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heáfod-bend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
heáfod-bend, es; m.
A head-band (v. N. E. D.).
a crown
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  • ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod,

      Nap. 15, 20.
a band put round the head as punishment
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  • Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst swá hé hine gebæd,

      Hml. S. 21, 423.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. houbit-bant corona, diadema, strophium, sertum.]
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  • heáfod-bend, n.