mór-hǽþ
A mountain-heath
Entry preview:
A mountain-heath Swá líg freteþ mórhǽþ velut flamma incendat montes, Ps. Th. 82, 10
heáfod-beáh
A head-ring, crown
Entry preview:
A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8
hóp-gehnást
The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]
Entry preview:
Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up crowds on to the cliffs, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384
cíle
A cold ⬩ frigus
Entry preview:
A cold; frigus Cíle wið hǽto cold with heat, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 101; Met. 29, 50: Gen. 8, 22
Linked entry: cíele
ealdor-leás
Lifeless ⬩ vita prīvātus
Entry preview:
Lifeless; vita prīvātus Hie gefricgeaþ freán úserne ealdorleásne they shall hear our lord [is] lifeless, Beo. Th. 5998; B. 3003
Linked entry: aldor-leás
neb-gebræc
A defluxion from the head ⬩ mucus of the nose
Entry preview:
A defluxion from the head, mucus of the nose Nebgebræc coriza ( = κορυζα ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 28: ii. 135, 77
for-bærning
Burning
Entry preview:
Burning, heal of inflammation Fleó hé þá mettas þá þe him forbærnunga and stiém oninnan wyrcen, Lch. ii. 226, 10
hæf
Entry preview:
Take here heaf in Dict. and add Haeb salum (cf. salum vel mare, 65), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 57
Linked entry: hæb
heáfod-biscop
A head-bishop, high priest
Entry preview:
A head-bishop, high priest Abiathar ðæra Iudéiscra heáfodbiscop Abiathar high priest of the Jews, Homl. Th. ii. 420, 31
heáfod-stów
A place for the head
Entry preview:
A place for the head Seó heáfodstów cræftiglíce geworht ætýwde locus capitis fabrefactus apparuit, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 1
þrýþ-líc
Mighty ⬩ powerful
Entry preview:
Mighty, powerful Rinc manig, þrýðlíc þegna heáp, Beo. Th. 805; B. 400. Ðrýðlíc, 3258; B. 1627
sand-gewyrpe
A sand-heap
Entry preview:
A sand-heap Tó sandgewyrpe, of sandgewyrpe út an Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 228, 25
Linked entry: sand-geweorp
sceacged
shagged
Entry preview:
Having hair on the head, shagged Sceacgede comosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 71. Sceagode, 132, 7
heáfod-gewǽde
A head-dress, veil
Entry preview:
A head-dress, veil Ðæt beó ðé tó heáfod-gewǽdon let it be to thee for a veil, Gen. 20, 16
heáfod-bend
Entry preview:
A head-band (v. N. E.
bryne-welm
A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heat ⬩ incendii fervor vel æstus
Entry preview:
In helle heó brynewelme bídan sceolden sáran sorge in hell they must endure great sorrow from the burning heat, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 24; Sat. 27
hracca
occiput
Entry preview:
the back part of the head; occiput, Som. [Cf. a rack of mutton, dorsum ovile, E. D. S. vol. 3, B. 18.]
lím-fín
Entry preview:
A lime-heap Ðanon on gerihte on cyncges límfíne, of ðǽre fíne niðer, C. D. B. i. 518, 41. Cf. wudu-fín
Linked entry: fin
sár-wilm
A painful burning; a feverish heat
Entry preview:
A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123
ge-hýdan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to watch ⬩ guard ⬩ heed ⬩ observāre ⬩ to bring into safety ⬩ make firm ⬩ fasten ⬩ allĭgāre
Entry preview:
to hide, conceal; condĕre, abscondĕre He hit gehýt and gehelt it hides and preserves it, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 11 : 39, 13; Fox 234, 19. Sumne dreórighleór in eorþscræfe eorl gehýdde a man sad of countenance has hidden one in an earth-grave, Exon.77 b;