heard-lícness
Hardness, severity, strictness
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Hardness, severity, strictness Sume hí sǽdonða heardlícnysse his lífes some of them told the severity of his life, Guthl. 27; Gdwin. 70, 15
heard-wendlíce
Severely, strictly
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Severely, strictly Heardwendlíce [MS. B. heardlíce] districtius, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 40
ofer-heáfod
Generally, in every case
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Generally, in every case Ǽlc man oferheáfod sceolde cennan his gebyrde and his áre on ðære byrig ðe hé tó gehýrde, Homl. Th. i. 30, 4
ó-heald
Sloping, inclined
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Sloping, inclined: — Óhældi (ðhaelði,Ep. Gl. 21 d, 16) pendulus Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 19. Óhylde, 68, 10. Clifig ł óhyld (not tóhyld) clivosus, i. 19, 4. Óheal[d?] clivosa, tortuosa. Germ. 392, 53. Hóhyldo prona, 400, 118
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heaðu
war
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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht
ecg-heard
Hard of edge ⬩ ăcie dūrus
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Hard of edge; ăcie dūrus Lǽtaþ spor, íren ecg-heard, ealdorgeard sceoran let the spur, the iron hard of edge, raze the dwelling of life, Andr. Kmbl. 2363; An. 1183
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feól-heard
File-hard ⬩ hard like a file ⬩ instar ⬩ līmæ dūrus
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File-hard, hard like a file; instar, līmæ dūrus Hí léton of folman feólhearde speru they let the file-hard spears from their hands, Byrht. Th. 134, 63; By. 108
freónd-heald
Friend-inclined ⬩ friendly ⬩ amīcābĭlĭs
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Friend-inclined, friendly; amīcābĭlĭs Cild biþ freóndheald a child will be friendly, Obs. Lun. § 17; Lchdm. iii. 192, 15
fýr-heard
Fire-hard ⬩ igne dūrātus
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Fire-hard; igne dūrātus Eoforlíc scionon fáh and fýrheard boar's likenesses shone variegated and fire-hard, Beo. Th. 615; B. 305
hrímig-heard
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Hard with frost, hard frozen, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 25; Rä. 88, 7
íren-heard
Iron-hard
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Iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1112
leax-heáfod
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Lex heáfod capital, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128. 43. ?
mægen-heard
Very strong ⬩ powerful
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Very strong, powerful Ðam ðe sitteþ on ufan meare mægenheardum, Runic pm. 5; Kmbl. 340, 5
mór-heald
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)
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niþer-heald
Bent downwards
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Bent downwards Nis ðæt gedafenlíc, ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23
níþ-heard
Bold in battle ⬩ audacious
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Bold in battle, audacious Níþheard cyning (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 389; El. 195 : (Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 4826; B. 2417. Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt hé in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277
ge-heald
a holding ⬩ keeping ⬩ guard ⬩ observing ⬩ observantia ⬩ a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ custos ⬩ tūtēla
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a holding, keeping, guard, observing; observantia He sende him stafas and gewrit be gehealde rihtra Eástrana he sent him a letter and epistle about the holding of right Easters, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 8. Habbaþ gé gehæld habetis custodiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind
stearc-heard
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Violent, unrestrained Stearcheard wóp durus fletus, Dóm. L. 200
and-heáfdu
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Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D. v. 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36). Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan
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forþ-heald
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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte