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mór-hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
mór-hǽþ, e; f.

A mountain-heath

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A mountain-heath Swá líg freteþ mórhǽþ velut flamma incendat montes, Ps. Th. 82, 10

heáfod-beáh

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-beáh, gen. -beáges; m.

A head-ring, crown

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A head-ring, crown Heáfodbeáh gyldenne a golden crown, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 8

hóp-gehnást

(n.)
Grammar
hóp-gehnást, es; n.

The dashing together of waves in a bay [?]

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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

(n.)
Grammar
cíle, es; m.

A coldfrigus

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
ealdor-leás, aldor-leás; adj.

Lifeless vita prīvātus

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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

(n.)
Grammar
neb-gebræc, es; n.

A defluxion from the headmucus of the nose

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A defluxion from the head, mucus of the nose Nebgebræc coriza ( = κορυζα ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 28: ii. 135, 77

for-bærning

(n.)
Grammar
for-bærning, e; f.

Burning

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Burning, heal of inflammation Fleó hé þá mettas þá þe him forbærnunga and stiém oninnan wyrcen, Lch. ii. 226, 10

hæf

(n.)
Grammar
hæf, es; n.
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Take here heaf in Dict. and add Haeb salum (cf. salum vel mare, 65), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 57

Linked entry: hæb

heáfod-biscop

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-biscop, es; m.

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-stów

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-stów, e; f.

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

þrýþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þrýþ-líc, adj.

Mightypowerful

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Mighty, powerful Rinc manig, þrýðlíc þegna heáp, Beo. Th. 805; B. 400. Ðrýðlíc, 3258; B. 1627

sand-gewyrpe

(n.)
Grammar
sand-gewyrpe, es; n.

A sand-heap

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A sand-heap Tó sandgewyrpe, of sandgewyrpe út an Temese, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 228, 25

Linked entry: sand-geweorp

sceacged

(adj.)
Grammar
sceacged, adj.

shagged

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Having hair on the head, shagged Sceacgede comosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 71. Sceagode, 132, 7

Linked entries: feaxede sceacga sceagod

heáfod-gewǽde

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-gewǽde, es; n.

A head-dress, veil

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A head-dress, veil Ðæt beó ðé tó heáfod-gewǽdon let it be to thee for a veil, Gen. 20, 16

heáfod-bend

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bend, es; m.
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A head-band (v. N. E.

bryne-welm

(n.)
Grammar
bryne-welm, -wylm, es; m.

A burning flame, flame of fire, burning heatincendii fervor vel æstus

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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

(n.)
Grammar
hracca, hnacca

occiput

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the back part of the head; occiput, Som. [Cf. a rack of mutton, dorsum ovile, E. D. S. vol. 3, B. 18.]

Linked entries: hræca hrecca hnecca

lím-fín

(n.)
Grammar
lím-fín, e ; f.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
sár-wilm, es; m.

A painful burning; a feverish heat

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A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123

ge-hýdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hýdan, -hídan, -hédan; he -hýdeþ, -hýt, pl. -hýdaþ; p. -hýdde; pp. -hýded, -hýdd.

to hideconcealcondĕreabscondĕreto watchguardheedobservāreto bring into safetymake firmfastenallĭgāre

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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;