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HEÁH -- HEÁH-FÆDER 515

hýhst geweaxe, Met. 13, 52. (b) of buildings, hills, &c. (α) of buildings, lofty structures:-- Tempel heáh and horngeáp, An. 668. In sele þæ-acute;m heán, B. 713. Máran cyricean and hýhran timbrian, Bd. 2, 14; Sch. 170, 16. Tó gyrwanne gódlecran stól heárran on heófne, Gen. 282. Þá scipu wæ-acute;ron hiéran (heárran, v. l.) þonne þá óðra, Chr. 897 ; P. 90, 17. (β) of hills, high : -- Of þám heóhan (heáhan, F. 14, 28) munte. Bt. 6 ; S. 14, 16. On ánre heáre dúne, Ors. 3, 11 ; S. 142, 14. Ofer heánne (heáne, v. l.) munt, Past. 81, 13. Heáne, Met. 7, 4. Heáhne (héhne, R.), Mk. 9, 2. Muntas heáche (heáe, Srt.), Ps. L. 103, 18. Be þám heán muntum and dúnum, þá þe heáh standað ofer ealne middangeard, Wlfst. 262, 13. (c) of water. (α) rising water, high :-- Seó eorðe weóll ongeán þám heofonlican flóde oð ðæt þæt wæter wæs heáhre þonne æ-acute;nig munt æ-acute;fre wæ-acute;re, Wlfst. 206, 22. Lóc hwenne þ-bar; flód byþ ealra héhst, Chr. 1031 ; P. 158, 4. (β) deep, high (seas) : -- Se pytt héh (deóp, W. S. ) is, Jn. L. 4, 11. Heánne holm, Sat. 17; Wand. 82 : El. 983. Heá holmas, Az. 123. Ic heán streámas cunnige, Seef. 34. (d) raised above a surface :-- Gif þæs dolges ófras synd tó heá, Lch. ii. 96.5. (2) having a specified upward extent: -- Se arc wæs þrittig fæðma heáh in altitudine triginta cubiti, Angl. vii. 34, 324. Fæt úp oþ mannes breóst heáh, Bl. H. 127, 6. Hú héh hell seó, Sat. 707. Hí woldon witon hú heáh hit wæ-acute;re tó þæ-acute;m hefone, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 22. Þæt fær gewyrc . . . þrittiges heáh elngemeta, Gen. 1308. Þæt hié næ-acute;ren x fóta heá bufan wætere, Ors. 5, 13 ; S. 246, 11. Mon dyde álces consules setl áne pyle hiérre þonne hit æ-acute;r wæs, 5, 11 ; S. 236, 7. (3) having a lofty position :-- Híge þám þe on húses þæce heáh (or under (I a β)?) áweaxeð foenum aedificiorum, Ps. Th. 128, 4. Fæder . . . in heofonsetle heáh Deus altithronus, Dom. L. 276 : Ph. 449. On dúnum gesæt heáh . . . earc Nóes, Gen. 1422. Þeós heá lyft 'the lift sae hie,' Rä. 8, 4. Þá tungla þæs heán heofnes, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 25. Heáhre handa dynt a blow from an uplifted hand, Ll. Th. i. 18, 1. Þ-bar; mynster wæs geseted in heánum cnolle þæs muntes (in summo montis cacumine), Gr. D. 49, 3. On þæ-acute;m heán cnolle sumes muntes, Bl. H. 197, 18. Of heán rodore, Dan. 236: Gen. 545. On þone heán heofon, 476. Ofer ðone heán hróf þæs heofones, Bt. 36, 2 ; F. 174, 5. Ofer ealle heá hwammas, Past. 245, 6. Þæt. hiéhste editissima (arx ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 57. (3 a) metaphorical :-- Úre hand is heáh, Deut. 32, 27. In earme heám (þæ-acute;m hæ-acute;hstan, Ps. L.), Ps. Srt. 135, 12. II. non-physical. (1) of persons or their attributes, of exalted rank, dignity or estimation. (a) human beings :-- Him onwóc heáh Healfdene, B. 57. Héh sácerd summus sacerdos (Pope Damasus), Mt. p. 1, 10. (v. heáh-sácerd.) Ic sette hine heáne fore cyningum eorðan, Ps. Srt. 88, 28. Heáge læ-acute;cas archiatros, i. summos medicos, An. Ox. 3027. Se hiéra folgoð, Past. 189, 17. Hé wæs hiérra þonne consul, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 29. Hiérra ofer þá consulas, 4, 9 ; S. 190, 28. Þurh geþingða heárra on háde, Ll. Th. i. 328, 14. Maara &l-bar; héra maior, Mk. L. R. 10, 43. Huelc héra (yldra, W. S. ) is quis maior est?, Lk. L. 22, 27. Arð ðú mára &l-bar; héra (mæ-acute;rra, W. S. ) from feder úrum, Jn. L. 4, 12. Gé eów on hiéran (hiérran, v. l.) folgoðe áhebbað, Past. 52, 14. Rómáne him gesetton híran ládteów þonne hiera consul wæ-acute;re Romani dictatorem creant, cujus auctoritas et potentia consulem praeiret, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1. Beforan ðæ-acute;m hírrum hádum, Past. 411, 22. Sé wæs on láre and on dæ-acute;de se hýhsta uir doctrina et actione praecipuus, Bd. i. 23 ; Sch. 47, 25. Þeáh þú heágust (summus) sí, eádmódnysse heald, Scint. 