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Heden

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m. A hood, chasuble :-- 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. [Cf. hede dress, Halliw. Dict: Icel. héðinn, a jacket of fur or skin.] heden
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛞᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Lye.
Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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