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heofon-heáh

(adj.)
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heofon-heáh, adj.

Heaven-highreaching to heaven

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Heaven-high, reaching to heaven Heofonheánne beám a tree the height whereof reached unto heaven [Dan. 4, 11], Cd. 202; Th. 250, 29; Dan. 554

un-heáh

(adj.)
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un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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Not high, low Unhéh (printed unhela, but see Anglia viii. 450) þrepel eculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 18. Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23. Faraþ tó feldlandum and dúnlandum and tó unhéheran landum venite ad campestria atque montana et humiliora loca, Deut.

Linked entry: un-hége

efen-heáh

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Add: equally exalted Hé dyde hine efenheáhne Gode, and get hégran wolde dón

ge-heád

Similar entry: ge-heán

gif-heal

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Add: Cf. Hé healreced hátan wolde gewyrcean . . . and þǽr on innan eall gedǽlan . . . swylc him God sealde, B. 68-72

heáh-þungen

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Heáhþungen perspicuus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 5. Cnæht mín héhðungen bið suíðe puer meus sublimis erit valde, Rtl. 1, 27. Bútan þæt þá bysena heáhþungenra lǽrað nisi majorum cohortantur exempla, R. Ben. 29, 19. Add:

heal-stán

(n.)
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heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604. Helsta vel

heán-líce

(adv.)
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Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. Sume hí man heánlice hættode, Chr. 1036; Th. i. 294, 7, col. 2. Add

heán-mód

(adj.)
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Rä. 43, 17

hearp-slege

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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpslege plectro, An. Ox. 52, 1. Add:

heáf-sang

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Substitute: A dirge, lament Heáfsang lamentabile (canticum: cf. canticum lamentabile, quod epithrenion nocatur, Ald. 13, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 69

heáh-cræft

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Add: — Ðerh héhcraeft, Txts. 151, 4

heáh-ealdormann

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Add: — Valerianus se heáhealdorman (patricius), Gr. D. 340, 34

Linked entry: ealdor-mann

heáh-engel

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Add: — Gabrihel, heofones heáhengel, Cri. 202. Heáhengles tíd, Men. 177. Fæder onsende heáhengel his, 50. Heáhengla brego, Cri. 403. Þurh eall engla wered and heáhengla, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 9

heáh-fýr

(n.)
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heáh-fýr, es; n.
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High-leaping flame Heáhfýr ǽlað, Wal. 22

heáh-galdor

(n.)
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heáh-galdor, es; n.
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A powerful charm, a charm of great virtue Seó nǽdre dytteð hyre eáran, þæt heó nele gehýran heáhgaldor sum, þæt snotre men singað wið áttrum, Ps. Th. 57, 4

heáh-getimbrad

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Add: cf. Gú. 556

heáh-geþungen

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heáh-heoloþe

(n.)
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heáh-heoloþe, an; f.
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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

(adj.)
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heáh-hlútor, adj.
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Of great purity Heáhhlútrum móde and bilewitum simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24 : Sch. 491, 10

Linked entry: hlutor