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heáf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heáf, es; m.
Lamentation, mourning, weeping, wailing
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  • Ðǽr is se ungeendoda heáf

    there is the never-ending lamentation,

      L. E. I; Th. ii. 394, 10: 400, 7.
  • Wóp and heáf micel

    ploratus et ululatus multus,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 2, 18.
  • Ðǽr biþ heáf

    illic erit fletus,

      24, 51.
  • Nis hér nǽnig wóp ne nǽnig heáf gehýred

    there is no weeping nor wailing heard here,

      Blickl. Homl. 85, 28: 115, 15: 219, 9: Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 32; Gú. 1020: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 28.
  • Ðú gehwyrfdest mínne heáf mé tó gefeán

    convertisti planctum meum in gaudium mihi,

      Ps. Th. 29, 11: Blickl. Homl. 195, 17.
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