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helle-geat

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Úre Hǽlend tóbræc hellegatu . . . And is nú hellegeat belocen rihtwísun mannum, Hml. Th. i. 228, 1-5. Substitute

helle-loc

(n.)
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an enclosure in hell; in pl. hell as a prison Ꝥ hí scoldan hine gelǽdan tó hellelocum (ad inferni claustra), Gr. D. 325, 30

helle-súsl

Similar entry: súsl

helle-tintreg

(n.)

hell-torment

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hell-torment In helletintrego, Verc. Forst. 128, 19

Linked entry: tin-treg

helle-wíte

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Wé gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla

helle-bryne

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Wið hellebryne beorgan his sáwle, Wlfst. 271, 16: Ll. Th. i. 318, 20. Add

in-heald

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Substitute: Sloping inwards, worked in low relief Inheald interrasilem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 24

in-hebban

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Hé wénde swíðe þæt ǽnig ælda ǽfre [ne] meahte swá fæstlice forescyttelsas on écnesse ó inhebban (o in hebba, MS. ), oððe þæs ceasterhlides clúster onlúcan, Cri. 313. Add

lemp-healt

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Substitute: Limp-halt (v. N. E. D. s. v.), halting Laempihalt, lemphihalt, lemp-halt, lemphald lurdus (cf. lordicare dorso incurvato incedere, Migne), Txts. 74, 589. Lemphealt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 3: 51, 20

Linked entry: healt

módor-healf

(n.; adj.)
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norþ-heald

(adj.)
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norþ-heald, adj.
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Sloping to the north, bent northwards Of þám hwítan treówe on ðæt norðhealde treów; of ðám norðhealdan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 32

norþ-healf

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On norðhealfe þæs híredes mearc, C. D. B. iii. 15, 12. Hé is bebyrged on ðá norðhealfe on Sc̃e Paulus postice, Chr. 976; P. 122, 14. Hí gelógodon Sc̃e Ælfeáges líchaman on norðhealfe Xp̃e es weófodes, 1023; P. 156, 23. Add

of-healdan

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Add: [v. N. E. D. of-hold]

on-healdan

Similar entry: an-healdan

west-healf

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Ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes vi gyrda bewestan Yttinges hláwe, C. D. v. 275, 18. Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, C. D. R. iii. 15, 12. Add

út-healf

(n.)
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út-healf, e; f.

The outsideexterior

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The outside, exterior Úthealf ðæs beddes sponda (v. sponda, est exterior pars lecti, 242, col. 2), Wrt. Voc, i. 41, 28

healf-cwic

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice

healf-deád

(adj.)
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healf-deád, adj.

Half dead, palsied on one side

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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2

healf-eald

(adj.)
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healf-eald, adj.

Half grown, of middle age

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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2

healf-heáfod

(n.)
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healf-heáfod, es; n.

The fore part of the headsinciput

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The fore part of the head; sinciput Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24