hlid-geat
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Ǽrest on díc; ðonne upp wið hliðgeatas; ðonne on brádan hærpað, C. D. v. 109, 8. Andlang weges tó hlidgeate, Cht. E. 290, 24. Beforan hlidgeate ante postes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 5, Add:
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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Add On hlingo (-u, written over o) innitor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 73. to recline, lie on a couch for rest (or to eat; in translation of Latin -cumbere forms) Se wulderfulla on godewebbenum beddum hlinað, E. S. viii. 473, 18.
heall
a residence ⬩ palace ⬩ a temple ⬩ a court of law
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Úre Scyppend . . . his gecorenan on þisum middanearde geágnað swá swá hláford his híred on his healle, 72, 29. Þá eóde heó (queen Alexandria) on hire palatium, ꝥ is on hire healle, Shrn. 75, 25: An. Ox. 4368.
helle-geat
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Úre Hǽlend tóbræc hellegatu . . . And is nú hellegeat belocen rihtwísun mannum, Hml. Th. i. 228, 1-5. Substitute
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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But porticulusin the passage glossed, Aid. 3, 3, is the hammer used in giving signals to rowers), An Ox. 33.
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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In the two glosses and in the passage from Cnut's Laws the word seems used in a more general sense of confinement
here-toga
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Gercyning oððe heretoga consul, ii. 20, 4. used of an English official Ic Óswald mid geðafunge and leáfe Eádgáres Angul-cyningces and Ælfheres Mercna heretogan (cf. Ælfhere ducis Merciorum 33,) C.D. iii. 5, 5: 49, 29: 159, 20. Cf. Ælfere ealdorman.
hergere
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Þte úsig ðú hæbbe hergeras (landatores). Add
hergian
to harry ⬩ plunder ⬩ to harrass
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Lbmn. 475, 22. used ot the action that rescued the inhabitants of hell On þone dæg Críst reste deád on byrgenne, and his sáwl somod and his godcundnes somod hergode geond belle grund, Shrn 68. 3. of things, to harrass Hit is wén ðæt sé ne mæge óðerra
hete
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Hine þurh hete héngon fæderas ússe, El. 424. Hannibal gecýþde þone níþ and þone hete (odium) þe hé beforan his fæder geswór, Ors. 8; S. 186, 9. an act or thought prompted by hate: Hé heom behét ǽlcne hete, Hml. S. 23, 230.
hilt
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Wolde hé þurhþýn hí mid þám swurde, ac se ord bígde upp tó þám hiltum, Hml. S. 12, 226. Oð ðá hylta hé behýdde þæt swurd capulotenus abdidit ensem, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 272, 17. Dele all derivates but fetel-, and add:
hin-síþ
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Perhaps the glosses took the word to be plural and used in the sense 'end of life', and intended to express the idea by hinsíðas. Cf. insíðgryre for hinsíðgryre, Sae. 456), Txts. 181, 39. Add:
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Hringa hyrde, B. 2245. used of a dragon: Wyrm, hordes hyrde, B. 887. Frætwa hyrde, 3 33. non-material Fyrena hyrde, B. 750.
hécen
A kid
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Assan oððe hécenu (printed netenu, Lch. iii. 198, 9) gesihð gylt ceápes hit getácnað asinos uel edos widerit, crimen negotii significant, Archiv cxxv. 48, 13. in place-names: On hécenes hangran, C. D. iv. 49, 11
hefige
under pressure ⬩ grievously ⬩ painfully
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R. 18, 24. with slow or reluctant action, under pressure Gástnéd ł hefia (néde, R.) fearras spiritus uix discedit, Lk. L. 9, 39. grievously, painfully, Ps. Th. 57, 2(in Dict.)
hwæt
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Ben. 20, 3. active, nimble Þá handa áwindað þá ðe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst, 148, 4. keen, bold, active Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, B. 2642: 2517.
hwæþer
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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib, Sal. K. 198, 8. one or other of two, either Twá ðing sindon ... gif hwǽm þára twéga hwæþeres (hwæðres, v. l.) wana biþ duo sunt, quorum si alterutum desit, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 7.
hræd-ness
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Rǽdnessum, 15, 26. where litele time is taken Se stán wearð upp áhafen mid swá mycelre hrædnysse (celeritate) swylce hé ǽr náne hefinysse næfde it took as little time to lift the stone as if it had no weight to start with, Gr. D. 123, 13.
hú-lic
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Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne ware húlice hié wǽron, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 22. used substantively Ðá ðe geségon húlic (hwelce, R.) geworden wére, Mk. L. 5, 16. Hé ædeáude húlco ( qualia ) wéro ðrouendo hreáferas, Lk. p. 9, 3.
hreóf-lig
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S. 15, 6. used of a disease Wærrehte, hreóflic elefantinosa, i. regia (corporis incommoditas ), An. Ox. 2072. Hreófligum wyrmse elephantino tabo, 3584. Hreóflige þicnysse elefantina (cutis) callositate, 4927