heafod-port
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A principal town, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 21
heáfod-slæge
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Head of a pillar[?]; capital, Cot. 50, Lye
heáfod-stól
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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-þweál
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A washing of the head; capitilavium, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 26; Wrt. Voc. 37, 16
heáh-beorg
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A high mountain Hé ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4
Linked entry: heáh-torras
heáh-clif
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A high, lofty cliff Beorgas gemeltaþ and heáh-cleofu the hills shall melt and the lofty cliffs, Exon. 22 a; Th. 61, 3; Cri. 979
heáh-cræft
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Excellent art or skill, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 13; Rä. 36, 4
heáh-deór
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A stag, deer Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3
Linked entry: heá-dor
heáhdeór-hund
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A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game Twegen hafocas and ealle his heádórhundas two hawks and all his deer-hounds, Chart. Th. 501, 7. Twegen and twegen fédan ǽnne heádórhund duo et duo pascant unum molossum, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 20
heáh-diácon
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An archdeacon-Næs ná ðám ánum ðe Gode sylfum underþeódde syndon mid myclum hádum, biscopas and cyningas and mæssepreóstas and heáhdiáconas not to those alone who are subject to God himself in high positions, as bishops and kings and archdeacons; Blickl
heáh-fæsten
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A chief fortress, a city Heáhfæsten castrum, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 109; Wrt. Voc. 36, 29. Héhfæsten polis (πόλιs ), Rtl. 195,14
heáh-hliþ
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A high hill, Cd. 71; Th. 86, 31; Gen. 1439
heáh-láreów
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A chief teacher; archimandrita, gymosophista, Lye
heáh-rodor
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The lofty sky Under heáhrodore under the lofty sky, Cd. 8; Th. 10, 3; Gen. 151
heáh-sacerd
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A chief priest Ða heáhsacerdas and ða bóceras summi sacerdotes et scribæ, Mk. Skt. 14, 1: 11, 27: 8, 31
heáh-sǽ-þeóf
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A chief pirate; archi-pirata, Cot. 9, 171
heáh-sceáwere
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A chief overlooker, overseer Héhsceáware pontifex, Rtl. 21, 1
heáh-sele
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A high hall Tó ðæm heáhsele to the high hall, Beo. Th. 1298; B. 647
heáh-þegen
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A great, high or chief minister or servant On ðam wǽron gecorene twelf heáhþegenas in that were chosen twelve chief ministers [the twelve apostles], Homl. Th. ii. 520, 24
heáh-weorc
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Lofty work Æfter heáhweorce heofenes ðínes secundum altitudinem cæli, Ps. Th. 102, 11