22, 3. Sé ðe héist (yltst, W. S. maior) is iúer, Mt. L. 23, 11. Héest, 20, 26. Heeist &l-bar; maast, p. 18, 3. Ofer eorðcyningas ealra heáhstne excelsum prae regibus terrae, Ps. Th. 88, 24. God þé gedéð heáhst and mæ-acute;rost ealra þeóda faciet te Deus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, Deut. 28, 1. (b) divine or angelic beings :-- Heáh and hálig þrynes, Cri. 379. Dryhten in Sion micel and héh ofer ealle folc, Ps. Srt. 98, 2. Lá héh fæder abba pater, Mk. L. R. 14, 36. Se heá and se hálga heáhengel, Bl. H. 199, 35. Seó heá miht on þysne wang ástág, 105, 13. Þæs heán fæder swmmi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25. Swá heágum Gode wiþcweþan, Bt. 35, 4; F. 160, 29. Þone heán cyning, gásta hyrde, Dan. 198. Þára heán handa Drihtnes, Ps. Th. 76, 9. Þæt hé (Jupiter) god wæ-acute;re héhst and hálgost, Met. 26, 38. Se héhsta god, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 17. Hyldo þæs héhstan déman, Jud. 4. Sunu Godes ðæs héista (hésta, R.), Mk. L. 5, 7. Ðæs hæ-acute;sta, Lk. L. 8, 28. Þone heáhestan hæleða cynnes, Ps. Th. 91, 1. (2) of exalted quality, of superior kind :-- His seó heáhe (sió heá, v. l.) gódnes, Bt. 34, 3; F. 136, 24. Þá UNCERTAIN forhæfdnesse ðæs heán gesinscipes, Past. 399, 12. Þæ-acute;re heán gecynde gesæ-acute;lþa, Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 29. Mið ðæ-acute;m heigra mæht uirtutem ex alto, Lk. p. 11, 17. Hí gereáfiað swá heáne láriówdóm, Past. 27, 19. Wið swá heáne anwald, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 16 : Met. 29, 2. Cýðan higecræft heáne, Dan. 98. Wrát hé heáh [ = heáh-lice ?] hóc UNCERTAIN and weorðlice scripsit librum eximium, Bd. 5, 15; Sch. 651, 5. Heánum meahtum, Rä. 2, 10. On þá heán þrymmas heofona ríces, Bl. H. 67, 22. Se mægðhád is hírra ðonne se gesinscipe, Past. 409, 23. Hwæt mæg hiérre bión ðonne sió sóðe eáðmódnes?, 301, 21. Hyhta hýhst, Gú. 34. Sió héhste gesæ-acute;lþ, Bt. 34, 4; F. 138, 24. Ðára héhstena góda, 24, 4 ; F. 86, 15. Tó ðæ-acute;m héistum bodum ad altiora, Mt. p. 9, 17. (2 a) of great importance, grave, serious :-- Hé héht þæt segn (circumcision) wegan heáh gehwilcne, Gen. 2371. (2 b) difficult, arduous :-- Ðæs heán hádes ardui (propositi), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 68 ; 4, 66. (3) chief, principal :-- Drihten þá cynelican burh forhogodlíce naman nemde . . . seó ceaster þonne wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Is þeós tíd ealra tída héhst and hálgost, 83, 19. Seldon bútan þám hýhstan symbelnessum (heáhtídum, v. l.), Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 443, 6. v. heáh-tíd. (4) of great amount, degree or force :-- Heáh bliss exultatio, Ps. Th. 118, 114. Ðá gestód hine heáh weder, Bt. 38, 1 ; F. 194, 10. Heáh wæs þæt handleán, Exod. 19. Hí him heánne blæ-acute;d gestrýnað, Ph. 391. Heá mihte handa þínre, Ps. Th. 88, 12. Þæ-acute;r is brógna hýhst, Dóm. 23. (5) of time, fully come, complete :-- From æ-acute;rmorgenne oð heáne (heáhne, v. l.) undern a mane usque ad tertiam plenam, R. Ben. 74, 11. B. as subst. I. a high place. v. N. E. D. high ; B. 1 :-- Quinta terra appellatur Badoríces heáh, C. D. i. 44, 13. II. the superlative denoting the Deity : -- Se héhsta (heáxta, Ps. L., héhsta, hýhsta, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 361, 21) salde stefne his, Ps. Srt. 17, 14. Ðú héhsta (heáxta, Ps. L. ), 9, 3. Þæs héhstan (héiste, L., hésta, R., héxtan, Hml. Th. i. 198, 14) sunu, Lk. 1. 32: 76. þ-bar;æs UNCERTAIN heáhstan, Ps. Th., Ps. L. 106, 10. Héstan (heáxstan, Ps. L.), Ps. Srt. 20, 8. v. efen-, heofon-, ofer-, úp-heáh.

