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heáfod-lic

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[Heáfod]licra, 671. Ne wé heáfodlice leahtras ne lufian, Wlfst. 253, 9

heáfod-mægen

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heáfod-mægen, es; n.
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Cf. heáfod-leahter

heáfod-sealf

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heáfod-sealf, e; f.
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A salve for the head Tó heáfodsealfe, aluwan gegníd in eced, smyre þæt heáfod mid, Lch. iii. 2, 14

heáfod-gylt

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Cf. heáfod-synn

heáfod-weard

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heáfod-weard, m.
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Add: One who performs heáfod-weard (see next word), one who is on guard Heáfodweardas excubitores, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 16

heáfod-bend

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heáfod-bend, es; m.
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D.). a crown ꝥ bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. a band put round the head as punishment Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend

heáfod-frætewness

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For 'Cot. 65, Lye' substitute Heáfod*-*fretennesse decriminalia (discriminalia capitum, Ald. 68, 31, glossed by eárpreónas, An. Ox. 4821), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 48. Heáfodfrætennesse, 26, 77

Linked entry: fræteness

heáfod-haga

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heáfod-haga, an ; m.
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7

heáfod-hebba

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heáfod-hebba, an ; m.
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Cf. heáfod; Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml.

Linked entry: hebba

heáfod-ece

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Add: — Heáfodwærc vel [heáfod]ece cephalia, i. dolor capitis, vel cephalargia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 84. Wið heáfodece, Lch. i. 188, 15 ; 190, 20: 196, 22, and often. Laurentius ðá wudewan fram hefigtýmum heáfodece gehǽlde, Hml. Th. i. 418, 22.

heáfod-weg

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heáfod-weg, es; m.
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A road along the head (v. heáfod, 2 a) of a field, valley, &c. (?) Of ðæn cumbe on Tetanhylle; of Tytanhylle tó ðæn heáfodwege; ondlong cumbes, C. D. V. 401, 35.

heáfod-æcer

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heáfod-æcer, es; m.
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A strip of land, an acre in extent, lying at the head (cf. heáfod ; 2 a) of a field [and so forming its upper boundary (? cf. heáfodland)] Fines gemǽre, limites h(e)áfudland, decumanus tióðe h(e)áfudæcer, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 2-4.

Linked entry: -hafol

heáfod-leás

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Þæs bisceopes líc . . . árás and nam his ágen heáfod þe of áheáwen wæs, and eóde forð . . . his Drihten herigende . . . Ꝥ wæs syllic wundor ꝥ se martyr heáfodleás mihte gán God herigende, Hml. S. 29, 307.

heáfod-hrægel

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heáfod-hrægel, es; n.
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Cf. heáfod-bolster

heáfod-land

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On þæt heáfodlond; of þám heáfodon andlang fúra, C. D. iii. 436, 16 : 21. See Seebohm Vill. Comm. p. 4, and N. E. D., D. D. headland

heáfod-beáh

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Add: — Mon hehþ þone heáfodbeáh æt þæs ærneweges ende currenti in stadio jacet praemium corona, Bt. 37, tit.; F. xviii. 9

heáfod-beald

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heáfod-beald, adj.
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Bold-faced, shameless Mid heáfodbaldre frontosa (cf. sió balde frontosa [moecharum impudentia, Ald. 60, 16], 85, 27), Wrt. Voc. 34, 44

Linked entry: beald

heáfod-beorg

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heáfod-beorg, es; m.
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A chief hill (?) On cissan beorg middanweardne . . . ; swá tó heáfodbeorge westeweardon, C. D. v. 179, 26-30. Ðis synt ðá landes meǽre tó Bryningtúne. Ǽrest on heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan . . . swá tó herpaðe; andlang herpaðes tó Imman beorge ; of

heáfod-bolla

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Hé hí bær tó þǽre stówe seó is gecweden cwealmstów and heáfodbollan stów, Nap. 36. Add

heáfod-bolster

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Heáfodbolster cervical, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 59. Heáfedbolster, ii. 16, 67. Heáfodbolstor capitula, 128, 41. Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó hæbbene meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster (capitulae), R. Ben. 91, 16. Add: —

Linked entry: hleór-bolster