) god wǽre héhst and hálgost,
      Met. 26, 38.

  • Se héhsta god,

      Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 17.

  • Hyldo þæs héhstan déman,

      Jud. 4.

  • Sunu Godes ðæs héista (hésta,

      R.), Mk. L. 5, 7.

  • Ðæs hǽsta,

      Lk. L. 8, 28.

  • Þone heáhestan hæleða cynnes,

      Ps. Th. 91, 1.
of exalted quality, of superior kind
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  • His seó heáhe (sió heá,

    v. l.

    ) gódnes,
      Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 24.

  • Þá forhæfdnesse ðæs heán gesinscipes,

      Past. 399, 12.

  • Þǽre heán gecynde gesǽlþa,

      Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 29.

  • Mið ðǽm heigra mæht

    uirtutem ex alto,

      Lk. p. 11, 17.

  • Hí gereáfiað swá heáne láriówdóm,

      Past. 27, 19.

  • Wið swá heáne anwald,

      Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 16 : Met. 29, 2.

  • Cýðan higecræft heáne,

      Dan. 98.

  • Wrát hé heáh [ = heáh-lice ?] hóc and weorðlice

    scripsit librum eximium,

      Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 651, 5.

  • Heánum meahtum,

      Rä. 2, 10.

  • On þá heán þrymmas heofona ríces,

      Bl. H. 67, 22.

  • Se mægðhád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe,

      Past. 409, 23.

  • Hwæt mæg hiérre bión ðonne sió sóðe eáðmódnes?,

      301, 21.

  • Hyhta hýhst,

      Gú. 34.

  • Sió héhste gesǽlþ,

      Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 24.

  • Ðára héhstena góda,

      24, 4 ; F. 86, 15.

  • Tó ðǽm héistum bodum

    ad altiora, Mt. p. 9, 17. (2 a) of great importance, grave, serious :-- Hé héht þæt segn (circumcision) wegan heáh gehwilcne, Gen. 2371. (2 b) difficult, arduous :-- Ðæs heán hádes ardui (propositi ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 68 ; 4, 66.
chief, principal
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  • Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlíce naman nemde . . . seó ceaster þonne wæs héh and aldorlic,

      Bl. H. 77, 25.

  • Is þeós tíd ealra tída héhst and hálgost,

      83, 19.

  • Seldon bútan þám hýhstan symbelnessum (heáhtídum,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 443, 6. v. heáh-tíd.
of great amount, degree or
force
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  • Heáh bliss

    exultatio,

      Ps. Th. 118, 114.

  • Ðá gestód hine heáh weder,

      Bt. 38, 1 ; F. 194, 10.

  • Heáh wæs þæt handleán,

      Exod. 19.

  • Hí him heánne blǽd gestrýnað,

      Ph. 391.

  • Heá mihte handa þínre,

      Ps. Th. 88, 12.

  • Þǽr is brógna hýhst,

      Dóm. 23.
of time,
fully come, complete
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  • From ǽrmorgenne oð heáne (heáhne, v. l.) undern a

    mane usque ad tertiam plenam,

      R. Ben. 74, 11. B. as subst.
a high place. v.
N. E. D. high ; B. 1
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  • Quinta terra appellatur Badoríces heáh,

      C. D. i. 44, 13.
the superlative denoting the Deity
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  • Se héhsta (heáxta,

      Ps. L., héhsta, hýhsta, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 21)
    salde stefne his, Ps. Srt. 17, 14.

  • Ðú héhsta (heáxta,

      Ps. L. ), 9, 3.

  • Þæs héhstan (héiste,

      L., hésta, R., héxtan, Hml. Th. i. 198, 14) sunu, Lk. 1. 32: 76. ꝥæs heáhstan, Ps. Th., Ps. L. 106, 10.

  • Héstan (heáxstan,

      Ps. L.), Ps. Srt. 20, 8.
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v. efen-heáh, heofon-heáh, ofer-heáh, úp-heáh.
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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/51880.

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