ge-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ dolare ⬩ cædere ⬩ concidere
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To hew, cut, cut in pieces; dolare, cædere, concidere Wicg hornum geheáweþ heweth the war-horse with his horns, Salm. Kmbl. 313; Sal. 156 : Beo. Th. 1368; B. 682 : Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 33; Jud. 90 : 12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 295 : Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 27. Ðæt
be-heáwan
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Man ꝥ timber beheáwð, Angl. viii. 324, 8. Hí hine sceoldon þý heáfde beheáwan. Gr. D. 254, ii. Hé wæs heáfde beheáwen, Shrn. 155, 6. Add
for-heáwan
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Drihten forheáweð ł forcyrfð hnollas synfulra Dominus concidet ceruices peccatorum, Ps. L. 128, 4. Add
ge-heáwan
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Geheapen (-heáwen ?), Rum. 12. Add: —
tó-heáwan
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Man tóheów þá sticmǽlum þone sceoccenan god, Nap. 55, 27. Add
wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
Linked entry: hearpe
hearpe-nægel
An instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpnægel plectrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 96; Wrt. Voc. 43, 27. Apollonius his hearpenægl genam Apollonius took his harp-nail, Ap. Th.17, 7
Linked entry: nægel
hearpe-streng
A harp-string
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A harp-string Hé ða hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian ongan he began to move the strings of the harp skilfully, Ap. Th. 17, 8
Linked entry: streng
tó-heáwan
To hew to pieces, ⬩ cut to pieces
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To hew to pieces, cut to pieces Se cásere cwæð þaet Basilla sceolde gebúgan tó ðam cnihte, oþþe hí man tóheówe mid swurde on twá, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 360. Man sceolde ða scipu tóheáwan, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 26. Wé synd ealle beléwde tó úre lífleáste, ðæt
a-heáwan
To hew or cut out or off ⬩ hew down ⬩ prepare by cutting ⬩ mate smooth ⬩ plane ⬩ excidere ⬩ resecare ⬩ succidere ⬩ levigare
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To hew or cut out or off, hew down, prepare by cutting, mate smooth, plane; excidere, resecare, succidere, levigare On hys niwan byrgene, ða he aheów on stáne in monumento suo novo, quod exciderat in petra. Mt. Bos. 27, 60. On aheáwene byrgene in monumento
be-heáwan
To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare
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To beat, bruise, hew or cut off, to separate from, deprive of; tundere, heów; cædendo privare, amputare Beheáwene mid swingellan tunsi per flagella Past. 36, 5; Hat. MS. 47 b, 15. Heáfde beheáwan to behead Bt. Met. Fox 1, 85; Met. 1. 43. Hwonne me wráþra
for-heáwan
To hew ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut in pieces ⬩ slaughter ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ occīdĕre
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To hew or cut down, cut in pieces, slaughter; concīdĕre, occīdĕre Hý forheówan Heaðóbeardna þrym they slaughtered the host of Heathobeards, Scóp. Th. 99; Wíd. 49: Byrht. Th. 135, 9; By. 115
ful-hearde
fall strongly ⬩ very firmly or tightly
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fall strongly, very firmly or tightly
full-hearde
Full strongly ⬩ very firmly or tightly ⬩ firmissĭme ⬩ artissĭme
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Full strongly, very firmly or tightly; firmissĭme, artissĭme He ðone fullhearde geband he bound it very tightly, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 3; Gen. 444
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ísen-hearde
Ironhard ⬩ centaurea nigra
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Ironhard; centaurea nigra, Lchdm. iii. 4, 28 : 22, 31 : 334, col. 2. See Plant Names in E. D. S. Pub. iren-harde, iron-heads, iron-weed
bi-heáwan
To hew or cut off, to deprive of ⬩ cædendo privare
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To hew or cut off, to deprive of; cædendo privare Iohannes bibeád heáfde biheáwan commanded to cut off John's head, Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 10; Jul. 295
á-heáwan
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Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pínbeám ... Ðá hǽðenan áheówon þæt treów þæt hit sáh tó ðám hálgan were, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 22-34. Ic him hét þá honda of áheáwan, Nar. 17, 1. Áheáwen cesa, i. abscisa, occisa , Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 2. Áhǽwenum absciso , An.
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efen-heáfda
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A fellow, comrade Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda ( unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19
ecg-heard
Hard of edge ⬩ ăcie dūrus
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Hard of edge; ăcie dūrus Lǽtaþ spor, íren ecg-heard, ealdorgeard sceoran let the spur, the iron hard of edge, raze the dwelling of life, Andr. Kmbl. 2363; An. 1183
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feól-heard
File-hard ⬩ hard like a file ⬩ instar ⬩ līmæ dūrus
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File-hard, hard like a file; instar, līmæ dūrus Hí léton of folman feólhearde speru they let the file-hard spears from their hands, Byrht. Th. 134, 63; By. 108