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heald

  • adjective
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Grammar
heald, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§562;
Bent, inclined
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  • Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde

    though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined,

      Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29.
  • Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan

    all are bent down towards the earth,

      41, 6; Fox 254, 28.
  • Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan

    the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards,

      Shrn. 81, 26.
Etymology
[Icel. hallr leaning, sloping: O. H. Ger. hald clivus, obliquus, pronus.]
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