beáh
a crown ⬩ garland ⬩ a collar ⬩ necklace ⬩ a shackle for the neck ⬩ a bracelet ⬩ a circle,
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Mon sette ðyrnenne beág on ðæt heáfod, Past. 261, 14: Bl. H. 23, 33. Wuldres beág, 171, 10. Bég coronam, Ps. Srt. 20, 4: 64, 12: Mk. L. R. 15, 17. a collar, necklace Baeg munila (=monile ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 33.
CYLL
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Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 34.
hréran
To move ⬩ shake ⬩ stir
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Hig wegdan hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps. Th. 108, 25. Hrér swíðe stir thoroughly, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 94, 9, 21. Hrér mid sticcan, 3, 26; Lchdm. ii. 322, 28.
Linked entry: for-hréred
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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for similar division of meanings) a relative, Similar entries v. heáfod-, níd-mága; máge. a son Mága Healfdenes ( Hrothgar ), Beo. Th. 381; B. 189: 2953; B. 1474: 4293; B. 2143. Mága Ecgþeówes ( Beowulf ), 5168; B. 2587.
be-sceran
To shear off, to shave, cut off ⬩ attondere, amputare, præcidere
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To shear off, to shave, cut off; attondere, amputare, præcidere Hý eall heora heáfod besceáron they all shaved their heads, Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 96, 37; capitibus rasis, Ors. Hav. 4, 20; p. 270, 5.
Eást
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B. ii. 305, 22-26. of looking Wend þín heáfod eást, Lch. iii. 154, 25.
weg
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Ealne weg búton geswícincge iugiter sine intermissione, Angl. xiii. 372, 103. v. æcer-, ceaster-, ciric-, clǽg-, gemǽr-, gird-, grund-, heáfod-, heáh-, healf-, hege-, hrís-, hwæl-, hweól-, Lunden-, mearc-, mylen-, Nor-, port-, sǽ-, sláhþorn-, styfic-,
steort
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Sume wyrmas wǽren and sume fiscas ðe hæfden án heáfod and monigne steort. Ða steortas, hé sǽde, ðæt hulpan ealle ðæs heáfdes, Shrn. 162, 14-16. a promontory, tongue of land (cf.
Linked entry: stert
tiht-bisig
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And æt ðam óðran cyrre ne sý ðǽr nán óðer bót bútan ðæt heáfod, L. Eth. i. 1; Th. i. 280, 9-282, 2. Niman ða tihtbysianmen . . . and ǽlc tihtbysig man gange tó þryfealdan ordále, oððe gilde feówergilde, iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 6-11.
þunor-rád
Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder
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Hió áhóf ðæt heáfod of ðære mýsan somod mid ðære þunoráde, Lchdm. iii. 374, col. 2. Biddaþ Drihten, ðæt his þunorráda ( tonitrua ) geswícon, Ex. 9, 28, 33, 34. Gif lígette and ðunorráde ( tonitrua ) eorþan and lyfte brégdon, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 12.
un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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Wið scurfendum næglum, gebærned hundes heáfod and seó acxe ðǽron gedón; ða ungerisnu hyt on weg áfyrreþ, Lchdm. i. 370, 10. unseemliness, indignity, disgrace Tó æwisclícum bismer .i. ungerisne ad infame dedecus, Hpt. Gl. 507, 8.
un-rihtwís
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ evil
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Se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Hé wæs mid unrihtwísum (-rehtuísum, Lind.: -rehtwísum, Rush. iniquis ) geteald, Mk. Skt. 15, 28.
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lacu
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Oþ woggawilllacu út scýt; on þá lace oð wocggawilles heáfod, Cht. E. 266, 24. Be healfan stréme intó Sandfordes læce; swá andlang ðǽre lace intó Sandforda; of Sandforda eást andlang ðǽre lace, C.D. iv. 134, 21-24.
tin-tregian
To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict
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Ðǽr hé tintregad wearð; ǽrest hiene mon swong, ða sticode him mon ða eágan út, and siþþan him mon slóg ða handa of, ðá ðæt heáfod, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 3, Heo eow tintraȝed and heow iswenchet, O. E. Homl. i. 13, 30
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sculdor
A shoulder
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Duru ðæt mannes heáfod ge ða sculdro mágan in, Blickl. Homl. 127, 9. Sculdra scapula (-ae?), Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 19. On bǽm sculdrum in utroque humero, Past. 14, 3; Swt. 83, 9, 21. Hé onfeóld hys hrægl æt hys sceoldrum, Shrn. 98, 17.
mircels
a sign ⬩ mark ⬩ token ⬩ a mark to aim at ⬩ a signet ⬩ seal ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a trophy ⬩ a marked spot
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Insegle, mercelse signaculo, 504, 37. an ensign, a trophy Ðá hét se hǽðena cyning his heáfod of ásleán and his swíðran earme, and settan hí tó myrcelse, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 135.
ge-ferian
To carry ⬩ convey ⬩ bear ⬩ lead ⬩ conduct ⬩ ferre ⬩ vehĕre ⬩ dūcĕre
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To carry, convey, bear, lead, conduct; ferre, vehĕre, dūcĕre Feówer scoldon geferian to ðæm goldsele Grendles heáfod four must convey Grendel's head to the goldhall, Beo. Th. 3281; B. 1638 : Andr. Kmbl. 793; An. 397.
ge-medemian
To deign, deem worthy, honour, vouchsafe, moderate, humiliate, humble
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Crist sylf gemedemode ðæt he wolde gebígan his hálige heáfod to his ðeówan handum Christ himself deigned to bow his head to his servant's hands, Homl.
Linked entry: medumian
wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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Hig wegdan, hrérdan heora heáfod moverunt capita sua, Ps. Th. 108, 25. Hí wegedon mec of earde, Exon. Th. 485, 30; Rä. 72, 5. Ðonne ðú antiphonariam habban wille, ðonne wege ðú ðíne swíþran hand, Techm. ii. 119, 3, 5, 10, and often.
ymb-fón
to grasp, clasp ⬩ to encompass, surround, comprehend ⬩ to comprehend, conceive ⬩ to put something round an object, surround, envelope
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Voc. ii. 136, 21. to put something round an object, surround, envelope Genim foxes gecynd, ymbfóh (ym-, v. l. ) ðæt heáfod útan, Lchdm. i. 340, 19.