heard-sǽlþ
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Se cyning . . . him wæs wániende ǽgþer ge his ágene heardsǽlða ge ealles þæs folces rex . . . nunc suam, nunc publicam infelicitatem deflet, Ors. 4, 5: S. 166, 20. Add
heald-ness
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the office of a bishop, Healdnessa flaminia (v. Ald. 25, 35), Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 71. Add:
in-heald
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Substitute: Sloping inwards, worked in low relief Inheald interrasilem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 24
leax-heáfod
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Dele, and see heáfod-ǽ(?)
norþ-heald
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Sloping to the north, bent northwards Of þám hwítan treówe on ðæt norðhealde treów; of ðám norðhealdan treówe, C. D. B. ii. 246, 32
up-heáfod
A top end(?)
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A top end(?) Tó crofte tó ðan upheáfdan of ðan upheáfðan, (to the croft, to the top end of it?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 79, 10
heáfod-ǽdre
The cephalick vein
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The cephalick vein Lǽt him blód on ðam winestran earme of ðære heáfodǽdre let blood from the cephalick vein in his left arm, L. M. 2, 42; Lchdm. ii. 254, 7
heáfod-gemaca
An equal, a mate, fellow
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An equal, a mate, fellow Ða sylfan his heáfodgemacan hé forlét his very fellows he forsook, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 16. Ic mæg sleán míne heáfodgemæccan [heáfudgemæccean, Cot. MS.] I may beat my fellow-servants; cæperit percutere conservos suos, Past. 17
heáfod-bolla
A skull
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A skull Heáfodbollan stówe Golgotha, Lye
heáfod-bolster
A pillow
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A pillow Heáfdbolster capitale, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Som. 60, 104; Wrt. Voc. 25, 44. Under ðínum heáfodbolstre under thy pillow, L. M. 3, 58; Lchdm. ii. 342, 14
heáfod-cwide
a saying of especial importance ⬩ a chapter
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a saying of especial importance Ða iiii heáfodcwidas in Actibus Apostolorum ðus bebeódaþ quattuor dicta præcipua in Actibus Apostolorum sic præcipiunt, L. Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 33. a chapter Onginnaþ heáfudcuido incipiunt capitulæ, Rtl. 166, 17
heáfod-cyrice
A principal church, cathedral ⬩ high-church, cathedral
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A principal church, cathedral, L. C. E. 3; Wilk. 127, 52
heáfod-botl
A chief dwelling, principal mansion ⬩ a manor, domain
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A chief dwelling, principal mansion Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6
heáfod-biscop
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-fæder
A patriarch
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A patriarch, Lye
heáfod-sién
The eye
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The eye Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne there [on the gallows] shall the raven take from him his eye, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 19; Vy. 36. Heáfodsiéna, Cd. 114; Th. 150, 11; Gen. 2490
Linked entry: heáfod-sýn
heáfod-slæge
Head of a pillar[?]; capital
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Head of a pillar[?]; capital, Cot. 50, Lye
heáfod-líc
Chief, capital
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Chief, capital For heáfodlícum gyltum pro capitalibus criminibus, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 134, 3. Ðæt wé ús healdan wið heáfodlícan leahtras to keep ourselves from deadly sins, Blickl. Homl. 37, 3
heáfod-ling
An equal, a fellow, mate ⬩ chief, captain,
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An equal, a fellow, mate Heáfodlinges coæquales, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 16. Heáfodlinges conservos, 24. 49
Linked entry: efen-hæfdling