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heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.

A corner, an angle, a secret place

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Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13.

HEALM

(n.)
Grammar
HEALM, es; n.

HAULM, straw, stem or stalk of grass, stalk of a planta roof of strawstipulaculmus, calamus, stipula, festucaa reed

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Gán and gadrion him sylfe ðæt healm let them go and gather straw for themselves, Ex. 5, 7. Swá windes healm sicut stipulam ante faciem venti, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Genim rigen healm and beren take rye and barley straw, L.

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HEALT

(adj.)
Grammar
HEALT, adj.

HALT, lame, limping

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HALT, lame, limping Healt claudus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 35. Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.

heála

(n.)
Grammar
heála, an; m.

Rupture, hydroceleherniahernia

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Rupture, hydrocele Gif hé hæfde heálan si fuerit ponderosus, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 5

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healm

stubblestrawa strawstalk

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For substitute I a below, and add: in a collective sense, stubble, straw Hég foenum, healm stipula, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 46. Healm stramen spicarum, ii. 137, 48.

heals

(n.)
Grammar
heals, hals, es; m.

The neck, the prow of a shipcollum, amplexatoriumneck, part of the bow of a ship

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Gehæfted be ðdam healse fastened by the neck, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29; Gen. 385. Heals ealne ymbeféng he clasped all the neck, Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691. Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht.

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heals

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(an ox) beáh hæfde on healse, 71, 11. as part of a thing. Similar entries Cf. fámig-, wunden-heals as epithets of a ship: Heo (bagpipes) hafað hyre on healse bróðor síne, Rä. 32, 21

healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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On stenges healh, of stenges heale, C. D. B. iii. 49, 28. On scæccan halh, C. D. iii. 463, 14. Innan cucan healas, 450, 3.

healf

(adv.)
Grammar
healf, adv.

Half

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Half Healf man and healf hors centaurus vel ippocentaurus, healf mann and healf assa onocentaurus, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 39, 40.

healt

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Healt (heolt, MS.) catax, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 52. Sió healte catax (Vulcanus, Ald. 172, 32), ii. 93, 51: 19, 51. Gif mon þá greátan sinwe forsleá . . . Gif se mon healt sié, . . . geselle .xxx. sciłł . tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 100, 5.

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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Gif hé mǽgleás sié, healf kyningc, healf se gesíð, Ll. Th. i. 116, 16. Geselle .cxx. sciłł, healf (dimidium) cyninge, healf biscepe, 66, 17: 296, 8: 294, 8, 9. Half, 258, 12, 17. Gelde healf, 20, 3

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heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimoniousmiserlyniggardly

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Parsimonious, miserly, niggardly Uncystig vel heámol (heámul) frugus, Txts. 62, 413. Uncystig oððe heámol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5. Tó hwan wurd ðú swá heámul (fæsthafol. Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, p. heáde; pp. heád

To raise, heighten, exalt, advanceto exaltexaltareexalt, raise

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To raise, heighten, exalt, advance Mid singalum bysenum árfæstre wyrcnysse hé ongan heán and miclian continuis piæ operations exemplis provehere curavit, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 19. Heáþ and hebbaþ exalt and raise, Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 6; Sch. 42

heard-heáwa

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heard-heáwa, heard-heáw, heard-heáwa, heard-heáwe, héwe, heard-híwe, heard-héui

chisel

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a cutting implement, chisel Heardheáu cisculus, Txts. 51, 467. Heardhéui ciscillus, 52, 262. Haerdhaeu, 116, 199. Heardheáw, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 34. Circillus, navicula vel heardheáwa, 131, 23. Heardheáwe vel nafogár foratorium, 149, 74. Substitute:

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

HALF

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Sele ðonne ðæt healf tó drincanne then give half of it to drink, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 23. Hie wǽron simle healfe æt hám healfe úte always half of them were at home and half out, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 17: Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 86, 25.

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Bent, inclined Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29. Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28.

healoc

(n.)
Grammar
healoc, healoc, healc, es; m. [diminutive of healh. Cf. holoc]
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A little corner or recess, concavity Hér sint tacn áheardodre lifre ge on þám læppum and healocum and filmenum, Lch. ii. 204, 5. On ðám liferbylum and læppum þe on þám liferholum and healcum (τὰ σιμά), 20. On þǽre lifre healcum and holocum, 206, 7. Substitute

heald

inclinedinclined to

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On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to Ꝥ ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?) wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt.

heáp

a bandcompanythe clergya choiran armya hosta troopcompanya crewa collectionin companytogether

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Add: of persons. in a general sense, a band, company: Se eádmóda heáp (the apostles), Hml. Th. i. 318, 13. Þǽr wæs preósta heáp, micel muneca ðreát, Chr. 973; P. 118, 12. Hí mid þý heápe helle sécað, fleógað mid þám feóndum, Dóm. 17. Hé (Peter) ána spræc

heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.

High

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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. On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June