spinel-healf
The female side or line
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The female side or line Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlheálfe, Chart. Th. 491, 21
heá-lic
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Add: local. reaching to a great height, lofty, tall Heofon is wundorlíce heálic and wíd on ymbhwyrfte; sé gǽð under ðás eorðan ealswá deóp swá bufan, Hex. 10, 1. Man áhéng hí on heálicum gealgan, Hml. A. 95, 119. Heálicum sǽnesse edito (alto) promontorio
gif-heal
A gift-hall ⬩ hall in which gifts are distributed ⬩ aula in qua dominus dona distribuit
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A gift-hall, hall in which gifts are distributed; aula in qua dominus dona distribuit Ymb ða gifhealle around the gift-hall, Beo. Th. 1680; B. 838
heá-líce
on high ⬩ greatly ⬩ extremely ⬩ nobly ⬩ elaborately
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Add: in a local sense, on high Pilatus ásette ðis gewrit to ðǽre róde bufon Crístes heáfde heálíce, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 27. Stód se earming ætforan þám deófle þǽr hé heálíce sæt, Hml. S. 3, 372. Se wítga cwæð þæt áhæfen wǽren heálíce upp sunne and móna
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heals-mene
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an ornament for the neck Brýcð wíf healsmene utitur mulier anabola (ornamentum muliebre), Hpt. 31, 7, 91. Healsmyna frætewunge crepundiorum lunulas, An. Ox. 2203. Halsmenum, sweórbeágum lunulis, 1188. Menas gimbǽrum heal[s]mynurn crepundia (collo) gemmiferis
for-healden
Similar entry: for-healdan
full-healden
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Contentus, i. sufficiens éþhelde vel geþæf, fulhealden, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 2. [Cf. O. H. Ger. folle-haltan.]
ge-healden
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wíf-hearpe
A woman's harp
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A woman's harp On glígbeáme (owif*-*hearpan = on wifhearpan? MS. C. ) in tympano, Ps. Spl. 150, 4
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hearpe-nægel
An instrument for striking the strings of a harp
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An instrument for striking the strings of a harp Hearpnægel plectrum, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 96; Wrt. Voc. 43, 27. Apollonius his hearpenægl genam Apollonius took his harp-nail, Ap. Th.17, 7
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hearpe-streng
A harp-string
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A harp-string Hé ða hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian ongan he began to move the strings of the harp skilfully, Ap. Th. 17, 8
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healdan
to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain ⬩ to hold, have, possess, occupy, inhabit ⬩ to rule, govern ⬩ to behave, conduct ⬩ to guard, defend, keep, preserve, protect, maintain, sustain, regard, observe, take heed ⬩ to hold out, last, hold on, continue, hold with ⬩ to hold, keep, keep sheep ⬩ servare, custodire
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to HOLD, keep, grasp, retain, restrain, confine, contain Héht Petrus and Paulus on bendum healdon ordered Peter and Paul to be kept in bonds, Blickl. Homl. 189 17: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 141; Met. 1, 71. Gif se hláford wiste ðæt se oxa hnitol wǽre and hine
Linked entries: a-hyltan healding heald-ness -hilde healdend
for-healden
polluted ⬩ incestus
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polluted; incestus. Cot. 105
ful-heálíce
Full highly ⬩ very highly ⬩ altissĭme
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Full highly, very highly; altissĭme Hý singaþ fulheálíce hlúdan stefne they sing full highly with loud voice, Exon. 13 b; Th. 24, 23; Cri. 389
ful-hearde
fall strongly ⬩ very firmly or tightly
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fall strongly, very firmly or tightly
full-hearde
Full strongly ⬩ very firmly or tightly ⬩ firmissĭme ⬩ artissĭme
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Full strongly, very firmly or tightly; firmissĭme, artissĭme He ðone fullhearde geband he bound it very tightly, Cd. 23; Th. 29, 3; Gen. 444
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ísen-hearde
Ironhard ⬩ centaurea nigra
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Ironhard; centaurea nigra, Lchdm. iii. 4, 28 : 22, 31 : 334, col. 2. See Plant Names in E. D. S. Pub. iren-harde, iron-heads, iron-weed
ge-healden
Satisfied
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Satisfied Beó gehealden on ðínum gecynde ðonne hæfst ðú genóh be satisfied in thy kind, then hast thou enough, Kmbl. Sal. 264, 21
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be-healden
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(ptcpl.). cautious, reserved Ðonne hé wilnað ðæt hé sciele rícsian, hé bið swíðe forht and swíðe behealden; ðonne hé hæfð ðæt hé habban wolde, hé bið swíðe ðríste, Past. 57, 4. intent, assiduous Hé wæs geornfull and behealden (intentus) in Godes hýrnessum
healf-penig-wurþ
A halfpennyworth
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A halfpennyworth, L. C. E. 12; Th. i. 366, 32