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healf-gemet

(n.)

diametra

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glosses diametra, Hpt. 31, 10, 199

Linked entry: ge-met

healf-sinewealt

(adj.)
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healf-sinewealt, adj.

Half-round

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Half-round Healfsinewealt semirotundum, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 20

healf-slǽpende

(adj.)
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Him þúhte on healfslǽpendon líchoman, ná eallinga swylce on swefne, Vis. Lfc. 3. Add:

healf-weard

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Dele

módor-healf

(n.; adj.)
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(?)

norþ-healf

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On norðhealfe þæs híredes mearc, C. D. B. iii. 15, 12. Hé is bebyrged on ðá norðhealfe on Sc̃e Paulus postice, Chr. 976; P. 122, 14. Hí gelógodon Sc̃e Ælfeáges líchaman on norðhealfe Xp̃e es weófodes, 1023; P. 156, 23. Add

west-healf

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Ðonne on westhealfe ðæs heáfodlandes vi gyrda bewestan Yttinges hláwe, C. D. v. 275, 18. Ælfríces mearc on westhealfe, C. D. R. iii. 15, 12. Add

út-healf

(n.)
Grammar
út-healf, e; f.

The outsideexterior

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The outside, exterior Úthealf ðæs beddes sponda (v. sponda, est exterior pars lecti, 242, col. 2), Wrt. Voc, i. 41, 28

healf-cwic

(adj.)
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healf-cwic, adj.

Half alive, half dead

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Half alive, half dead Halfcwic semivivus; half dead, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 30. Helfcuicne, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 8. Funde hiene ǽnne be wege licgan healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum et extrema vitæ efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14. Sume healfcwice

healf-eald

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-eald, adj.

Half grown, of middle age

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Half grown, of middle age Halfeald swín half-grown swine, L. M. 2, 37; Lchdm. ii. 246, 2

healf-heáfod

(n.)
Grammar
healf-heáfod, es; n.

The fore part of the headsinciput

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The fore part of the head; sinciput Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Som. 14, 24

healf-hwít

(adj.)
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healf-hwít, adj.

Half white, whitishsubalbus

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Half white, whitish; subalbus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 73; Wrt. Voc. 46, 30

healf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
healf-mann, es; m.

Half man

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Half man Halfmann semivir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 23

healf-weard

(n.)
Grammar
healf-weard, es; m.

One who has a share of another's property or power

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One who has a share of another's property or power Hé sette hine on his húse to halfwearde ealra him his ǽhta anweald betǽhte constituit eum dominum domes suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ, Ps. Th. 104,17

healf-wudu

(n.)
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healf-wudu, a; m.

Field-balmcalamintha nepeta

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Field-balm; calamintha nepeta, L. M. 1, 47; Lchdm. ii. 118, 1

spere-healf

(n.)
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spere-healf, e;

The male side or line

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The male side or line (in speaking of inheritance. Cf. swert-, gér-máge, Grmm. R. A. 470) Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlhealfe, Chart. Th. 491, 20

Linked entries: spere-hand spinel-healf

spinel-healf

(n.)
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spinel-healf, e; f.

The female side or line

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The female side or line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlheálfe, Chart. Th. 491, 21

healf-penig-wurþ

(n.)
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healf-penig-wurþ, es; n.

A halfpennyworth

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A halfpennyworth, L. C. E. 12; Th. i. 366, 32

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, e; f.

A hall, residenceaula, palatium, templum

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A hall, residence Heall aula, Ælfc. Gl. 61, 107; Som. 78, 89; Wrt. Voc. 58, 4. Mycel and rúm heall atrium, 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61. Seó heall ðæs Hálgan Gástes the residence of the Holy Ghost, Blickl. Homl. 163, 13. Heal, Beo.

healh

(n.)
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healh, halh [in the declension the final h seems to be omitted before an inflection]; m. A word of doubtful meaning.
    Kemble, Cod. Dipl. iii. xxix.
translates it hall, probably originally a stone building.
    Leo, A. S. Names, p. 52,
takes it to be the same word as ealh. Somner gives healh-stán crusta, collyrida. In form it agrees with Latin calx.

halla stone buildingcalx.

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Óþ cyninges healh, i. 257, 33. On Scottes healh; of ðam heale, vi. 2, 2. In Streónes halh; of ðam hale, 214, 25. On Hengestes healh; of Hengestes heale, iii. 80, 20. In Titten halh, 52, 11.