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heáh-þungen

  • adjective
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heáh-þungen, adj.
Of high rank, distinguished, noble
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  • Heáhþungen wer

    the noble man [Moses],

      Cd. 169: Th. 210, 18; Exod. 517.
  • Hé befæste ðæt ríce heáhþungenum menn Harolde

    he committed the kingdom to a noble man, to Harold,

      Chr. 1065: Erl. 198, 11; Edw. 30.
  • Ða kyningas and ða óðre heáhþungene men

    kings and other men of high rank,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 22.
  • Móton wyt ðonne unc on heofonum heáhþungene beón

    we two may then be exalted in heaven,

    Soul
      Kmbl. 315; Seel. 161.
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v.  heáh-geþungen.
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