for-býgan
To bow down ⬩ bend down ⬩ abase ⬩ humble ⬩ destroy ⬩ deprimĕre ⬩ humiliāre ⬩ imminuĕre
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To bow down, bend down, abase, humble, destroy; deprimĕre, humiliāre, imminuĕre He hellwarena heáp forbýgde he humbled the multitude of hell's inmates, Exon. 18b; Th. 46, 3; Cri. 731: Exon. 120a; Th. 461, 13; Hö. 35
Bedan heáfod
Beda's head ⬩ Bedwin? in Wiltshire
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Beda's head, Bedwin? in Wiltshire,Chr. 675; Erl. 37, 6
cild-lic
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Se cildlica heáp wolde þæs ánes cildes dreórignysse gefréfrian, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 18. Add
æmete
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Geseah ic micelne ǽmettena heáp, Hml. A. 204, 315. and add
heáfod-frætewnes
A head-ornament
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A head-ornament, Cot. 65, Lye
ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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Ðá geascade se cyng ðæt ðæt hie út on hergaþ fóron then the king heard that they were gone out to ravage, 911; Erl. 100, 24. We geascodon ðæt úre geferan sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L.
stæl-here
A marauding band ⬩ predatory army
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A marauding band, predatory army Hié fóron út mid stælherge nihtes ... and genómon unlytel ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on ierfe, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 13. Drehton ða hergas West-Seaxna lond mid stælhergum, 897; Erl. 95, 9. Ðæt hié ða burga hira módes wið stælherigas
hnol
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The top, crown of the head Hnol vertex, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 70, 32; Wrt. Voc. 42, 40: 64, 22. Eástdǽl his hnol heóld the crown of his head held the east, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 2.
heáfod-weard
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Guarding the (lord's) head. Add: See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 63
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
cæfester
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A halter, head-stall; capistrum, Cot. 31: 33
clingan
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Add: to shrink together from heat or cold
-rún
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Add: v. heáh-, hell-rún: -rúna. l. (-rúne?)
mirige
Pleasantly ⬩ sweetly ⬩ gladly
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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13
CWECCAN
To vibrate, move ⬩ torquēre, quatĕre, vibrāre, movēre
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Iohannes cwehte his heáfod John shook his head, Ælfc. T. 36, 9. Hí cwehton [MS. cwehtun] heora heáfod moverunt caput, Ps. Lamb. 21, 8. Ða wegférendan cwehton heora heáfod the passers-by shook their heads, Mt. Bos. 27, 39: Mk. Bos. 15, 29
sǽ-þeóf
A sea-thief, a pirate
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A sea-thief, a pirate Heáh sǽþeóf archipiratta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 28
spere-leás
Without a point or head
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Without a point or head Spereleás sceaft contus, Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 42
ge-hercnian
To hear
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To hear Gehercnadon audientes, Mt, Kmbl. Lind. 22, 22
heáfod-beorh
A head-shelter, helmet
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A head-shelter, helmet, Beo. Th. 2065; B. 1030