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healfunga

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from the side, indirectly:
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  • Hit is nyttre ðæt ðæt him mon on tǽlan wille, ðæt hit mon healfunga sprece, swelce hit mon hwón gehríne

    major profectus adducitur, si hoc, quod in eis reprehenditur, quasi ex latere tangatur,

    • Past. 207, 7
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  • Ðæt wé him sume opene scylde healfunga oðwiéten, ðæt hié for ðǽm scamige

    si culpae manifestioris ex latere requisitae improperio confunduntur,

    • 209, 22
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slightly, to some extent, half
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  • Geseah hé hwǽr þá weorcstánas lágon ofer eall þǽr onbútan, and hé healfunga þæs wundrode, þeáh ná swíðe embe ꝥ ne smeáde,

      Hml. S. 23, 491.
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[v.
N. E. D. halfing.
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Cf. eallunga.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “healfunga.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51993.

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