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heáp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
heáp, es; m. [generally, but ðeós earme heáp occurs, Cd. 215; Th. 270, 9; Sat. 87.]
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §243; §291;
A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company
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  • Galað ðæt is gewitnesse heáp

    Golaad acervus testimonii interpretatur,

      Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 5.

  • Se hálga heáp héhfædera and wítgena

    the holy host of patriarchs and prophets,

      Blickl. Homl. 81, 9.

  • Fyrenfulra þreát heáp synnigra

    peccatores,

      Ps. Th. 91, 6.

  • Þegna heáp

    a troop of thanes,

      Beo. Th. 805; B. 400.

  • Be ðam gesǽligan heápe ðe mid ðam Hǽlende on ðisum lífe drohtnode

    of the blessed company that lived with the Saviour in this life,

      Homl. Th. ii. 520, 22.

  • Of ðam yfelan heápe gehádodra manna be ðám ðe úre Drihten cwæþ 'multi dicunt mihi, etc.'

    of that evil band of men in orders about whom our Lord said, 'many will say to me, etc.'

      L. Ælfc. P. 40; Th. ii. 380, 36: Apstls. Kmbl. 17; Ap. 9.

  • Sum sceal on heápe hæleþum cwéman

    one shall in company give pleasure to men,

      Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 32; Vy. 77.

  • Gewíteþ mid ðý wuldre mǽre tungol faran on heápe

    the great star departs accompanied with that glory,

    93 b;
      Th. 350, 26; Sch. 69.

  • Hwanon ferigeaþ gé heresceafta heáp

    whence bear ye a heap of war shafts,

      Beo. Th. 675; B. 335.

  • Hengestes heáp

    Hengest's band,

      2186; B. 1091.

  • His ðone gecorenan heáp

    electos suos,

      Ps. Th. 104, 38: L. Ælfc. P. 21; Th. ii. 372, 3.

  • Getalu vel heápas vel hundredu

    centurias,

      Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 25; Wrt. Voc. 53, 34.

  • Hine ðá ða heápas frugnon hwæt hie wyrcean mihton ðæt hie Godes erre beflugon

    when the multitudes asked him [John] what they could do to escape God's wrath,

      Blickl. Homl. 169, 10: Cd. 161; Th. 202, 2; Exod. 382.

  • Biscopan and gehálgodan heápan

    for bishops and consecrated bodies,

      L. Eth. Vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 23.

  • Heápum

    in troops,

      Cd. 81; Th. 101, 36; Gen. 1693: 189; Th. 235, 6; Dan. 302: Exon. 15 b; Th. 34, 29; Cri. 549: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 39; Jud. 163.
Etymology
[O. Sax. hóp: O. Frs. háp: cf. Icel. hópr a troop, flock: O. H. Ger. houf strues, acervus: Ger. haufe.]
Derived forms
DER. gár-, wíg-heáp.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “heáp.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18466.

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