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heáfdian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
heáfdian, p. ode
To behead
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  • Sóna swá hig man heáfdode, þá cóm þǽr fæger culfre of þám líchaman,

      Shrn. 154, 11.
  • Heó lócode his goldes þe hí belífian (

    vel

    heáfdian) wolde,
      Hml. S. 12, 221.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. head ; vb. and O. Frs. hávdia : O. H. Ger. houbeten decollare.]
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v. be-heáfdian.
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