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eorþ-hele

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A covering of the ground(?) Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:

forþ-heald

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Add: bent forwards, inclined from the perpendicular; fig. prone to Andgit and geþóht menniscre heortan syndon forðhealde tó yfele ( in malum prona ), Gen. 8, 21. sloping, inclined to the horizontal Se weg is rúm and forðheald þe tó deáðe and tó hellewíte

ge-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heald, cpve. ge-healdra, ge-hildra (ge-hældra, ge-hyldra); adj.
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Safe. Take here <b>ge-hyldra</b> in Dict., and add Þæt him wíslicre and gehaldre ( tutius ) wǽre, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 49, 4. Þæt him gehealdre (gehǽledre, v. l.) wǽre quia satius esset, 2, 5; Sch. 135, 10. On gehældran (gehealdenre, v. l. ) stówe

ge-heáne

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Dele: the MS. of Rtl. 42, 40 has gihére

ge-hédan

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For 'to hide, conceal' substitute to keep, store up (cf. hédd-ern). For 'to acquire, . . . seize' substitute to take charge or possession of, to take, have. In Met. 27, 15 gehende is to be read rather than gehéde. v. ge-hendan. Dele

ge-hégan

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hand-hefe

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hefe, es; m. l. hand-hæf. es; n.
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and add Hondhafum, Lk. R. 11, 46

heóf-sang

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Dele

heów-síþ

Similar entry: heóf-síþ

healf-clungen

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-clungen, adj.

Half-frozen

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Half-frozen Halbclungni (half-) semigelato, Txts. 96, 931

healf-cwic

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For þæm slege hé feóll ádúne, and hine man healfcwicne (-cwicc-, v. l.) upp áhóf (semivivus levatus est), Gr. D. 63, 1. Healfcwice seminecem, An. Ox. 17, 46. Add

healf-fers

emistichium

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glosses emistichium, Hpt. 31, 10, 203

Linked entry: fers

healf-féþe

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-féþe, adj.

Half-lame

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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150

Linked entry: -féþe

healf-hár

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-hár, ; adj.

Half-grey

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Half-grey Healfhár semicanus, fulhár canus(omitted after) Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. v. Angl. viii. 451

healf-nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-nacod, adj.

Half-naked

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Half-naked Gesáwon wé mennisce men feá healfnacode (seminudos), Nar. 10, 16

Linked entry: nacod

healf-rúh

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-rúh, adj.

Half-rough

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Half-rough Án healfrúh tæppet sipla, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 35

healf-scyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-scyldig, adj.

Half-guilty

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Half-guilty Healfscyldig temeson, medius sons, Hpt. 31, 12, 251

healf-wudu

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hefe-full

(adj.)
Grammar
hefe-full, adj.

Grievous

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Grievous Sý hé ána wuniende mid dǽdbóte and hefefulre hreówesunge solus sit persisiens in poenitentie luctu, R. Ben. 49, 18

hege-clife

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Reád clǽfre . . . hegeclife, Lch. ii. 312, 20: iii. 12, 30. Hegeclifan leáf, 58, 27. Genim hegeclifan, ii. 54, 8. Add: