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Anglo-Saxon

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heáh

(adv.)
Grammar
heáh, heá; adv.
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High Bryne stígeþ heáh tó heofonum the burning mounts aloft to heaven, Exon. 63 a; Th. 233, 7; Ph. 521: Cd. 166 Th. 207, 15; Exod. 467: Ps. Th. 138, 6. Heáor altius, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 16. On ðam gim ástíhþ on heofenas up hýhst on geáre ... in it [June

heáp

(n.)
Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 9; Sat. 87.]
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A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company Galað ðæt is gewitnesse heáp Golaad acervus testimonii interpretatur, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 5. Se hálga heáp héhfædera and wítgena the holy host of patriarchs

heópa

(n.)
Grammar
heópa, an; m.

A briar ⬩ bramble

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A briar, bramble Ætt ðæm heápe [heópe, Rush.] secum rubum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 20, 37. (Or should this be placed under heópe?)

Linked entries: heópe heápa heópe

healf

(num.; adj.; adv.)
Grammar
healf, adj.
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Heó mid ðæm healfan dǽle beforan ðæm cyninge farende wæs swelce heó fleónde wǽre with half the army she was going before the king as if she were fleeing, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27.

healf

(n.; num.)
Grammar
healf, e; f.
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Hí heregodon on heora healfe and Cnut on his healfe they harried on their side and Cnut on his, 1016; Erl. 154, 23: 1025; Erl. 163, 10. On twá healfe ðære eás on both sides of the river, 896; Etl. 94, 11.

Linked entries: half healfe

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.
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Hí taliaþ ðé wyrsan for heánan gebyrdan ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige they account the worse, for their humble birth, those whose forefathers were not rich in a worldly point of view, L. Eth. vii. 21; Th. i. 334, 2.

Linked entries: ge-heán ge-híne hýn hýnan hýn-ness hýnþ hígan ge-hén

heal

Grammar
heal, v. healh
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and heall

held

Similar entry: hyld

hele-

(prefix)

Similar entry: helle-

heofen

Similar entry: HEOFON

heoro

Similar entry: heoru

heópa

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Heópan sicomoros, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 51. Add

heal

(n.)

a corner

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a corner

-heáw

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-heáw

hese

(n.)

a youth

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a youth

-hete

(suffix)
Grammar
-hete, (?)

a foe

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a foe

heáh

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Tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól heárran on heófne, Gen. 282. Þá scipu wǽron hiéran (heárran, v. l. ) þonne þá óðra, Chr. 897 ; P. 90, 17. of hills, high : — Of þám heóhan (heáhan, F. 14, 28) munte. Bt. 6 ; S. 14, 16.

Linked entry: dynt

heáfd

Similar entry: heáfod

heág

Similar entry: HEÁH

heal

(n.)
Grammar
heal, hal, es; m. n.
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[?] A corner, an angle, a secret place[?] Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13. Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam

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