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heóf

  • noun [ masculine ]
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heóf, es; m.
Lamentation, grief, sorrow
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  • Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com

    Maximus troubled with great grief came to him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 414, 17.
  • Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS. C.] ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan

    Fabius oblatum sibi a senatu triumphum suscipere recusaret, quia luctus potius debebatur,

    • Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 20.
  • Heóf mínne

    planctum meum,

    • Ps. Spl. 29, 13
    • [heáf,
    • Ps. Th. 29, 11
    ].
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v.  heáf.
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