heah-rún
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'A damsel having a spirit of divination' Heahrún pithonissa (pithonissam necromantiae spiritu vaticinantem, Ald. 26, 11. The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47. Cf. hel-rún, hel-rýnegu, helle-rúne
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heáh-sácerd
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Hí lǽddon þæne Hǽlend tó þám heáhsácerde (héhsácerd, L. ad summum sacerdotem) . . . Petrns him fyligde oþ ðæs heáhsácerdes (summi sacerdotis) cafertún. . . . Ðá árás sum heáhsácerd (ðæ hǽhsácerd, L. ) . . . eft hine áxode se heáhsácerd . . . þá cwæð se
heáh-setl
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Add: a seat of honour 'Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum scræfum þonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte.' Ðá cwæð hé þæt hé wurðe nǽre ðæs heáhsetles, Hml. Th. ii. 146, 30. an official seat, of a king, a throne On héghseðel Godes in throno Dei, Mt. L. 23,
heáh-sittende
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High-sitting, seated on a lofty throne Heáhsittendum celsithrono, Angl. xiii. 368, 39
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heáh-strǽt
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Of þælbricge tó ðǽre héhstrǽte; of ðǽre héhstrǽte, C. D. vi. 60, 21. [v. N. E. D. highstreet.] Cf. heáh-weg. Add
heáh-sunne
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The arch-sun, the Deity Wǽre þú forinwordlíce dysig ðá þú wilnodest þæt þú scoldest myd swilcum æágum þá heáhsunnan (heán sunnan ?) and ǽce geseón ( velle illum solem videre ), Solil. H. 34, 17
heáh-þeód
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Substitute: An illustrious race Sum æþela man on þǽre héhþeóde Myrcna ríce vir de egregia Merciorum stirpe, Guth. Gr. 104, 2: 152, 19
preóst-heáp
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Þá ácsode ic hí be þám ylcan wundre beforan þám æþelum werum and þám preóstheápe (clero) and eác beforan eallum þám folce, Gr. D. 302, 25. Add
wuldor-heáp
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A glorious band Úre Drihten ængla wuldorheáp him sylfum tó wyrðscipe gegearuwode, Nap. 71
heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation Ðǽr is Créca heáhburg there is the chief town of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 21: Beo. Th. 2258; B. 1127. Tó ðære heáhbyrig to the chief town [Babylon], Cd. 209; Th. 259, 30; Dan. 699. Se
heáh-bytlere
A chief-builder, architect
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A chief-builder, architect, Lye
heáh-biscop
An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff
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An archbishop, chief bishop, pontiff Birhtwald Bretone heáhbiscop Birhtwald archbishop of Britain, L. Wih. pref.; Th. i. 36, 8. Mid geþeahte Wulfhelmes mínes héhbisceopes with the counsel of Wulfhelm my archbishop, L. Ath. prm; Th. i. 194, 13. Se heáhbiscop
heáh-boda
An archangel
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An archangel Héht sigores fruma his heáhbodan hider gefleógan bade the triumphant Lord his archangel fly hither, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 3; Cri. 295
heáh-cyning
A chief, great king, God
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A chief, great king, God Mid heáhcyning with God, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 3; Ph. 483. On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the
heáh-cleófa
A principal chamber
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A principal chamber His brýdbúras and his heáhcleófan ealle wǽron eorcnanstánum unionibus and carbunculis ðǽm gimcynnum swíðast gefrætwode talami cubiliaque margaritis unionibusque et carbunculis nitebant, Nar. 5, 2
heáh-engel
An archangel
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An archangel Heáhencgel archangelus, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 102; Wrt. Voc. 41, 52. Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels
heáh-fæder
A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God ⬩ God the Father ⬩ patriarca
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A patriarch; also the great Father, i. e. God Heáhfæder patriarcha, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 69, 118; Wrt. Voc. 41, 68. Héhfæder patriarcha, Rtl. 195, 10. Cuoeþ lá héhfæder dixit abba pater, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 36. Seó stondeþ on ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhfæder
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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A high reeve, reeve of high rank. Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 156, observes of this word, 'It is a name of very indefinite signification, though not of very rare occurrence. It is obvious that it really denotes only a reeve of high rank, I believe
heáh-getimbru
A lofty building, a place built on high ⬩ pergama (πέργαμα), capitolia
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A lofty building, a place built on high, Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 9; Gú. 556: 22 a; Th. 60, 24; Cri. 974: 25 a; Th. 72, 34; Cri. 1182: Cd. 35; Th. 46, 5; Gen. 739
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heáh-gnornung
Deep grief, sorrow, mourning
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Deep grief, sorrow, mourning Hé gehýrde heáhgnornunge ðæra ðe gebundene bitere wǽron ut audiret gemitum vinculatorum, Ps. Th. 101, 18