heáh; adv. Add: I. physical. (1) so as to extend to a great height :-- Be ðám heán muntum and dúnum þá ðe heáh standað ofer ealne middaneard, Wlfst. 262, 13. Hlæ-acute;w sceal heáh hlifian, B. 2805: Ph. 23 : Dan. 603. (2) at or to a position of great height :-- 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. II. fig, (1) in an exalted position : -- Swá micelum swá hé deóppur byð ásliden swá micelum swá hé hégur (excelsius) byþ upp áhafen, Scint. 84, 17. (2) of mental operations :-- Þú hyt séest hwílum swá heá, hwílum swá deópe. Solil. H. 48, 9. (3) proudly, arrogantly :-- 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. [O. Sax., O. H. Ger. hóho.]

heáh-altar, es ; m. A high altar :-- Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses UNCERTAIN Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed (-weófod).

heáh-beorg. Add: cf. heáh-clif, -torr.

heáh-biscop. Add: (1) of a Christian priest :-- Sæt se arcebisceop Augustinus . . . Cwæð hé se heáhbisceop tó him, Bd. 2, 2; ch. 118, 7. Þæs heáhbyscpes (þæs heán biscopes, v. l.) leomu pontificis summi (Gregory) membra, 2, 1 ; Sch. 107, 23. (2) of one not Christian :-- Se heáhbiscop (the high priest) Isachar, Hml. A. 129, 430. Þú eart sácerd æfter endebryrdnesse þæs heáhbiscopes (Melchisedech), Ps. Vos. 109, 4.

heáh-bliss. v. heáh ; II. 4 : heah-bytlere. Dele.

heáh-cásere, es; m. The supreme emperor : Þú gewurðod eart on heofonríce heáhcásere, Hy. 7, 60. Cf. heáh-cyning.

heáh-cléofa. l. -cleofa.

heáh-clif. Add: -- Swá bið eác gelíce be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 10. Cf. heáh-torr.

heáh-cræft. Add: -- Ðerh héhcraeft, Txts. 151, 4.

heáh-cræftiga, an; m. I. a master-builder, an architect :-- Bæd se cyning hine þ-bar; hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces. . . se abbud sende him cræftige wyrhtan architectos sibi mitti petiit. . . abba misit architectos, Bd. 5, 21 ; Sch. 678, 1-17. Heáhcræftegan (-igan, v. l.) architectos, Sch. 676, 7. II. a highly skilled artist, a physician (?) :-- Heáhlæ-acute;cas oððe (heáh)cræfgan archiatros (or has architectos been read?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 60.

heáh-cyning. Add :-- I. of Deity. (1) God the Father: -- Heáhcyning, freá ælmihtig, Gen. 172. Siððan heáhcyning, wuldres wyrhta, woruld staðelode, Ph. 129. (2) God the Son :-- Þú sylfa cum, heofones heáhcyning, . . . Críst nergende, Cri. 150: Ps. Th. 118, 146. Heofena heáhcyning, Cri. 1340. II. of an earthly king, B. 1039.

heáhdeór-hund. Add: The Latin version of the charter has: Omnes canes suos venaticos, Cht. Th. 504, 1.

heah-ealdormann. Add: -- Valerianus se heáhealdorman (patricius), Gr. D. 340, 34.

heáh-engel. Add: -- Gabrihel, heofones heáhengel, Cri. 202. Heáhengles tíd, Men. 177. Fæder onsende heáhengel his, 50. Heáhengla brego, Cri. 403. Þurh eall engla wered and heáhengla, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 9.

heáh-fæder. Add: I. the first person of the Trinity, God the Father :-- Be þám áncennedan suna þæs heáhfæder (heán fæder, v. l.) de Unigenito summi Patris, Gr. D. 240, 25: Wlfst. 230, 29. Martiras herigað héhfæder, Sat. 656. II. (1) a patriarch of the Old Testament :-- Iacób se heáhfæder, Ll. Th. i. 196, 2. Arones þæs heáhfæder, Bl. H. 161, 28. Rachel hátte Iacðbes wíf ðæs heáhfæderes, Hml. Th. i. 84, 28. Ealra óþerra heáhfædera mægen hé (John the Baptist) oferstígeþ, Bl. H. 167, 23. Heáhfædra fela, Hö. 47. Apostolas wið þám heáh-