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heófan, also strong forms occur, p. heóf, hóf (an Old Saxon form A. S. heáf?); pl. heófon.
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  • Heófde

    luxerat,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 35
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  • Þæt wíf gnornode, heóf hreówigmód,

    • Gen. 771
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  • Ongan ic of inneweardre heortan heófonde forðbringan þá geómorlican siccetunga,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 428
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with acc. ,
To lament
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  • Godes andsacan . . . heófon deóp gehygd . . . þæt heó woldon ben email Críst rodera ríces,

    • Sat. 344
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with gen.,
To be sorry for, grieve at
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  • Þæt hié swá gefeón ðissa andweardena góda ðæt hí him ondrǽden ðá écan yflu, ILLIGIBLE and swá ðára yfela ðisse worulde hiófen ðæt hí hiora tóhopan gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum

    sic de bonis praesmtibus gaudeant, ut mala aeterna pertimescant; sic de malis temporalibus lugeant, ut spem in bonis perennibus figant,

    • Past. 393, 28-31
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