heáh-synn
Mortal sin, crime, wickedness
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Mortal sin, crime, wickedness Héhsynn crimen, Rtl. 187, 25. Búta héhsynne sint sine crimine sunt, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 5. Bebeorh ðé wið ða eahta heáhsynna cave tibi ab octo capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. pref; Th. ii. 132, 5. Héhsynna scelera, Rtl
heáh-sacerd
A chief priest
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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-sceáwere
A chief overlooker, overseer
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A chief overlooker, overseer Héhsceáware pontifex, Rtl. 21, 1
heáh-miht
Great, excellent power
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Great, excellent power On his heáhmihtum in potestatibus ejus, Ps. Th. 150, 2
heáh-sele
A high hall ⬩ a high hall
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A high hall Tó ðæm heáhsele to the high hall, Beo. Th. 1298; B. 647
healf-cwic
Half alive, half dead
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Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice
healf-eald
Half grown, of middle age
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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2
healf-heáfod
The fore part of the head ⬩ sinciput
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The fore part of the head; sinciput Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24
healf-hwít
Half white, whitish ⬩ subalbus
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Half white, whitish; subalbus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 73; Wrt. Voc. 46, 30
healf-mann
Half man
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Half man Halfmann semivir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 23
healf-weard
One who has a share of another's property or power
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One who has a share of another's property or power Hé sette hine on his húse to halfwearde ealra him his ǽhta anweald betǽhte constituit eum dominum domes suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ, Ps. Th. 104,17
healf-wudu
Field-balm ⬩ calamintha nepeta
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Field-balm; calamintha nepeta, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1
heáh-þearf
Great need
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Great need Æt heáhþearfe at my greatest need, Ps. Th. 117, 16, 20, 27
heáh-þegen
A great, high or chief minister or servant
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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-þegnung
High service
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High service Heáhþegnunga háliges gástes the high services of the holy Spirit, Cd. 147; Th. 183, 23; Exod. 96
heáh-tíd
A high time, high day, festival, solemnity ⬩ a high day, festival
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A high time, high day, festival, solemnity Tó ǽghwilces apostoles heáhtíde fæste man and freólsige at every apostle's festival let there be fasting and feasting, L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 15. Héhtíde solemnia, Rtl. 8, 23: 9, 27
heáh-weorc
Lofty work
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Lofty work Æfter heáhweorce heofenes ðínes secundum altitudinem cæli, Ps. Th. 102, 11
heáh-þrymness
Great glory
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Great glory, Hy. 7, 51; Grn. ii. 288, 51: 9, 43; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 43
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum