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munuc-heáp

(n.)
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munuc-heáp, es; m.

A band of monksthe monks of a monastery

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A band of monks, the monks of a monastery Án abbod... mid eallum his munucheápe, Anglia viii. 325, 43

preóst-heáp

(n.)
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preóst-heáp, es; m.
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A band of priests, the clergy On preóstheápe in clero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 22

Linked entry: heáp

gif-heal

(n.)
Grammar
gif-heal, -heall, e; f.

A gift-hallhall in which gifts are distributedaula in qua dominus dona distribuit

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A gift-hall, hall in which gifts are distributed; aula in qua dominus dona distribuit Ymb ða gifhealle around the gift-hall, Beo. Th. 1680; B. 838

un-heáh

(adj.)
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un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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Not high, low Unhéh (printed unhela, but see Anglia viii. 450) þrepel eculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 18. Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23. Faraþ tó feldlandum and dúnlandum and tó unhéheran landum venite ad campestria atque montana et humiliora loca, Deut.

Linked entry: un-hége

efen-heáh

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Add: equally exalted Hé dyde hine efenheáhne Gode, and get hégran wolde dón

efen-heáp

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Substitute: A band of comrades Efenheápas commanipulares, efenheápum commanipularibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 21, 27. Cf. efen-weorod

ge-heán

(v.)
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ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam

gif-heal

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Add: Cf. Hé healreced hátan wolde gewyrcean . . . and þǽr on innan eall gedǽlan . . . swylc him God sealde, B. 68-72

heáh-þungen

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Heáhþungen perspicuus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 5. Cnæht mín héhðungen bið suíðe puer meus sublimis erit valde, Rtl. 1, 27. Bútan þæt þá bysena heáhþungenra lǽrað nisi majorum cohortantur exempla, R. Ben. 29, 19. Add:

heáh-torras

(n.)
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heáh-torras, heáh-torr, es; m.
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A high rock, high mountain Þá giceligan heáhtorra bearewæs glaciales alpium (i. montium) saltus, An. Ox. 2035. Substitute:

heáh-weofod

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heáh-weofod, l. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod,
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heal-stán

(n.)
Grammar
heal-stán, healstan(?), helsta(?)

a crust

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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604. Helsta vel

heán-líce

(adv.)
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Man sceal þá geoguðe geómorlíce lǽdan gehæft heánlíce mid heardum bendum and swá bysmorlíce bringan of heora éðle, Wlfst. 295, 17. Sume hí man heánlice hættode, Chr. 1036; Th. i. 294, 7, col. 2. Add

heán-mód

(adj.)
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Rä. 43, 17

heáp-mǽlum

in troopsin crowds

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Add: in troops, in crowds Heápmǽlum gregatim, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 17: catervatim, gregatim, multipliciter, 129, 51 : manipulatim (legiones, quae manipulatim testudinem balista quatere non cessant, Ald. 11, 18), 76, 42: 54, 50. Þá hǽþenan feóllon heápmǽlum

heáh-altar

(n.)
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heáh-altar, es ; m.
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A high altar Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod

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heáh-biscop

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Add: of a Christian priest Sæt se arcebisceop Augustinus . . . Cwæð hé se heáhbisceop tó him, Bd. 2, 2; ch. 118, 7. Þæs heáhbyscpes (þæs heán biscopes, v. l.) leomu pontificis summi (Gregory) membra, 2, 1 ; Sch. 107, 23. of one not Christian Se heáhbiscop

heáh-clif

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Add: — Swá bið eác gelíce be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 10. Cf. heáh-torr

heáh-cræft

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Add: — Ðerh héhcraeft, Txts. 151, 4

heáh-cræftiga

(n.)
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heáh-cræftiga, an; m.
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a master-builder, an architect Bæd se cyning hine ꝥ hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17. Heáhcræftegan (-igan,