heáfod-leás
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Se cwellere slóh þone cniht ꝥ hé læg heáfodleás, Hml. S. 12, 208 : Hml. A. 113, 369. Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte
heáfod-ling
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heáfod-loca
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A stull Heáfodlocan (cf. heáfudponnan, lxx, 9) capitali, Lch. i. lxxiv, 10
heáfod-pyle
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a pillow Wangere, heáfod-(=p-pyle?) cervical, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 29. (?)
Linked entry: pyle
heáfod-segn
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An ensign having a head (not a flag ?) Hét þá in beran eafor heáfodsegn, . . . helm, herebyrnan, gúðsweord, B. 2152-4. These are the ' feówer maðmas' (l. 1027), given to Beowulf by Hrothgar, of which the first is elsewhere (1021-2) described as 'segen
heáfod-slæge
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Add: -slege a cross-beam resting on columns, an architrave (?); and for 'Cot. 50; Lye' substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 58
Linked entry: slege
heáfod-smæl
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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the collar of a tunic: Heáfodsmæl capitium (tunica coccinea, capitium et manicae sericis clavatae, Ald. 77, 15. Glosses to the same passage elsewhere are: Capitium hæt, An. Ox. 5320: Hpt. Gl. 526,
heáfod-stíg
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A path along the head of a field (?) Tó ðǽre heáfodstíge, ðæt swá in ðá heáhstrǽt, C. D. iii. 167, 23
heáfod-stocc
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A stock or post on which the head of a criminal was fixed after beheading Heora lima man ealle tóbrǽd ǽlc fram óðrum . . . and ðá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda swilce óþra ðeófa búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum
heáfod-wund
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Add: — Þa hét hé his lǽce tó him, and bebeád him ꝥ hé þá tolýsdan geþeódnesse mínre heáfudwunde gesette uocauit medicum, et dissolutam mihi emicranii iuncturam conponere iussit, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 8
ofer-heáfod
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Add: [v. N. E. D. over-head]: <b>ofer-heáh.</b> Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : <b>ofer-hebban.</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself:
ó-heald
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Óhelde conuexa (in coelis conuexa cacumina cernam), An. Ox. 24, 2. Add
on-heáfdu
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slíþ-heard
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substitute: <b>slíþ-hende;</b> adj. With baleful hand, animal, with fell paw Bera bið slíþhende deór (see Mod. Lang. Rev. xv. 70), Gn. Ex. 177
súþ-heáfod
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a south head Andlang hlinces on þæt súþheáfod, C. D. iii. 414, 2
wíg-heard
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Add: warlike, martial Wíhearde bellicosas, An. Ox. 783
up-heald
Upholding ⬩ support ⬩ maintenance
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Upholding, support, maintenance Ic eom ðæs mynstres mund and upheald, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 232, 7
wíg-heard
Stout in fight ⬩ hardy
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Stout in fight, hardy Wígan wígheardne. Byrht. Th. 133, 64; By. 75
gúþ-heard
Stout in war
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Stout in war, Elen. Kmbl. 407; El. 204
heáfod-bán
Head-bone, skull ⬩ skull
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Head-bone, skull Monnes heáfodbán bærn tó ahsan burn a man's skull to ashes, L. M. 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 2. Wulfes heáfodbán bærn swíðe burn a wolf's skull thoroughly, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 3