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heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamal(?); adj.

Parsimoniousmiserlyniggardly

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Parsimonious, miserly, niggardly Uncystig vel heámol (heámul) frugus, Txts. 62, 413. Uncystig oððe heámol, fercúþ frugus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 5. Tó hwan wurd ðú swá heámul (fæsthafol. Wlfst. 258, 12) mínra góda þe ic ðé sealde?, Nap. 36. Substitute:

heáfan

(v.)
Grammar
heáfan, p. heóf, hóf

To mourn, wail, lament

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To mourn, wail, lament Ðæt wíf hóf hreówigmód the woman mourned repentant, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 5; Gen. 771. Heófon gehygd they lamented their purpose, 221; Th. 285, 28; Sat. 344

healoc

(n.)
Grammar
healoc, es; m. n.[?]

A hollow, corner, bendingangulus, latibulumcorner

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A hollow, corner, bending Hér sint tácn áheardodre lifre ge on ðám læppum and healocum and filmenum here are symptoms of a hardened liver both on the lobes and hollows and membranes, L. M. R. 21; Lchdm. ii. 204, 5

Linked entry: healc

heafola

Similar entry: hafela

heamol

(adj.)
Grammar
heamol, hamol[?]; adj.

Frugalfrugimutilus

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Frugal; frugi, Cot. 86, Lye

heard

firmsteadfastresoluteboldresoluteobduraterigidunyieldingoppressiverigorousstrictharsh

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Add: Heard dira, heardre dirae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 64, 72. of material Wæs hió (an iceberg) hetegrim . . . bordweallas (the sides of a ship) gróf heard (or under VI ?) and híþende, Rä. 34, 7. Gúðbyrne . . . heard, handlocen, B. 322. Heardes ísenes grindlas

heard

(n.)
Grammar
heard, es; n.
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What is hard: Nán wiht þǽs heardes ne þæs hnesces, Wlfst. 184, 20. Him on hand gǽð heardes and hnsesces, Sal. 286

heald

(n.)
Grammar
heald, es; n.

Hold, guardianship, protection, rulesupportupholding, support, custody, keeping

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Hold, guardianship, protection, rule Hí gecuron Harold tó healdes ealles Engla landes they chose Harold to rule over all England, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 14. Wit synd ðisra landa hald and mund we two will be a protection and a defence to these lands, Cod

Linked entries: ge-hildan hilde hald

heald

(n.; adj.)

a hold

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a hold. Hald fermum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71. Add:

heald

inclinedinclined to

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inclined. Add Hald cernua, Txts. 49, 455. Halði, haldi penduloso, 84, 754. Suae haldae (halde) reclines, 92, 865. literal Of greátan hlinces ende on healdan weg; andlang heldan weges, C. D. iii. 420, 5. Tó healdan hlince, 431, 11. Tó healdan gráfe,

heald

(adj.)
Grammar
heald, adj.

Bent, inclinedleaning, slopingclivus, obliquus, pronus

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Bent, inclined Ðeáh hí síen ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde though they are sunk to evil and thither inclined, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 29. Ealle bióþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan all are bent down towards the earth, 41, 6; Fox 254, 28. Ða men lágon áþænede

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave Hond and heard sweord the hand and the hard blade, Beo. Th. 5011; B. 2509. Ic wát ðæt ðú eart heard mann scio quia homo durus es, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 24. Heard is ðeós sprǽc this is

hafoc

(n.)
Grammar
hafoc, hafuc, heafoc, es; m.

A hawkaccipiter

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Sum sceal wildne fugol átemian heafoc one shall tame the wild bird, the hawk, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 16; Vy. 86

Linked entry: heafoc

heaf

Grammar
heaf, l. hæf, q. v.

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heáf

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Wearð micel morcnung and ormǽte wóp, swá ꝥ se heáf swégde geond ealle þá ceastre . . . þá cwæð hé : 'Sege mé for hwilcum intingum þeós ceaster wunige on swá micclum heáfe and wópe,' Ap. Th. 6, 8-20: Exod. 35. Nales þæt heáfe bewindeð, ne húru wæl wépeð

ge-heáfdod

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-heáfdod, adj.
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Having a head Geheáfdod hringce Samothracius, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 60

ge-heápod

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heápod, part.

Heapedpiled upcoacervātus

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Heaped or piled up; coacervātus Gód gemet, and full, and geheápod, and oferflówende híg syllaþ on eówerne bearm mensūram bŏnam, et confertam, et coagĭtātam, et sŭpereffluentem dăbunt in sĭnum vestrum, Lk. Bos. 6, 38 : Blickl. Homl. 175, 17

ge-heápod

(v.)
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Substitute: <b>ge-heápian</b>; p. ode To heap together, pile up: — Geheápodan coacervassent. Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 12. to heap up material (used figuratively) Ðæt se gítsere him on geheápige ðá byrðenne eorðlicra ǽhta avaro . . . terrena lucra

wíg-heafola

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Wíg-heafola is taken to mean a helmet by some editors: Grein suggests wígneafolan = umbonem bellicum i. e. clypeum. Could the reading be wígneafolan ? Cf.

Linked entries: hafela wíg

micel-heáfded

(adj.)
Grammar
micel-heáfded, adj.

Having a great head

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Having a great head Mycelheáfdode capitosus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 34. Micelheáfdede, ii. 22, 69