heáh-helm
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Having foliage high up; of a light, having far-reaching rays þone heáhhelman leóman iubar alticomum (the passage is: Modio lateat ne tecta lucerna, sed iubar alticomum Domini diffundat in aedem, Vita S. Cudbercti c. 21, 50), Hpt. 33, 238, 1
heáh-heoloþe
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Elecampane Heáhhioloþe, Lch. ii. 104, 1 : 138, 16. Genim heáhheoloþan, 18, 22. Heáhhioloþan, 102, 23: 274, 2
Linked entry: eh-heóloþe
heáh-hlútor
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10
Linked entry: hlutor
heáh-hweólad
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High-wheeled Héhhwiólad wǽn carracu*-*tium, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 26
heáh-ildest
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Most excellent Ðyses heáhyldestan cyncges huius precellentissimi regis, Angl. xiii. 368, 36
Linked entry: ildest
heáh-lǽce
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Add: — Heálécas archiatros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 1. Heáhlǽcas, 81, 36. Héhlǽcas (hehhlæces, MS. ) archiatros i. summos medicos, Hpt. Gl. 477, 43 (all three glosses refer to o
heáh-landríca
Similar entry: land-ríca
heáh-mód
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Add: high-spirited Hú þá wihte (a cock and a hen) mid ús heáhmóde (heán-, MS. ; but cf. wrǽtlice twá, 1) twá hátne sindon, Rä. 43, 17
heáh-nes
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Add: in a physical sense. height Ǽr þon þe seó heáhnes ( altitudo ) þæs wealles gefylled wǽre, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 19. Egeslicere heáhnysse (heánnesse, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 48) (turrem) minaci proceritate, An. Ox. 4436. Þá triówa heánnisse ic wundrade,
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heáh-reced
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A splendid house, temple, palace: Eorðan ic bidde and úpheofon, and ðá sóþan Sancta Marian, and heofones meaht and heáhreced, Lch. i. 400, 4. Geond heáhræced (the temple), An. 709. —
heah-rún
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'A damsel having a spirit of divination' Heahrún pithonissa (pithonissam necromantiae spiritu vaticinantem, Ald. 26, 11. The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47. Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne
Linked entry: hell-rún
heáh-sácerd
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Hí lǽddon þæne Hǽlend tó þám heáhsácerde (héhsácerd, L. ad summum sacerdotem) . . . Petrns him fyligde oþ ðæs heáhsácerdes (summi sacerdotis) cafertún. . . . Ðá árás sum heáhsácerd (ðæ hǽhsácerd, L. ) . . . eft hine áxode se heáhsácerd . . . þá cwæð se
heáh-setl
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Add: a seat of honour 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð hé þæt hé wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt. L. 23,
heáh-sittende
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High-sitting, seated on a lofty throne Heáhsittendum celsithrono, Angl. xiii. 368, 39
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heáh-sunne
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The arch-sun, the Deity Wǽre þú forinwordlíce dysig ðá þú wilnodest þæt þú scoldest myd swilcum æágum þá heáhsunnan (heán sunnan ?) and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17
heáh-þeód
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Substitute: An illustrious race Sum æþela man on þǽre héhþeóde Myrcna ríce vir de egregia Merciorum stirpe, Guth. Gr. 104, 2: 152, 19
heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation Ðǽr is Créca heáhburg there is the chief town of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 21: Beo. Th. 2258; B. 1127. Tó ðære heáhbyrig to the chief town [Babylon], Cd. 209; Th. 259, 30; Dan. 699. Se
heáh-bytlere
A chief-builder, architect
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A chief-builder, architect, Lye
heáh-biscop
An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff
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An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff Birhtwald Bretone heáhbiscop Birhtwald archbishop of Britain, L. Wih. pref.; Th. i. 36, 8. Mid geþeahte Wulfhelmes mínes héhbisceopes with the counsel of Wulfhelm my archbishop, L. Ath. prm; Th. i. 194, 13. Se heáhbiscop
heáh-boda
An archangel
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An archangel Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider gefleógan bade the triumphant Lord his archangel fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 3; Cri. 295