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ge-hýdan

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Þám þe unrihte inne gehýdde wrǽte under wealle, B. 3059. to hide in order to shield Gewint se iil tó ánum cliéwene, and tíhð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, and gehýt his heáfod ( caput abscondit ), Past. 241, 12.

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade in her bosom she stuck my head, 124 b;; Th. 479, 9; Rä. 62, 5. Hálig heofonlíce gást hreðer weardode æðelne innoþ the holy heavenly spirit guarded her breast, her noble womb, Elen.

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

LIM

(n.)
Grammar
LIM, es; n. (but it also occurs with adj. fem.:).

A limbjoint

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Limo 4, 24; S, 597, 10, Leomu, 2, 6; S. 508, 11: Ádyde ða leomu and ðæt heáfod on weg ðæs sceápes, Blickl. Homl. 183, 24. Leomo lǽmena, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 6; Cri. 15

Linked entry: leomu

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolfused in reference to outlaws

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Index. in the phrase wulfes heáfod ( Similar entries v. wulfheáfod-treów), used in reference to outlaws Si postea repertus fuerit et teneri possit, vivus regi reddatur, vel caput ipsius, si se defenderit; lupinum enim caput geret a die utlagacionis sue

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

hatian

(v.)
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. ¶ where malicious action is expressed orr 2, hatung; þé þæt wíf feóð, hatað under heofnum and þín heáfod tredeð, Gen. 912. Eádige beó gé þonne eów men hatiað and éhtað and onhiscaþ, Lk. 6, 22.

hearde

firmlytightly

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Þé tó heortan hearde grípeð ádl unlíðe, Gen. 936. of binding, fastening, firmly, tightly Helm on heáfod ásette, and þone full hearde geband, Gen. 444. Unrótnesse gerǽped, hearde gehæfted (cf. gerǽpte mid þǽre unrótnesse, and swá gehæfte.

ongeagn

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Sing on þæs mannes heáfod ufan on yrnendum wætere and wend ꝥ heáfod ongeán streám ( he must face up stream), Lch. iii. 70, 8.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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Swiðe lytle beóð ðá dropan ðæs smalan rénes, ac hí wyrceait ðeáh swíðe micel flód and swíðe strongne streám ðonne hí gegadrode beóð altos gurgites fluminum parvae sed innumerae replent guttae pluviarum, Past. 5. 37, 13. a flood of tears: Heó gebfgde ꝥ heáfod

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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Wé sceolon mearcian úre forewearde heáfod and úrne líchoman mid Crístes róde tácne, Hml. Th. ii. 266, 11. Mearcian sé þe hine gesihð anxsumnese getácnað to see oneself cross oneself (?)

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, p. ede, ode.
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Seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, 93, 38. Ða purpuran álecgan, ða hié weredon, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 21. Ðam folce wæs gewunelíc, ðæt hí weredon býman on ǽlcum gefeohte, Jud. 7, 16. Deóplíc dǽdbót bið ðæt lǽwede man . . . wyllen werige, L.

ge-dihtan

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Dǽdbóta sind gedihte on mislice wísan, ii. 282, 3. to order, manage, rule Þæt heáfod gewissað þám óðrum limum, swá swí þæt mód gediht ðá geðóhtas. Hml.

ufan

(adv.)
Grammar
ufan, adv.

from abovedownaboveat the top

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Hé ða eágan þurheteþ ufon on ðæt heáfod it eats its way through the eyes down into the head, Exon. Th. 374, 7; Seel. 122. Ic férde tó foldan ufan from éðle, Cd. Th. 296, 2; Sat. 496. Hí feóllon ufon of heofonum, 20, 11; Gen. 308.

Linked entries: ufan ufon on-ufan

ge-tæl

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Th. i. 98, 19-33. recounting, telling of Æfter getal tuoentig féuer aldra post expositionem viginti quattuor seniorum, Mt. p. 10, 1. v. gear-getæl, gear-getl, heáfod-getæl, heáfod-getel, míl-getæl, míl-getel, sealm-getæl, sealm-getel, seofon-getæl, seofon-getel

trum

(adj.)
Grammar
trum, adj.
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Seó burh Asor wæs swíde trum gefyrn and manegra burga heáfod Asor antiquitus inter omnia regna haec principatum tenebat, Jos. 11, 10. Trumre underwreþincge firmo fulcimento, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 69. On trume stówe in locum munitum, Ps. Th. 70, 2.

ge

andevenevenboth . . . and . . . and

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Add: connecting two words or clauses, and alone Mannes heáfod ge þá sculdro magan in, Bl. H. 127, 9. Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8.

rǽran

(v.)
Grammar
rǽran, p. de
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Rǽre up ðín heáfod and geseoh ðis ðæt Simon déþ, Blickl. Homl. 187, 35. to raise (a building) Ðú rǽrst hús domum aedifices, Deut. 28, 30. Hí wíbed setton neáh ðam ðe Abraham ǽror rǽrde, Cd. Th. 113, 7; Gen. 1883.

Linked entry: hebban

stán

(n.)
Grammar
stán, es; m.
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Hé nam stánas and léde under his heáfod, 28, 11. <b>II a.</b> a stone for building, wrought stone :-- Ne biþ lǽfed stán uppan stáne, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 2. Lóca hwylce stánas hér synt, Mk. Skt. 13, 1. Holum stánum fornicibus, Wrt.

Linked entry: stán-weorþung

ge-þanc

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Geþancu (cogitationes) horige gebed mid fæstene út ánýtt, Scint. 36, 12. a thought, purpose, intention Hwilcan geþance mæg ǽnig man ǽfre geþencan on his móde ꝥ hé tó sácerdan heáfod áhylde . . . and sóna hí siþþan scyrde, Ll. Th. i. 334, 32 : 28.

heall

a residencepalacea templea court of law

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Se Hǽlend cóm intó þæs ealdres healle (in domum principis), Mt. 9, 23: Sal. 380. figuratively: Wel Þé geríseð Þæt Þú heáfod sié healle mǽrre, Cri. 4. an official building, a building for worship, a temple Wearðiað Dryhten in halle ðǽre hálgan his adorate

mid

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Hé þæt heáfod hét Iuliuse onsendan and his hring mid, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 18 : 6, 17; S. 270, 23. Cwóman mysce manige, mid wǽrun gnættas, Ps. Th. 104, 27.