ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ above ⬩ at the top
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Hí feóllon ufon of heofonum, 20, 11; Gen. 308. Ufan cumende of heánisse oriens ex alto, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 199, 40: Cd. Th. 248, 7; Dan. 509. Of roderum ufan onsended, 237, 14; Dan. 337: Exon.
wind
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Hwyrft hægel of heofones lyfte, wealcaþ hit windes scúra, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 6; Run. 9. Holm storme weól, won wið winde, Beo. Th. 2268; B. 1132.
feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Se feónd mid his geférum feóllon of heofonum on helle, Gen. 306. Teáras feóllon, El. 1134. Feall nú ádún (mitte te deorsum, Mt. 4, 6), Hml. Th. i. 166, 8. Hié cweþaþ tó þǽm dúnum: "Feallaþ ofor us, " Bl. H. 93, 33.
ge-bǽru
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Þu (the owl) miht mid þine songe afere Alle þat ihereþ þine ibere, O. and N. 222) Bið swá fæger fugles gebǽru ... wrixleð wóðcræfte wundorlícor, beorhtan reorde, þonne ǽfre byre monnes hýrde under heofonum, Ph. 125
hám
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Eádig eorl heofona hámes earnað, Ph. 483 : Gú. 768. In þǽm deóran hám ( heaven ), Sat. 219. Tó þǽm hálgan hám heofona ríces, An. 1685. On þám écan háme, Solil. H. l. 18. Trumlicne hám, beorhte burhweallas, Sat. 294: 362.
healf
Side ⬩ part ⬩ side ⬩ hand ⬩ beside ⬩ dispute ⬩ behalf ⬩ account ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ direction
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Hí ne lǽt God on áne healfe þæs heofones bión, 39, 13; F. 234, 8. Þá twá ǽdran on twá healfa þára eágena, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 23. Hé gesette twá folc on twá healfa his, S. 174, 32.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Heofon is betera, and heálícra, andfægerra ðonne eall his innung, búton monnum ánum the heaven is better, and higher, and fairer than all which it includes, except men alone, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 10: Exon. 43 b ; Th. 147, 2; Gú. 720 .
gelíce
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Heofon þú áðenedest hýde gelíce extendens coelum sicut pellem, Ps. Th. 103, 3; 101, 3. Kyningas beóð eallum mannum gelíce ácende, and óðrum mannum gelíce sweltað, Solil. H. 59, 21-23.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Geceósan swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu, Exon. 16b; Th. 37, 11; Cri. 591. Me þincþ ðæt hit hæbbe geboht sume swíðe leáslíce mǽrþe, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 24.
middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Heofones waldend, ealles waldend middangeardes, Exon. 16 a; Th. 35, 12; Cri. 557: 65 b; Th. 241, 32; Ph. 665: Andr. Kmbl. 453; An. 227. Middangeardes weard ( Nebuchadnezzar ), Cd. 205; Th. 253, 17; Dan. 597. Gecýþ nú middangearde blisse, Blickl.
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seón
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Sioh nú sylfa ðé, hú ðec heofones cyning geséceþ. Exon. Th. 4, 27; Cri. 59. Seh ðé ecce. Ps. Surt. 32, 18: 38, 6. Sih ðé, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 16, 27: 24, 25, 26.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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Heofonas syndon fægre gefylled þínes wuldres, Ph. 627: Gú. 625. Gefultuma mé, þonne beó ic fægere hál, Ps. Th. 118, 117. Gefultuma mé fægere, 118, 86. Fægre, Jud. 301.
ge-sweotulian
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Wearð micel wundor on heofonum gesewen, swelce eal se hefon birnende wǽre. þæt tácen wearð on Rómánum swíþe gesweotolad mid þǽm miclan wólbryne monncwealmes Romae . . .gravis pestilentia . . . in*-*conduit, ut meríto praecedente prodigio coelum ardere
weorold
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Onwendeþ wyrda gesceaft weoruld under heofonum, Exon. Th. 292, 31; Wand. 107
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Hí on heofon setton hyge hyra múþes posuerunt in cælum os suum, Ps. Th. 72, 7. Hæfde hyge strangne he had a strong heart, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 9; Gen. 447. Heardrǽdne hyge, 107; Th. 141, 21; Gen. 2348.
réðe
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Wolde heofona helm helle weallas forbrecan ... réðust ealra cyninga ( Christ at the harrowing of hell ), Exon. Th. 461, 16; Hö. 36. applied to animals, wild, savage, fierce Réðe deór bellua, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 40.
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ge-híran
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H. 41, 36. to hear judicially, to try Georne gehýreð heofon-cyninga hýhst hæleða dǽde, Dóm. 107.
hiw
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Tócnáwan heofones hiw faciem cæli dijudicare, Mt. Kmbl 16, 3. Scínende hiow and gewǽdu shining face and garments, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 18.
gift
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Cf. ǽrist for gender). a giving, restoring Hwæþer magon rihtwísra manna sáwla beón onfangene in heofonas ǽr þǽre gyfte and geedníwunge þára líchamana on dómes dæge ( ante restitutionem corporum ), Gr.
holm
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Its most common use in the latter, in the poetry, is in reference to water with the meaning wave, ocean, water, sea Freá engla héht wesan wæter gemǽne ðá stód hraðe holm under heofonum síd ætsomne the lord of angels bade the waters be together, then