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hríþer

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Wiðeástan hríðres heáfod, v. 71, 1. On rýðæres heáfod, 358, 11. Be westan hríðerleá, 109, 12. Hríðden, i. 261, 8.] Add

un-lifigende

(adj.)
Grammar
un-lifigende, adj.

Not living ⬩ dead ⬩ defunct

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Heáfod Holofernus unlyfigendes, Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 180. Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5809; B. 2908. Ðæt biþ drihtguman unlifgendum æfter sélest, 2782; B. 1389.

Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende

cwellere

(n.)
Grammar
cwellere, es; m.

A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex

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Herodes sende ǽnne cwellere, and bebeád ðæt man his heáfod on ánum disce brohte Herod sent an executioner, and commanded that they should bring his [John Baptist's] head on a dish, Mk. Bos. 6, 27.

bucca

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Hí onsægdon deófle, swá heora þeáw wæs, buccan ( caprae ) heáfod, Gr. D. 232, 25. Hé wæs on buccan slege getácnod, Hml. Th. ii. 210, 23. Ðár mon ðane chiorl slóh for ðan buccan, C.D. iii. 434, 21.

ge-sceran

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Substitute: to shear. to cut the hair off the head Heáfod him beón gescoren hearm getácnað, Lch. iii. 200, 21. Gesce(o)rene rasam, An.

hláf-gang

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Ben. 59, 13-18. of the Eucharistic bread Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde, and heora mæssan on circan gestande, and æt hláfgange (when he goes to receive the consecrated bread) heora hand cysse. Ll.

hnipian

(v.)
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Sete þú þíne hand on þín heáfod foran and hwón hnipa (printed hniwa) swilce þú þé forgyfenesse bidde, Tech. ii. 122, 5. Hnipendre, gebígedre curua An. Ox. 1279. Hnipen[d]re cernua Hpt. Gl. 436, 61.

ríce

(n.)
Grammar
ríce, es; n. <b>I a.</b>
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ðǽr fore bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 9. v. ærce-, ærcebisceop-, Breoten-, feówer-, fiþer-, Franc-, heáfod

hago-steald

(n.)
Grammar
hago-steald, es; m.

One living in the lord's house, not having his own household, an unmarried person, a young person, young warrior ⬩ a servant, young man ⬩ mercenarius, cælebs ⬩ old bachelor

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Heafoc weorþeþ tó hagostealdes honda gelǽred the hawk becomes trained to the youth's hand, 88 b; Th. 332, 28; Vy. 92

Linked entry: hæg-steald

geagl

(n.)
Grammar
geagl, geahl, es; m. [also n. v. the last example]

The jowl ⬩ jaw ⬩ mandĭbŭla ⬩ rictus ⬩ fauces

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Biþ ðæt heáfod tohliden, geaglas toginene the head shall be split open, the jaws distended, Soul Kmbl. 215; Seel. 110 : 229; Seel. 118. Ðæt geagl to swillanne to swill the jowl, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 12, 22, 26, 29

Linked entry: geahl

hwamm

(n.)
Grammar
hwamm, hwomm, es; m.

A corner

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A corner Heáfod hwommys caput anguli, Ps. Spl. C. 117, 21. Huommes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 10: Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 17. Ðá eode út of ðæs karcernes hwomme swíðe egeslíc draca then came a very horrible dragon out of a corner of the prison, Nar. 43, 13.

Linked entries: hwem hwom

tohte

(n.)
Grammar
tohte, an; f.

A military expedition, ⬩ war, ⬩ battle

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Ðæt wíf ðīn heáfod tredeþ mid fótum sínum ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan tohtan the woman shall tread thy head with her feet, thou shalt lie in wait to attack her heels, Cd. Th. 56, 18; Gen. 914.

Linked entry: ge-toht

á-screncan

to trip up ⬩ cause to stumble

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Gif ðá fét weorðað áscrencte, eal se líchoma wierð gebíged and ðæt heáfod gecymð on ðǽre eorðan, 133, 1. Hié weorðað áscrencte, on ðǽm scyfe ðǽre styringe motionis impulsu praecipites, 215, 12

bearhtm-hwíl

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.), þá heó ꝥ heáfod upp áhóf and se regn ofdúne feóll quatenus unum idemque esset momentum, et levare caput et pluviam deponere, Gr. D. 168, 6.

beátan

(v.)

to beat with (mid) ⬩ to beat on ⬩ To beat on

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Hí beóton his heáfod percutiebant caput ejus, Mt. 27, 30. Hí beóton heora breóst, Hml. Th. ii. 258, 9. Gif man hiné beáte, Ll. Th. i. 348, 5. Þone þe þé beáton sceolde, Hml. S. 4, 148.

a-hyldan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hyldan, -hildan; p. -hylde; pp. -hylded, -hyld.

to incline ⬩ recline ⬩ inclinare ⬩ reclinare ⬩ to decline ⬩ turn away ⬩ avert from ⬩ declinare ⬩ inclinare

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Hwár he his heáfod ahylde ubi caput reclinet, Lk. Bos. 9.58. to decline, turn away, avert from; declinare, inclinare Ahyld fram yfele declina a mala, Ps. Spl. 36, 28.

Linked entries: a-hildan a-hyldendlíce

asce

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Seó acxe . . . hundes heáfod gebærned tó acxan, Lch. i. 370, 10-13. Weorðað hig (apples of Sodom) tó acxan fatiscunt in cinerem, Ors. 1, 3; S. 32, 15. Foxes lungen on hátre æscan gesoden, Lch. i. 340, 4.

heals

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Wiþ healswærce . . . þonne þone heals wærc[e], smire ðá þeóh; gif þá þeóh wærce, smire þone heals, Lch. ii. 312, 5-7: 8. as part of an animal Hals is mín (a badger's) hwít and heáfod fealo, Rä. 16, 1.

or-mǽte

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Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things Ormǽte inormis (facinus inorme, Ald. 139, 11), An. Ox. 18 b, 47. Ontend mid byrne þǽre ormǽtestan wælhreównesse ardore immanissimae crudelitatis exarsit, Gr.

á-dún

Grammar
á-dún, -dúne (-a).
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Heáfod ádúne gewended, Bl. H. 173, 4. Ásend ðeh ádúna deorsum Lk. L. 4, 9. Cumað ádúne of heofonum tácn, Wlfst. 137, 12. Hé his gesyhða ádúna on eorðan besette, R. Ben. 31, 8. Úre blód fleóð tó úrum fótum ádúne, Hml. S. 11, 191.