a-héng
hung
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hung.Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 29; Jul. 305;
án-hende
One-handed ⬩ lame ⬩ imperfect ⬩ weak ⬩ unimanus
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One-handed, lame, imperfect, weak; unimanus, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 25; Wrt. Voc. 45, 58
be-held
availed
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availed Chr. 1123; Th. 374, 23
be-héng
hung round
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hung round
efen-heáh
Equally high ⬩ æque altus
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Equally high; æque altus, Salm. Kmbl. 85, 28
Linked entry: heáh
feól-heard
File-hard ⬩ hard like a file ⬩ instar ⬩ līmæ dūrus
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File-hard, hard like a file; instar, līmæ dūrus Hí léton of folman feólhearde speru they let the file-hard spears from their hands, Byrht. Th. 134, 63; By. 108
fýr-heard
Fire-hard ⬩ igne dūrātus
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Fire-hard; igne dūrātus Eoforlíc scionon fáh and fýrheard boar's likenesses shone variegated and fire-hard, Beo. Th. 615; B. 305
gár-heáp
A spear-band ⬩ armed band ⬩ hastĭfĕra turma
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A spear-band, armed band; hastĭfĕra turma Hæfdon him beácen arǽred in ðam gárheápe they had a signal reared in the armed band, Cd. 160; Th. 198, 11; Exod. 321
heáf-sang
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An elegy, Cot. 118, Lye
Linked entry: heóf-sang
heáh-biscop
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An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff Birhtwald Bretone heáhbiscop Birhtwald archbishop of Britain, L. Wih. pref.; Th. i. 36, 8. Mid geþeahte Wulfhelmes mínes héhbisceopes with the counsel of Wulfhelm my archbishop, L. Ath. prm.; Th. i. 194, 13. Se heáhbiscop
heáh-boda
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An archangel Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider gefleógan bade the triumphant Lord his archangel fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 3; Cri. 295
heáh-bytlere
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A chief-builder, architect, Lye
heáh-cleófa
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A principal chamber His brýdbúras and his heáhcleófan ealle wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis ðǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami cubiliaque margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, Nar. 5, 2
heáh-cyning
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A chief, great king, God Mid heáhcyning with God, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 3; Ph. 483. On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the
heáh-ealdor
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A chief ruler Hí cómon on ðæs heáhealdres hús veniunt in domum arche-synagogi, Mk. Skt. 5, 38
heáh-engel
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An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels
heáh-fæder
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A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God Heáhfæder patriarcha, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 69, 118; Wrt. Voc. 41, 68. Héhfæder patriarcha, Rtl. 195, 10. Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36. Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder
heáh-flód
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High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water Heáhflód malina: népflód ledona, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 30, 29; Wrt. Voc. 37, 12, 11. Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442
heáh-freóls
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A high festival, L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1
heáh-geréfa
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A high reeve, reeve of high rank. Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 156, observes of this word, 'It is a name of very indefinite signification, though not of very rare occurrence. It is obvious that it really denotes only a reeve of high rank, I believe