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the property of being heavy
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  • Ǽnne swer ormǽtes hefes,

    • Hml. S. 31, 1248
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  • Se hálga gást hí heóld and mid hefe gefæstnode, ꝥ þá mánfullan ne mihton ꝥ mǽden ástyrian,

    • 9, 98
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  • God is bútan hefe and hé ealle gesceafta gelógode on gemete, and on getele, and on hefe,

    • Hml. Th. i. 286, 12-15.
weight in a high degree:
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  • Hefe wæstma brycð bóh

    pondus fructuum frangit ramum,

    • Scint. 85, 4
      • .
figuratively.
oppressive effect or influence
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  • Þonne gehwylce synfulle menn óðre geólǽcað, and mid gegaderodun hefe þǽre wyrstan lyffetunge ofðriccað,

    • Hml. Th. 494, 4
      • .
importance
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  • Hefe

    mole

    (virtutes amplas, quae modulum et numerum excedunt pro

    mole

    gestorum,

    • Ald. 159, 21
      • .
a heavy mass of material, a burden
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  • Hefe

    gleba (spurciglebula ruris,

    • Ald. 140, 34
      • ),
    • An. Ox. 18 b, 41
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  • Hefe

    fasce, i. onere,

    • Wülck. Gl. 234, 21
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  • Hefe gehefdum

    mole grauatis,

    • 251, 16
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  • Hefe

    mole

    (ingentis scopuli mole connexas,

    • Ald. 68, 12).

  • Ne ðá gét . . . ahefegum (an hefegum?) hefe ásette wǽron

    necdum montes gravi mole constiterant,

    • Kent. Gl. 265
      • .
a weight as measure
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  • Hefe

    pondus (abominatio est apud Deum pondus et pondus,

    • Prov. 20, 23
      • ),
    • Kent. Gl. 752
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  • Getelum, hefum

    numeris, ponderibus,

    • Wülck. Gl. 250, 25
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  • Hefum

    minis, i. talentis,

    • Germ. 396, 122
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hefe.” 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/52130.

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