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heáh

  • adverb
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Grammar
heáh, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §135; §136; §163; §174; §187; §221; §328; §329; §427; §428; §440; §443; §557;
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physical.
so as to extend to a great height
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  • Be ðám heán muntum and dúnum þá ðe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard,

      Wlfst. 262, 13.

  • Hlǽw sceal heáh hlifian,

      B. 2805: Ph. 23 : Dan. 603.
at or
to a position of great height
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  • Hí him ásetton segen gyldenne heáh ofer heáfod,

      B. 48: 2768.

  • His meahta spéd heáh ofer heofonum wunade,

      Ph. 641.

  • Wæs nán tó gedále nymðe heá wæs áhafen on þá heán lyft,

      Gen. 1401.

  • Hí woldon þone stán heár and gerysenlícor ásettan

    ut lapis amoueretur et altius reponeretur,

      Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 224, 9.
fig,
in an exalted position : — Swá micelum swá hé deóppur byð ásliden swá micelum swá hé hégur (
excelsius) byþ upp áhafen,
    Scint. 84, 17.
of mental operations
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  • Þú hyt séest hwílum swá heá, hwílum swá deópe. Solil. H. 48, 9.
proudly, arrogantly
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  • Ne áhebbað gé tó heá eówre hygeþancas

    nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum.

      Ps. Th. 74, 5.

  • His mód ástáh heáh fram heortan,

      Dan. 528.
Etymology
[O. Sax., O. H. Ger. hóho.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “heáh.” 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/51881.

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  • heáh, adv.

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