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heaþor

(n.)

restraintconfinement

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restraint, confinement Cyning . . . healdeð mé (a sword) on heaðore, Rä. 21, 13. Ǽghwá mec (an onion) reáfað, hafað mec on headre, 66, 3

Linked entry: heador

heador

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heáðu

Grammar
heáðu, l. heaþu,
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and add:

heaðu

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu, heaðo

war

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war; a word occurring only in compounds. The word is found in proper names in Icelandic, e.g. Höð the name of a Valkyria, Höðbroddr, Höðr the slayer of Baldr; and in O. H. Ger. e.g. Hadu-praht

heaþu-líþende

(adj.)
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In support of heaþu = sea note the other compounds of líþende, five denoting water, and the sixth (scip-liþende) motion on water

Linked entry: heáðu

heaþu-sigel

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For a passage connecting the sun with the sea v. Ph. 120 Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifað (the original Latin has no reference to the sea: Ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae). Add:

heáðu

(n.)
Grammar
heáðu, [ = heáhþu?] indecl. f.

The deep, the seaaltum

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The deep, the sea; altum Sceal hringnaca ofer heáðu bringan lác and luftácen over the deep shall the bark bring gift and love token, Beo. Th. 3729; B. 1862

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

heá-dor

Similar entry: heáh-deór

heán

(v.)
Grammar
heán, p. heáde; pp. heád

To raise, heighten, exalt, advanceto exaltexaltareexalt, raise

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To raise, heighten, exalt, advance Mid singalum bysenum árfæstre wyrcnysse hé ongan heán and miclian continuis piæ operations exemplis provehere curavit, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 19. Heáþ and hebbaþ exalt and raise, Exon. 93 a; Th. 349, 6; Sch. 42

heaðu-byrne

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-byrne, an; f.

A war-corslet

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A war-corslet, Beo. Th. 3108; B. 1552

heaðu-sweng

(n.)
Grammar
heaðu-sweng, es; m.

A blow given in fight

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A blow given in fight, Beo. Th. 5155; B. 2581

af-god

(n.)
Grammar
af-god, es; n. [af = of = æf a, ab; god, n. a heathen god]

An idolan imageidolum

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An idol, an image; idolum

a-húðan

(v.)
Grammar
a-húðan, p. -heáþ, pl. -hudon; pp. -hoden [a from, húð prey]

To spoilrobplunderdiripereexpilarespoliare

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To spoil, rob, plunder, diripere, expilare, spoliare Fýnd ahúðan [MS. ahudan] mid herge hordburh wera the foes plundered with their band the treasure-city of the men, Cd. 93; Th. 121, 8; Gen. 2007

hǽþ

(n.)
Grammar
hǽþ, a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n.
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m, and add: a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, masc. Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On

helm

a helmeta crowndiademthe topcrowncoverconcealmenta covering

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epithets of the helmet are brún, Jud. 318: brún-fáh, B. 2615: entisc, B. 2979: gold-fáh, B. 2811: heard, B. 2255: heaþo-steáp, B. 1245: 2153: hefig, Hml.