heáfod-bolster
A pillow
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A pillow Heáfdbolster capitale, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 104; Wrt. Voc. 25, 44. Under ðínum heáfodbolstre under thy pillow, L. M. 3, 58; Lchdm. ii. 342, 14
heáfod-cwide
a saying of especial importance ⬩ a chapter
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a saying of especial importance Ða iiii heáfodcwidas in Actibus Apostolorum ðus bebeódaþ quattuor dicta præcipua in Actibus Apostolorum sic præcipiunt, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 33. a chapter Onginnaþ heáfudcuido incipiunt capitulæ, Rtl. 166, 17
heáfod-cyrice
A principal church, cathedral ⬩ high-church, cathedral
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A principal church, cathedral, L. C. E. 3; Wilk. 127, 52
heáfod-botl
A chief dwelling, principal mansion ⬩ a manor, domain
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A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6
heáfod-biscop
A head-bishop, high priest
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A head-bishop, high priest Abiathar ðæra Iudéiscra heáfodbiscop Abiathar high priest of the Jews, Homl. Th. ii. 420, 31
heáfod-fæder
A patriarch
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A patriarch, Lye
heáfod-sién
The eye
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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
Linked entry: heáfod-sýn
heáfod-slæge
Head of a pillar[?]; capital
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Head of a pillar[?]; capital, Cot. 50, Lye
heáfod-líc
Chief, capital
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Chief, capital For heáfodlícum gyltum pro capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 3. Ðæt wé ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3
heáfod-ling
An equal, a fellow, mate ⬩ chief, captain,
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An equal, a fellow, mate Heáfodlinges coæquales, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49
Linked entry: efen-hæfdling
heáfod-stów
A place for the head
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A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1
heáfod-swíma
Swimming in the head, dizziness, ⬩ dizziness in the head.
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Swimming in the head, dizziness, Cd. 76; Th. 94, 28; Gen. 1568
Linked entry: swíma
heáfod-stól
A chief place, capital ⬩ a chief seat
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A chief place, capital Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19
heáfod-gold
A crown ⬩ head jewels
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A crown Ðú him sylst heáfodgold tó mǽrþe honore coronasti eum, Ps. Th. 8, 6
heáfod-mynster
A chief minster, church,
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A chief minster, church, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 340, 27: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 17
Linked entry: heáfod-cyrice
heafod-port
A principal town
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A principal town, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 21
heáfod-land
Similar entry: hafud-land
heáfod-weard
A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. ⬩ a body-guard
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A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. The word occurs in an enumeration of the services required of the thane and the 'geneat,' Th. i. 432, 8, 17. So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps
heáfod-þweál
A washing of the head ⬩ capitilavium
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A washing of the head; capitilavium, Ælfc. Gl. 56; Som. 67, 26; Wrt. Voc. 37, 16