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gif-heal

(n.)
Grammar
gif-heal, -heall, e; f.

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

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hél, es; m.

a pretext ⬩ Calumny ⬩ a false charge

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(?) a pretext.Calumny, a false charge Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for hóle (héle, v.l.) . . . and ic sylf tó sóðe talige ꝥ hé mínes orfes þeóf wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 180, II. þá geréfan rýpað þá earman bútan ǽlcere scylde . . and mid yfelan hélan earme men

hell-cniht

(n.)
Grammar
hell-cniht, es; m.
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An infernal servant, a devil as servant Stód se earming ætforan þám árleásan deofle þǽr hé heálíce sæt mid his hel-cnihtum, Hml. S. 3, 372

heáh-beorg

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Add: cf. heáh-clif, heáh-torr

ge-heán

(v.)
Grammar
ge-heán, ge-hín, ge-hýn, ge-hién, ge-hígan (?); pp. ge-heád, ge-hýd, ge-híged.
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in a physical sense, to elevate, raise high Gehýdne porrectam (in edito turrem ), An. Ox. 8, 237. Gehígde edita, i. alta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 8. to exalt Ðá wæs Bryten swíðe geheád in miclum wuldre Godes geleáfan and andetnesse denique etiam Brittaniam

Linked entries: ge-heád ge-hígan ge-hýd ge-hýn heán

heáh-cléofa

Grammar
heáh-cléofa, l.
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heáh-cleofa

heáh-hliþ

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Hé ofer heáhhleoðu (heáh hleoðu?) stylde, Cri. 745. Add

helpan

(v.)
Grammar
helpan, p. healp, pl. hulpon; pp. holpen; v. trans.

To help ⬩ aid ⬩ assist ⬩ succour

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Hé nyle helpan ðæs folces mid ðam ðe God his healp ex muneribus quæ perceperit prodesse aliis non curat, Past. 5, 2; Swt. 45, 5. Ðonne ðu hulpe mín when thou didst help me, Ps. Th. 70, 20.

Linked entries: a-helpan ge-helpan

heáh-græft

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-græft, adj.
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Substitute: heáh-græft a carving in relief Heáhgræfte anaglifa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 13

heáh-cásere

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-cásere, es; m.
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Cf. heáh-cyning

heáh-freá

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-freá, an ; m.
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Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2

heáh-gást

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-gást, es; m.
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Cf. heáh-cyning

heáh-hirde

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-hirde, es; m.
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Ox. 910. cf. heáh-fæder; 2 b

heáh-gesceaft

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-gesceaft, e; f.

An exalted creature

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An exalted creature Hé is heáfod ealra heáhgesceafta he is the head of all exalted creatures, Cd. 1; Th. 1, 8; Gen. 4

heáh-þrymme

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-þrymme, (?); adj.
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cyningc heár wile déman quam celsithronus metuendus adveniet Judex, Dóm. L. 95

Linked entry: -þrymme

heáh-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-geweorc, es ; n.
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Cf. heáh-weorc

Linked entry: heáh-weofod

heáh-altar

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-altar, es ; m.
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Cf. heáh-wígbed, heáh-weófod

Linked entries: altar heáh-weofod

healf-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-deád, adj.

Half dead, palsied on one side

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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2

heáh-mór

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-mór, es; m.
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A lofty mountain In heáhmórum (heaum (heágum) mórum, v. ll.), in arduis montibus, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 515, 13

hearm-cwedelian

(v.)
Grammar
hearm-cwedelian, p. ode

To speak ill of, calumniate

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To speak ill of, calumniate Ná hearm-cwedelodon mé ofermóde non calumnientur me superbi, Ps. Spl. 118, 122

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