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heden

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
heden, es; m.
A hood, chasuble
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  • Heden casla, Cot. 32, Lye. Sacerd ðonne hé mæssan singe ne hæbbe hé on heden ne cæppan

    sacerdos cum missam cantat ne portet cucullum nec cappam,

      L. Ecg. C. 9; Th. ii. 140, 9.

  • Swá hwylc swá wile lectiones rǽdan ne biþ hé nýded tó ðon ðæt hé him ofdó his oferhacelan oððe heden ac gyf hé euangelium rǽde wyrpe him of heden oððe cæppan on his gescyldro

    quicunque lectiones legere velit, non necesse est ei cappam suam vel cucullum exuere; si autem evangelium legit, cucullum vet cappam super humeros dejiciat,

    20-24.
  • Hæðen mastruca, Lye.
Etymology
[Cf. hede dress, Halliw. Dict: Icel. héðinn, a jacket of fur or skin.]
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v.  hæðen hed-cláþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “heden.” 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/18579.

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