gingre
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a follower, servant (cf. gingra; 2 a). v. Dict. a deputy. Cf. gingra; 2 b Heó arn tó þǽre fǽmnan þe þá ðæs mynstres abbodesse wæs, Hilde gingre (geongra, v. l.) cucurrit ad uirginem, quae tunc monasterio abbatissae uice praefuit, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 470,
ge-wana
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A lack. Substitute: <b>ge-wana;</b> adj. Lacking, v. wana; adj. I
hand-belle
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A hand-bell Thǽr synd . . . iiij handbellan and vj hangende bollan (bellan ?), C. D. B. iii. 660, 34
hærfest-tíma
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Autumn Autumnus. ꝥ ys hærfesttíma, cymð tó mancynne binnan seofen nihta fyrste autumn comes on the seventh of August, Angl. viii. 311, 18
hǽþa
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Parching by heal Hé gebæd ꝥ God forgeáfe þǽe eorðan rénas, for þan ðe se hǽða þá hýnde ðá eorðan . . . þá ásende Drihten rénscúras aad þá eorðan gewæterode þe ǽr wæs forburnen, Hml. S. 14, 168. v. æfter-hǽþa (where dele queries as to form and gender)
Linked entries: Ǽfter-hǽþa for-hǽþan
heáfod-haga
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A fence running at the head (v. heáfod; 2 a) of a piece of land (?) On ðone ealdan heáfodhagan, C. D. vi. 64, 7
heáh-freá
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A high and mighty lord Heofona heáhfreá ( Christ ), Cri. 253: 424. Cf. heáh-cyning ; 2
heáh-þreá
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Extreme punishment Gráp heáhþreá on hǽðencynn, Gen. 2545
gropa
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A pot Mycel gropa congius (the gloss is: Congium reddit tala vel mycel gropa), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 78
gráfa
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A grove, copse Be-westan ðá leáge eft tó gráfan hrycge (cf. grǽfan hrycg, 388, 29), C. D. iii. 389, 2. Tó dyrnan gráfan; of dyrnan gráfan, v. 262, 9. ¶ in a compound :-- Tó erscgráfan, C. D. iii. 434, 22
hæcce
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A fence of rails (?) Andlang hæccan (heccan, v. l. ), 3. D. B. iii. 147, 25. [Cf. (?) On haccan bróc; andlang haccan bróces, 3. D. v. 298, 4. v. hæc.]
gupe
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A buttock Gupan clunis, renibus, coxe. Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 77
hratele
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The name of some plant Hratele bobonica, Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 1. Hrate[le?] bobonaca, Lch. iii. 300, col. 2
Linked entry: hrætele
humele
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The hop-plant
hringe
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A ring employed as a means of attachment, suspension, compression, &c., a buckle, clasp. v. hring; Hringiae, hringae, hringe, sigl fibula, Txts. 62, 410. Sigel oððe hringe, Wrt. Voc. ii. 351, 42. Hringe ansa, 8, 5; i. 284, 7: 66, 34 (not hringc
hring-gewindla
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Something rolled into a circular form (v. ge-windan; 1 a), a sphere On hringgewindlan in spera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 61
Linked entry: ge-windla
hróþ-girela
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Splendid dress, a crown Ðú settest on heáfde his hróðgirelan ( coronam ) of stáne deórwyrðum, Ps. Rdr. 20, 4
lǽttewestre
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A female guide Ongan ic biddan míne lǽttewestran, Sancta Maria, Hml. S. 23 b, 508
land-leóda
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A native of a country Þǽre stówe landleódan incolae Gr. D. 97, 31. Heom cóm tógénes Eádgár cild . . . and ealle þá landleóden, Chr. 1068; P. 204, 16. Godwine betealde hine wið Eádward cyng his hláford and wið ealle landleódan, 1052 ; P. 183, 8
Linked entries: land-bygen land-leód
læpe-wince
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A lapwing Laepaeuincae, lepeuuince, laepiuince cucuzata Txts. 52, 264. v. hleápe-wince (of which læpewince seems the earliest form)
Linked entry: hleápe-wince