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wulf

Grammar
wulf, <b>. I.</b>
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Læg se grǽga wulf þe bewiste ꝥ heáfod, and mid his twám fótum hæfde ꝥ heáfod beclypped, grǽdig and hungrig, and for Gode ne dorste þæs heáfdes ábyrian, Hml. S. 32, 145-155. Add

hol

(n.)
Grammar
hol, a covering.
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L. 5, 18 has stæfes heáfod. Add

bón

(n.)
Grammar
bón, e; f.

Ornament

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Ornament Harold his heáfód þám kynge bróhte, and his scipes heáfod, and þá bóne (ornaturam, Fl. Wig.

beþettan

(v.)
Grammar
beþettan, (?) to foment [
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Beþete ꝥ heáfod mid, Lch. iii. 90, 15.]

wræt-reád

(adj.)
Grammar
wræt-reád, wræte-reád; adj.
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Red Bind þá moran ymb ꝥ heáfod mid wrætereáde wrǽde, Lch. ii. 306, 18

ge-cemban

(v.)
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to comb Ic his heáfod mid gambe gekamde, C.D. iv. 261, 2

Linked entry: cemban

CWECCAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWECCAN, part.cweccende ; ic cwecce, ðú cwecest, cwecst, he cweceþ, cwecþ. pl. cweccaþ ; p. cwehte, cweahte , pl. cwehton, cweahton ; pp. cweaht

To vibrate, move ⬩ torquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre

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Iohannes cwehte his heáfod John shook his head, Ælfc. T. 36, 9. Hí cwehton [MS. cwehtun] heora heáfod moverunt caput, Ps. Lamb. 21, 8. Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod the passers-by shook their heads, Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29

cemban

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Add: to comb hair Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde (cæmde, v. l.), and nǽnig man ǽr mid cemde ne æfter cembe. Under ðám treówe cembe hyre feax ... ꝥ bið lǽcedóm þǽre ðe hyre heáfod þǽr cembeþ (cæmbeð, v. l. ), Lch. i. 332, 11-18.

mæstan

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Þú mæstest on ele heáfod mín inpinguasti in oleo caput meum, Ps. Rdr. 22, 5. Add

-ling

(suffix)
Grammar
-ling, es; m.
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Add: v. byrd-, cýþ-, efen-, heáfod-, mæst-, rǽp-, reád-, sib-, þeów-, þeówet-, under-, wǽdl- (?), wiþer-ling

á-fǽttian

(v.)
Grammar
á-fǽttian, p. ode
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To fatten Ele þæs synfullan ne áfǽttaþ ( inpinguet ) heáfod mín, Ps. L. 140, 5

be-hylian

(v.)
Grammar
be-hylian, p. ede
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To cover, veil Heó hire heáfod behylede mid hire cúlan, Hml. S. 33, 237

Linked entries: be-helian -hylian

ge-fyrhto

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrhto, p. l. ge-fyrhto (-u); indecl.; [ge-fyrht, e]; f., dele passage from Bl. H. (for which see ge-wyrht),
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and add Se cwylra mid gefyrhto genam his swurd and hire heáfod of áslóh, Nar. 48, 22

hnecca

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'Befleh ǽrest ǽnne þwang þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh (a vertice usque ad calcaneum and him ꝥ heáfod syþþan of áceorf' . . . Sume men gesetton ꝥ ácorfene heáfod eft tó ðám sweóran (cervici), Gr. D. 198, 4-12.

wæl-steng

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-steng, es; m.

A spear

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A spear Feówer scoldon on ðæm wælstenge weorcum geferian Grendles heáfod, Beo. Th. 3280; B. 1638

ofer-healfheáfod

(n.)

the upper half of the head

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the upper half of the head Forheáfod anciput, æfteweard heáfod occiput, oferhealfheáfod sinciput, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 42-44

cappa

(n.)

a cap, cope, priest's garment ⬩ capitulum

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a cap, cope, priest's garment; capitulum Heáfod-cláþ vel cappa capitulum vel eapitularium, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 15

teld-sticca

(n.)
Grammar
teld-sticca, an; m.
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A tent-peg Gelǽhte seó wífman án ðæra teld-sticcena geslóh ðá ... ðæt se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod ...

Linked entry: telde

be-streówian

(v.)
Grammar
be-streówian, p. ode; pp. od

To BESTREW ⬩ superspargere

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To BESTREW; superspargere Hí mid duste heora heáfod bestreówodon sparserunt pulverem super caput suum Iob Grn. 2, 12

Linked entry: streáwian

þǽr-in

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-in, adv.

Therein ⬩ wherein

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Therein, wherein Hé wæs on Simones húse, þǽrin geát ðæt wíf ða deórwyrþan smerenesse on his heáfod, Blickl. Homl. 73, 3

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