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for-healdan

(v.)
Grammar
for-healdan, for-healden.

withholdkeep backdisregardneglect

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Substitute: to hold improperly, withhold, keep back what should be paid On hǽþenum þeódum ne dear man forhealdan lytel ne mycel þæs þe gelagod is tó gedwolgoda weorðunge; and wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, Wlfst. 157, 12-14: 229, 19. Hý forheóldon

Linked entry: for-healden

for-heáwan

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Drihten forheáweð ł forcyrfð hnollas synfulra Dominus concidet ceruices peccatorum, Ps. L. 128, 4. Add

forþ-heald

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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte

ge-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.
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Safe. Take here <b>ge-hyldra</b> in Dict., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe

ge-healdan

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Add: to hold, keep, take care or charge of a person Þeódnes bearn sceolde folc gehealdan, B. 911. a flock (lit. or fig.) Seó heord þe hé tó Godes handa gehealdan sceall, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 26. a thing Hé onsende sínra þegna worn . . . þæt him . . . geheólde

ge-heáne

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Dele: the MS. of Rtl. 42, 40 has gihére

ge-heáwan

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Geheapen (-heáwen ?), Rum. 12. Add: —

ge-hebban

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Add: — Áhefað bécon, gihebbað (exaltate) stefne, Rtl. 18, 38

healf-clungen

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-clungen, adj.

Half-frozen

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Half-frozen Halbclungni (half-) semigelato, Txts. 96, 931

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege hé feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

healf-fers

emistichium

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glosses emistichium, Hpt. 31, 10, 203

Linked entry: fers

healf-féþe

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-féþe, adj.

Half-lame

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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150

Linked entry: -féþe

healf-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-hár, ; adj.

Half-grey

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Half-grey Healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus(omitted after) Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. v. Angl. viii. 451

healf-híd

(n.)
Grammar
healf-híd, e; f.

A half-hide

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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16

Linked entry: híd

healf-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mearc, es; n.

A half-mark

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A half-mark Hé hæfð geboht healfe híde landes mid healfmarce goldes and mid áne punde seolfres and twégan óran, C. D. iv. 136, 34. Fylste ǽlc gegylda he[alf]mearc tó fylste, Cht. Th. 611, 32. Ic an míne láuedy halfmarc goldes, C. D. iv. 308, 2: Cht.

healf-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-nacod, adj.

Half-naked

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Half-naked Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá healfnacode (seminudos), Nar. 10, 16

Linked entry: nacod

healf-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-rúh, adj.

Half-rough

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Half-rough Án healfrúh tæppet sipla, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 35

healf-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-scyldig, adj.

Half-guilty

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Half-guilty Healfscyldig temeson, medius sons, Hpt. 31, 12, 251

healf-sester

(n.)
Grammar
healf-sester, es; m.

A half-sester

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A half-sester Healfsester mine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 1

healf-weg

(n.)
Grammar
healf-weg, es; m.

Half-way

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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3