hiw
shape ⬩ form ⬩ shape ⬩ figure ⬩ a form ⬩ shape ⬩ writing ⬩ appearance ⬩ aspect ⬩ colour ⬩ form ⬩ kind ⬩ nature ⬩ character ⬩ formula ⬩ form ⬩ type ⬩ model ⬩ a pretex ⬩ a fancy ⬩ a kind ⬩ species
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Gást se hálig mid líchomlic huiu (specie) suelce culfra, Lk. L. 3, 22. a figure: Hé geseah ealra wihta ... híw in cuman variorum monstrorum diversas figuras introire prospicit, Guth.
hosp
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Hux, hosp (husp, Hpt. Gl. 524, 30) hironiam, 5201: Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 80. Hé smeáde hú hé mihte his hosp on þám hálgum gewrecan he considered how he might avenge on the saints the insult he had received, Hml. S. 11, 114.
hún-spuran
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Substitute: hún-sporu, hún-spuru, an; f. A sword-stick Húnsporan dolones (cf. dolones, tela absconsa, Corp. Gl. H. 44, 351), Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 65. Húnspuran, 25, 66. v. hand-sporu, stæf-sweord
hoh-
Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent
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Ðá wearþ ðæt mǽden mycclum hohful hú heó ǽfre wæras wissian sceolde then became the maiden very anxious how she was ever to direct men, Homl. Skt. 2, 121.
hen
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Hú Bonefatius ádýdde þone fox þe bát his módor henna. His módor gewunode tó fédenne henna on hire húses cafortúne, ac hig gelómlíce áweg bær án fox . . . Cóm se fox, swá his gewuna wæs, and gelæhte áne henne (hæn, v. l.), Gr. D. 69, 22-70, 2.
hám
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Þá hí æt hám (húse, L., R. domi) wǽron, Mk. 9, 33. Hit cýþán þám ðe æt hám (húse, R.) synt, Lk. 9, 61. Maria sæt æt hám (háme, L., R.), Jn. 11, 20. Se gesíð him nolde ǽr yfles gestiéran æt hám, Ll. Th. i. 134, 6.
hiw
Shape, ⬩ make, ⬩ form, ⬩ fashion, ⬩ species, ⬩ kind, ⬩ appearance, ⬩ symbol, ⬩ hue, ⬩ colour, ⬩ beauty
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Gimmas hwíte and reáde and hiwa gehwæs gems, white and red and of every hue, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 46; Met. 19, 23: Exon. 95 b; Th. 356, 31; Pa. 20.
hosa
a covering for the leg, HOSE ⬩ caliga ⬩ breeches, hose.] ⬩ a husk, a covering for a grain or seed
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Ger. hose; f. caliga: Ger. hose; f. breeches, hose.] a husk, a covering for a grain or seed [or is this a different word ?] Wilnade gefylle womb his of beánbælgum ł písum hósum cupiebat implere ventrem suum de siliquis, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 16. v.
Linked entry: leðer-hose
hel
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Hafað se hálga helle bereáfod, Cri. 558. in classical mythology Þǽre helle hund . . . þæs nama wæs Ceruerus, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 15. Of helle ex herebo, Wrt.
híd
familia
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Twelf hund ILLIGIBLE . . . þreó hund hída mille ducentarum familinrum . . . trecentarum familiarum, 4, 16; Sch. 425, 20, 23
hof
A house ⬩ hall, ⬩ dwelling, ⬩ building ⬩ ædes, ⬩ domus
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Gif hwá hwylce hefige yfelnysse on his hofe geseó genime mandragoran on middan ðam huse swá mycel swá hé ðonne hæbbe ealle yfelu hé út ánýdeþ if any one see some grievous evil in his home, let him take mandragora into the middle of the house, as much
hér
here . . . there
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Hér seó clǽnnes þá fúlnesse þreáð, Prud. 14 (and often). with verbs of coming or bringing Þæt hý hí wið þæt warnien bæt hý hǽr (in locum hunc tormenforum) ne cumen, Solil. H. 68, 6. Þá ic héer ǽrest cóm, Gen. 2711: Bo. 7: B. 244: 376.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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In hús fadores mínes hámas meniga sint in domo patris mei mansions multæ sunt, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2: 23. Nǽron ðá welige hámas there were not then splendid mansions, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4.
hád
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Swá hé nǽfre þone hád (wǽpnedhád, v. l. ) on hu líchaman næfde ac si sexum non haberet in corpore, Gr. D. 26, 30. condition. in respect to mode of life, of profession, &c.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ], Th. Chart. 208, 11. Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning Haue rex Iudæorum, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Lk. Skt. 1, 28 : Andr. Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407. Hále wese gé Havete, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9.
Linked entry: hǽl
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Hay, grass; fœnum Heg [Rush. hoeg] londes fœnum agri, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 30. Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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HELL, the place of souls after death, Hades, the infernal regions, the place of the wicked after death Helle infernus, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 63, 103; Wrt. Voc. 36, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 11, 34. Satanas ðære helle ealdor cwæþ tó ðære helle ... Seó hell swíðe
hem
A hem ⬩ border
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A hem, border Hem limbus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 7; Wrt. Voc. 26, 6