hón
tendrils of a vine [?]
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Ðá geseah ic gyldenne wíngeard trumlícne and fæstlícne and ða twígo his hongodon geond ða columnan. ða wundrode ic ðæs swíðe. wǽron in ðæm wíngearde gyldenu leáf and his hón and his wæstmas wǽron cristallum and smaragdus eác ðæt gimcyn mid ðæm cristallum
hód
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Gif hé godspel rǽde lecge him þæne hód ofer þá sculdra si evangelium legit, cucullum vel cappam super humeros dejiciat Ll. Th. ii. 140, 25. For ' Cot. 31, Lye' substitute
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Ácsedon hwider hie fleón woldon ðæt hie óðer gener næfden búton hie on heóra wífa hrif gewiton quærentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 4. Lácnung on ðæt hrif tó sendanne to send medicine into the belly, L.
Linked entry: in-gehrif
hrif
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Healt geboren of his módor hrife (innoðe, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 560, 1. Of méddernum rife de uulua, An. Ox. 1496. Gif mon bið on hrife (hrif, v. l.) wund si quis in ilio (ilibus, v. l.) uulneretur, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10.
hoh-
Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent
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Mindful, careful, anxious, wise, prudent Ic nú on sibbe gesitte on mínne cynestól hohful embe ðæt hú ic his lof árǽre quiete pace perfruens, studiosus sollicite de laudibus Creatoris omnium occupor addendis, Chart. Th. 240, 8.
holm
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Add: [For the use of holm in the sense of hill v. (?) holm- wudu ; and for the later use of the word in this sense cf. þe vox ulih to þam holme (cleoue, 2nd MS.), Laym. 20861.] sea Brym vel holm cataclismus, diluvium Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 42.
hlíp
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Hindehlíp occurs as a local name: Landes snmne dǽl, ðæt synd .iii. hída ðe fram cúðum mannum Hindehlép is geháten, C.
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
HOL
A HOLE, ⬩ hollow, ⬩ cavern, ⬩ den
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Swá swá leó déþ of his hole quasi leo in cubile suo, Ps. Th. 9, 29. Mec hæleþ út týhþ of hole hátne a man draws me out hot from a hole, Exon. 125 a; Th. 480, 6; Rä. 63, 7. On ðis dimme hol into this dark den [prison ], Bt. Met.
hol
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Befleáh hé in sum hol treów and hine sylfne áhýdde, 293, 14. On þone holan æsc, C. D. B. ii. 247, 4. Leápas hole (c?)orbes cauatos Germ. 396, 146. having a cavity or depression in the surface Holan beorges burna, C. D. i. 317, 19.
holm
A mound, ⬩ hill, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ wave, ⬩ ocean, ⬩ water, ⬩ sea ⬩ land rising from the water, ⬩ an island in a river
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A mound, hill, rising ground; but in this sense, which belongs to the word in the Old Saxon, it is not found in English.
híre
pleasant
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pleasant. Take here heóre in Dict
hóc
a hook ⬩ chain ⬩ dragging ⬩ a fish-hook
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Add: a hook at the end of a pole, chain, &c. for catching hold, dragging, &c. (lit. or fig.) Manna heortan þe beóð ðurh un-rihtwísnysse hócas áwegde, Hml. Th. i. 362, 27. Similar entries v. tyge-, web-, wíngeard-hóc. a fish-hook Hóc hamus Wrt
hóf
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Befealdende hófringas (= hóf-hringas) hófum inplicans orbes orbibus (Ald. 2, 36), An. Ox. 19. Add
hóh
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Add: a promontory Hooh promontorium Hpt. 33, 251, 21. Hóg, III, 4. Tó ðám hó ; of ðám hó á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes hó; of dǽm hó, vi. 100, 10. On þone hó foreweardne
hol
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Add: and holl. [It is not always possible to distinguish between forms that belong to hol and those that belong to holh ; some of those here given to the former may belong to the latter.] a cave, pit, deep place in water Hool vorago Wrt. Voc. ii. 124
hol
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Mt. L. 5, 18 has stæfes heáfod. Add
hóme
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hóman
hiwe
Beautiful in form or colour,
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Beautiful in form or colour, Exon. 60 a; Th. 218, 8; Ph. 291: Th. 219, 4; Ph. 302