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heáfod-botl

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-botl, es; n.

A chief dwelling, principal mansiona manor, domain

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A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6

heáfod-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-biscop, es; m.

A head-bishop, high priest

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A head-bishop, high priest Abiathar ðæra Iudéiscra heáfodbiscop Abiathar high priest of the Jews, Homl. Th. ii. 420, 31

heáfod-fæder

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-fæder, m.

A patriarch

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A patriarch, Lye

heáfod-sién

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-sién, -sýn, e; f.

The eye

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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490

Linked entry: heáfod-sýn

heáfod-slæge

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-slæge, es; n.

Head of a pillar[?]; capital

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Head of a pillar[?]; capital, Cot. 50, Lye

heáfod-smæl

capitium

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capitium, Wrt. Voc. 288, 43

Linked entry: -smæl

heáfod-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
heáfod-líc, adj.

Chief, capital

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Chief, capital For heáfodlícum gyltum pro capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 3. Ðæt wé ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3

heáfod-ling

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-ling, es; m.

An equal, a fellow, matechief, captain,

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An equal, a fellow, mate Heáfodlinges coæquales, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49

Linked entry: efen-hæfdling

heáfod-stów

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stów, e; f.

A place for the head

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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1

heáfod-swíma

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-swíma, an; m.

Swimming in the head, dizziness,dizziness in the head.

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Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568

Linked entry: swíma

heáfod-stól

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stól, es; m.

A chief place, capitala chief seat

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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19

heáfod-gold

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gold, es; n.

A crownhead jewels

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A crown Ðú him sylst heáfodgold tó mǽrþe honore coronasti eum, Ps. Th. 8, 6

heáfod-mynster

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-mynster, es; n.

A chief minster, church,

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A chief minster, church, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 340, 27: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 17

Linked entry: heáfod-cyrice

heafod-port

(n.)
Grammar
heafod-port, es; m.

A principal town

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A principal town, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 21

heáfod-land

Similar entry: hafud-land

heago-rún

(n.)
Grammar
heago-rún, e; f.

A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy

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A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy Hú mambres ontýnde ða drýlícan bec his bréðer iamnes and him geopenude ða heagorúne ðæs deófelgildes his bróður aperuit mambres libros magicos fratris sui iamnis et fecit nicromantiam et eduxit ab inferis

Linked entry: rún

heago-spind

Similar entry: hago-spind

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, e; f.

A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king.a body-guard

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A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. The word occurs in an enumeration of the services required of the thane and the 'geneat,' Th. i. 432, 8, 17. So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps

heáfod-þweál

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-þweál, es; n.

A washing of the headcapitilavium

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A washing of the head; capitilavium, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 26; Wrt. Voc. 37, 16

heáfod-weard

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weard, e; f.

A chaptercapitulum

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A chapter; capitulum, Mt. Kmbl, p. 11, 17: 13, 13