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of persons, (i) senseless, Gen. 51 (in Dict.).
spiritless (f),
without courage
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  • Be milte wærce . . . tácn ðǽre ádle hú higeleáse hí beóð (cf.

    the section to which this heading refers:

    Tácn þǽre ádle hú híwleáse hié beóð . . . þá men beóð mægre and unróte, bláce on onsýne,
      242, 2-4.
  • Higeleáse

    might be taken to correspond with unróte, or it might be an error for híwleáse), Lch. ii. 166, 12. la. of a person's actions, conduct, &c. :-- Higelǽs effrenatus (cachinnus ),

      Hpt. Gl. 481, 2.
of things,
unsuitable, extravagant
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  • Wé lǽrað ꝥ man geswíce higeleásra gewǽda and dislicra gerǽda and bismorlicra efesunga. Ll. Th. ii. 248, 15.
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