HÚ
How
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How. in direct questions Hú mæg man ingán on stranges hús quomodo potest quisquam intrare in domum fortis? Mt. Kmbl. 12, 29: 34. Hú ne synt gé sélran ðonne hig nonne vos magis plures estis illis? 6, 26: 25. Hú sculon wit nú libban how are we to live?
hundnigontig-wintre
Ninety years old
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Ninety years old, Gen. 17, 17
hundseofontig-feald
Seventy-fold
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Seventy-fold Septuagesima is hundseofontigfeald getel, Homl. Th. ii. 84, 28: 86, 2
hund-wintre
A hundred years old
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A hundred years old Hé sylf wæs ðá hundwintre cum centum esset annorum, Gen. 21, 5. Wénst ðú lá ðæt sunu beó ácenned of hundwintrum men putasne centenario nascetur filius? 17, 17
hungrig
Hungry ⬩ famished
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Hungry, famished Gewát se wilda fugol hungri, Cd. 72; Th. 88, 10; Gen. 1463. Ðæm hungrige esurienti, Rtl. 5, 22. Gif ðú ðissere hungrige ceasterwaran gehelpest if thou helpest this starving town, Th. Ap. 9, 18. Hungrig esuriens, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 37
Linked entry: hyngrig
hunig-bǽre
Mellifluus
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Mellifluus, Hpt. Gl. 408, 457
hunig-flówende
mellifluous
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Flowing with honey, dropping honey, mellifluous Wyrta geblówene hunigflówende, Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 26; Gú. 1250
hunig-swǽs
melleus
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Like honey; melleus. Hpt. Gl. 481
hunigteár-líc
nectareus
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like nectar; nectareus, Cot. 138, Lye
húru-þinga
Especially ⬩ at least ⬩ at any rate
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Especially, at least, at any rate Húruþinga presertim, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 65. Hú ne scolde hine húruþinga sceamian seofon dagas nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Num. 12, 14. Hyne bǽdon ðæt hig húruþinga his reáfes fnæd æthrinon
hús-fæst
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Having a house, being a householder Ǽlc man húsfæst on his ówe land every man having a house on his own land, Chart. Th. 438, 5
hux-líce
Ignominiously ⬩ disgracefully ⬩ unbecomingly
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Ignominiously, disgracefully, unbecomingly Ðone seó eorþlíce árleásnyss huxlíce tealde whom earthly impiety had disgracefully calumniated, Homl. Th. i. 48, 23. Ða ðe hí huxlíce hér on lífe gedrehton those who shamefully afflicted them in this life, Jud
hwæt-eádig
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Successful in war [cf. other compounds of eádig] Biþ se hwæteádig wíggeweorþod se ðe ðæt wicg byrþ he shall be successful and honoured in war whom that steed bears, Elen. Kmbl. 2388; El. 1195
hwǽten
Wheaten
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Wheaten Hwǽten hláf siligeneus vel triticeus panis, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 63; Wrt. Voc. 41, 19. Ic secge eów ðæt hwǽtene corn wunaþ ána búton hyt fealle on eorþan and sý deád dico vobis nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram mortuum fuerit ipsum solum
hwæt-mód
Stout-hearted ⬩ bold
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Stout-hearted, bold Hæleþ hwætmóde men stout of heart, Elen. Kmbl. 2009; El. 1006: Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 3; Az. 184
hwæt-rǽd
counsel
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Strong of purpose or counsel Hwætréd, hygeróf, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 5; Ruin. 20
hwall
Procax
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Procax, Cot. 171, Lye
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
hweóled
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Provided with wheels Héhhwiólad wǽn a waggon having high wheels, Lye