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abuinheed, abuinheid, abuneheed, abuneheid, ahaid, aheed, aheid, behaid, beheid, blackheid, black-heid, blakheid, chomheid, doon-head, doon-heid, doun-haid, doun-heid, eyd, foirheid, foreheid, forret, green-heids, hade, haed, haffat, haffet, haffets, haffit, haffits, haid, haider, haidered, haidert, haidin, haidy, hail-heidit, haurdheid, haurd-heid, haurdie, head, headit, headleens, headlins, heaid, hechheidyin, heed, heedache, heeded, heeder, heedered, heedert, heedie, heedin, heedy, heedyin, heedyins, hehd, hehder, hehdered, hehdert, heid, heid_ane, heid_anes, heid_een, heid_eens, heid_yin, heid_yins, heiddy, heided, heider, heidered, heidert, heid-heich, heidi, heidie, heidie, heidin, heiding, heidit, heidleens, heidlins, heidmaist, heidman, heidpiece, heidsman, heidstane, heid-stane, heidsteen, heid-steen, heidster, heidy, heidy, heidyin, heid-yin, heid-yinn, heidyins, heyd, hie_heid_anes, hied, high_heid_yin, high-heid_yins, highheidyin, high-heid-yin, hiheidyin, hurdie, hurdy, lang-heidit, ootheidie, ootheidy, outheady, outheidie, outheidy, owerhead, owerheed, owerheid, owreheid, sairheid, sair-heid, sair-heidie, tuim_heid, tuimheid, water-heid,
heid [hid, NEC. SN. hed, NN.b. həid, (h)eɪd]
n. The head. A representation of the sovereign's head, on a coin or a postage stamp, the stamp itself. The top, upper end or higher part of any place or thing. Of a loaf of bread: the first slice cut. A measure of yarn.
dim. heidie col. A headmaster, a header in football.
adj. Chief, principal, most important, best.
superl. heidmaist: Topmost, chief.
v. To head, to behead, decapitate. To put the finishing touches to a rick and secure the top. To reach the summit, accomplish a task.
pt. pp. heidit adj. Headed
 
heidy
adj. Headstrong, impetuous, violent, proud, haughty. Clever, showing proof of brains. Apt to make one giddy or dizzy.
 
heider [ˈhidər, NEC. SN. ˈhedər, NN.b. ˈ(h)eɪdər]
n. A header. A headed ball in football.
v. To hit with the head.
pt. pp. heidert, heidered adj. Headed ball in football.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
abuinheid: Overhead.
aheid [əˈ-]: adv. Ahead
beheid [bəˈ-]: To behead.
black-heid: U. The reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, WC. The blackcap Sylvia atricapilla.
doun-heid: A grudge, dislike.
foreheid: Forehead.
green-heids: U. The top layer of moss when cutting peat.
haffet [ˈhafət], pl. haffets: The cheek, temple, the side of the head (hauf heid)
haund ower heid: Indiscriminately.
haurdheid: WC. The sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, S. SW. black knapweed Centaurea nigra or SW. NEC. ribwort Plantago lanceolata. NEC. The short-spined sea scorpion Myoxocephalus scorpius or SEC. grey gurnard Eutrigla gurnardus dim. MN. haurdie.
heid ane: col. A leader, a person in authority e.g. Boss, manager, VIP.
heidin [hidɪn, NEC. SN. hedɪn, NN.b. (h)eɪdɪn]: A Heading. Beheading. Headline.
heid-heich: With the head high, proudly, confidently, with dignity.
heidlins: Headlong.
heidman: A headman.
heidpiece: col. The head, brain.
heidsman: A chief, commander, a leader, a superior, a foreman.
heid-stane: A gravestone.
heidster: MN. A skipper's mate on a fishing boat.
hie heid anes: col. Superiours, authorities.
lang-heidit: Profound, intelligent, shrewd.
loss the heid: To loose ones's temper.
ootheidy: Rebellious.
owerheid: Overhead, head-over-heels. At an all-over price, on an average reckoned per head, in gross, unpicked, unselected, taken all over one with another. For the most part, over all. adj. Average, general.
pit the heid on, stick the heid on: To headbutt.
sair heid: A headache.
sair-heidie: A sponge cake in a paper cup.
stick the heid on: col. To headbutt.
tuim heid: Empty head, a fool.
heefer, heifer,
heifer [ˈhifər]
n. A young cow.
heal, heel, heil, heill, hele,
heil [hil, NN.b. heil]
v. To hide, conceal.
air, aires, airs, airschip, eir, eirs, eirship, eyr, eyrs, hairship, heerskip, heir, heirs, heirschipe, heirschippe, heirship, heirskep, heirskip, herskip, heyr, heyrs, hierskip,
heir [hɛr]
n. A heir.
pl. heirs
v. To become heir, to inherit.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
faw heir til: To inherit.
heirship [ˈhɛrʃɪp], heirskip [ˈhɛrskɪp]: The state or rights of an heir, succession by inheritance, heredity. An inheritance, a legacy
last heir: The Crown inherits from those without heirs or next of kin.
haiven, haivens, heev$n, heeven, heevenly, heevens, heevin, heevinlie, heevinly, heiven, heivenlie, heivenlie, heivenly, heivenly, heivens, heivens, heivin, heivinlie, heivins, hieven, hievenly, hievens, hiven, hivvan, hivven, hivvens, hyven,
heiven [ˈhiːvən, N. ˈhɪvən]
n. Heaven.
pl. heivens The heavens.
 
heivenly [ˈhiːvənlɪ, N. ˈhɪvənlɪ]
adj. Heavenly.
helium,
helium [ˈhiliəm]
n. Helium.
hell, hellerie, hellery, hellsest,
Hell [hɛl]
n. Hell.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hellery: I.Sh. Rubbish, nonsense.
hellsest: I.Sh. Hellish, awful.
the Yerl o Hell: The Devil.
heelik, heilig, heilik, hejllik, heljack, helleck, hellek, hellick, hellik, hellyik, helyack, hofsahellek, ofsahellik, ofshellek, ufsahelleck, ufsahellek,
helleck [I.Sh. ˈhɛl(j)ək]
n. A large flat rock sloping down to the sea used as a landing place.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ufsahelleck: One of the flat, sloping stones laid along the eaves of a house to run the water.
hella, hellae, helli, hellie, helliflounder, helliflunder, helly, Helya, Helya$s_Nicht, Up_helly_aa, Uphellya, Up-helly-a, Up-helly-a$, Uphellyaa, Up-helly-aa,
helly [I.Sh. ˈhɛlɪ]
n. The weekend period from Saturday evening to Sunday night or Monday morning.
A series of festive days, especially the period in which Christmas festivities are held from 25th December to 5th January, Old Style, ending in Up-helly-aa.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
helliflunder: The halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus.
Helya's Nicht: The night after Tulya's e'en.
 
See haly also.
hellyeefer, hellyiefer,
hellyiefer [I.Ork. ˈhɛljifər]
n. A very heavy shower, a downpour.

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