Heden

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - heden

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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heden
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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