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heáhþu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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heáhþu, héhþo, hiéhþo; generally indecl; f.
Height, high place, glory
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  • Hé his áras of heáhþu hider onsendeþ

    he will send his messengers hither from above,

      Exon. 19 a; Th. 47, 24; Cri. 760: 19 b; Th. 49, 21; Cri. 789: 69 b; Th. 258, 10; Jul. 263.
  • On héhþo

    on high,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1745; An. 875: 1995; An. l000.
  • Of héhþo

    from above,

      2289; An. 1146.
  • Of hiéhþa,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2171; El. 1087.
  • Heofona heáhþu gereccan

    to tell the glory of the heavens,

      Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 33; Dóm. 31.
  • Heofona heáhþu gestígan

    to mount to the heights of heaven,

    117 a;
      Th. 451, 2; Dóm. 97.
  • Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan of grundum

    they saw the Lord ascend to heaven from earth,

    15 a;
      Th. 31, 19; Cri. 498.
  • Heofonríces héhþe,

      Cd. 17; Th. 21, 8; Gen. 323.
  • In heáhþum

    on high,

      Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 8; Cri. 414: 44 a; Th. 149, 27; Gú. 768.
  • Of heáhþum

    from on high,

    46 b;
      Th. 158, 17; Gú. 910.
  • [Goth. hauhiþa height, loftiness, exaltation: O. H. Ger. hóhida altitudo, culmen.]
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