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heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.
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High Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum the burning mounts aloft to heaven, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 7; Ph. 521: Cd. 166 Th. 207, 15; Exod. 467: Ps. Th. 138, 6. Heáor altius, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 16.

ge-smiþian

(v.)
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Heofonan ríces cǽig nis gylden, ne sylfren ne of nánum antimbre gesmiðod. Hml. Th. i. 368, 35. Fabrefactum, i. ornate compositum vd ornamentum vel gesmiðodum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 58

CǼG

(n.)
Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
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Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia tibi dabo claves regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 16, 19. Gástes cǽgum [MS. cǽgon] with the keys of the spirit, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 11; Exod. 524. Cǽgan, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12

Linked entry: cǽge

swearte

(adv.)
Grammar
swearte, adv.
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Milton's 'dark designs,' and v. sweart, III), ðæt hé wolde on heofonum héhseld wyrcan. Cd. Th. 287, 22 ; Sat. 371. Satanus swearte (miserably) þingaþ and ða atolan mid him wítum wérige, 292, 28 ; Sat. 447.

be-lisnian

(v.)

To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch

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Sóþlíce synd belistnode, ðe of hyra módor innoðum cumaþ, and eft synt belistnode ða men ðe man belistnaþ, and eft synd belistnode ðe híg sylfe belismodon for heofona ríce sunt enim eunuchi, qui de matris utero sic nati sunt, et sunt eunuchi, qui facti

Linked entries: lisnian be-lisnod

líg-ræsc

(n.)
Grammar
líg-ræsc, es; m.

Lightning

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Ic geseah Satanan swá swá lígræsc of heofone feallende videbam Satanan sicut fulgor de cælo cadentem, Lk. Skt. 10, 18: 17, 24. Ðæt leóhtfæt ðæs lígræsces lucerna fulgoris, 11, 36: For lígræsce præ fulgore, Ps. Spl. 17, 14.

Linked entries: ræsc líget-ræsc

reád

(adj.)
Grammar
reád, adj.
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Ðes heofon ys reád ( rubicundum ), Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2. of blood Sió reáde ród the bloodstained cross, Exon. 68, 11; Cri. 1102

tyrnan

(v.)
Grammar
tyrnan, p. de.
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.), revolve on an axis, round a centre Seó heofon tyrnþ onbútan ús swiftre ðonne ǽnig mylenhweól, Lchdm. iii. 232, 18: 254, 11: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 28: Homl. Th. ii. 214, 29.

Linked entry: turnian

sceótan

Grammar
sceótan, <b>I a.</b>
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</b> add :-- Seó culfre fleáh þǽr út, and þá bróðra hire lócodon on, oþ ꝥ heó sceát in þone heofon (penetravit caelum), Gr. D. 275, 18. <b>IV c.

DYNE

(n.)
Grammar
DYNE, dyn,es ; m.

DIN, noise ⬩ sonus, fragor, strepĭtus

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A DIN, noise; sonus, fragor, strepĭtus Se dyne becons hlúd of heofonum the din came loud from heaven, Cd. 223; Th. 294, 5; Sat. 466. Cyrm, dyne fragor, Mone B. 4413: Cd. 221; Th. 288, 13; Sat. 380: 222; Th. 289, 7, 27; Sat. 394, 404.

Linked entries: dynge dimma

fór-scyttan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-scyttan, p. -scytte, pl. -scytton; pp. -scytted

To shoot before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre

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To shoot before, prevent; prævĕnīre Hí heófodon folces synna, and heora wrace on him sylfum fórscytton they bewailed the people's sins, and prevented their punishment on themselves, Homl. Th. i. 540, 31.

þunrian

(v.)
Grammar
þunrian, p. ode

To thunder

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Þunerode of heofonum Drihten intonuit de coelo Dominus, Ps. Spl. T. 17, 15

up-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
up-weardes, adv.
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Hé his handa wæs uppweardes brǽdende wið ðæs heofones manus ad coelum tendons, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 19

Linked entry: uppe-weardes

winn

(n.)
Grammar
winn, es; n.
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Lind. 4, 38. strife, conflict Hé ongan him winn up áhebban wið ðone héhstan heofones wealdend, Cd. Th. 17, 14; Gen. 259

Linked entry: win

bred

(n.)
Grammar
bred, es; pl. nom. acc. bredu; n.
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A surface, plank, board, table, tablet; superficies, tabula, tabella Ðisse eorþan ymbhwyrft is, wið ðone heofon to mettanne, swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede the circumference of this earth is, compared with the heaven, like a little point on a

Linked entry: brega

þicce

(adv.)
Grammar
þicce, adv.
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Swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht, Lchdm. iii. 234, 31. Wæl þicce gefylled the corpses lying thick on the ground, Cd. Th. 130, 16; Gen. 2160.

leáf

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Se ǽresta heofon gefealden swá swá bóca leáf beóð, Verc. Först. 122, 14. Feówer leáfum oþþe fífum of þǽre bóce gerǽddum, R. Ben. 67, 7. v. cawel-leáf, fíc-leáf, hoc-leáf, holen-leáf, ítig-leáf, wín-leáf

tungol

(n.)
Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
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Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, Met. 28, 20. Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Swá heofenes tunglu sicut astra coeli, Deut. 10, 22.

Linked entries: tungel tungl

mǽgþ-hád

(n.)
Grammar
mǽgþ-hád, es; m.

Kinship ⬩ relationship

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Ealle wé sind gebróðra ðe on God gelýfaþ and we ealle cweþaþ 'Úre Fæder þe eart on heofonum.' Ne gedyrstlǽce nán man be mǽgþháde bútan sóðre lufe 'he who loveth not his brother continueth in death' ...

of-hreósan

(v.)
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Ofrorene obruti, 506, 7: obrutos, 478, 77. to fall down: — Heofonas berstaþ, tungol of hreósaþ. Exon. Th. 58, 12 ; Cri. 934

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