, _cliff,
precipice
of a mountain_: dat.
Beowulf
pl.
-wǣpnum, 39.
hilde-wīsa, w. m. , _leader in battle, general_: dat. sg. fore Healfdenes
hildewīsan, _Healfdene's general_ (Hnæf), 1065.
hild-freca. See hilde-freca
hild-fruma, st. m. , _battle-chief_: dat. sg. -fruma, 1679, 2650; gen. sg.
þæs hild-fruman, 2836.
hlld-lata, w. m. , _he who is late in battle, coward_: nom. pl. þā
hild-latan, 2847.
hilt, st. n. , _sword-hilt_: nom. gylden hilt, 1678; acc. sg. þæt hilt,
1669; hylt, 1668. Also used in the plural; acc. þā hilt, 1615; dat. pl, be
hiltum, 1575. --Comp. : fetel-, wreoðen-hilt.
hilte-cumbor, st. n. , _banner with a staff_: acc. sg. , 1023.
hilted, pret. part. , _provided with a hilt_ or _handle_: acc. sg. heard
swyrd hiked, _sword with a_ (rich) _hilt_, 2988.
hin-fūs, adj. , _ready to die_: nom. sg. hyge wæs him hinfūs (i. e. he felt
that he should not survive), 756.
hindema, adj. superl. , _hindmost, last_: instr. sg. hindeman sīðe, _the
last time, for the last time_, 2050, 2518.
hirde, hyrde, st. m. , (_herd_) _keeper, guardian, possessor_: nom. sg.
folces hyrde, 611, 1833, 2982; rīces hyrde, 2028; fyrena hyrde, _the
guardian of mischief, wicked one_, 751, 2220; wuldres hyrde, _the king of
glory, God_, 932; hringa hyrde, _the keeper of the rings_, 2246; cumbles
hyrde, _the possessor of the banner, the bearer of the banner_, 2506;
folces hyrde, 1850; frætwa hyrde, 3134; rīces hyrde, 3081; acc. pl. hūses
hyrdas, 1667. --Comp. : grund-hyrde.
hit (O. N. hita), st. f. (? ), _heat_: nom. sg. þenden hyt sȳ, 2650.
hladan, st. v. : 1) _to load, to lay_: inf. on bǣl hladan lēofne mannan,
_lay the dear man on the funeral-pile_, 2127; him on bearm hladan bunan and
discas, _laid cups and plates upon his bosom, loaded himself with them_,
2776; pret. part. þǣr wæs wunden gold on wǣn hladen, _laid upon the wain_,
3135. --2) _to load, to burden_: pret. part. þā wæs . . . sǣgēap naca hladen
herewǣdum, _loaded with armor_, 1898. --Comp. gilp-hlæden.
ge-hladan, w. acc. , _to load, to burden_: pret. sg. sǣbāt gehlōd (MS
gehleod), 896.
hlāford, st. m. , _lord, ruler_: nom. sg. , 2376; acc. sg. , 267; dat. sg.
hlāforde, 2635; gen. sg. hlāfordes, 3181. --Comp. eald-hlāford.
hlāford-lēas; adj. , _without a lord_: nom. pl. hlāford-lēase, 2936.
hlāw, hlǣw, st. m. , _grave-hill_: acc. sg. hlǣw, 2803, 3159, 3171; dat. sg.
for hlāwe, 1121. Also, _grave-chamber_ (the interior of the grave-hill),
_cave_: acc. sg. hlāw [under] hrūsan, 2277; hlǣw under hrūsan, 2412; dat.
sg. on hlǣwe, 2774. The drake dwells in the rocky cavern which the former
owner of his treasure had chosen as his burial-place, 2242-2271.
hlæst, st. n. , _burden, load_: dat. sg. hlæste, 52.
hlem, st. m. , _noise, din of battle, noisy attack_: in the compounds, ūht-,
wæl-hlem.
hlemma, w. m. , _one raging, one who calls_; see hilde-hlemma.
ā-hlehhan, st. v. , _to laugh aloud, to shout, to exult_: pret. sg. his mōd
āhlōg, _his mood exulted_, 731.
hleahtor, st. m. , _laughter_: nom. sg. , 612; acc. sg. , 3021.
hlēapan, st. v. , _to run, to trot, to spring_: inf. hlēapan lēton . . .
fealwe mēaras, 865.
ā-hleapan, _to spring up_: pret. āhlēop, 1398.
hleoðu. See hlið.
hleonian, w. v. , _to incline, to hang over_: inf. oð þæt hē . . .
fyrgen-bēamas ofer hārne stān hleonian funde, _till he found mountain-trees
hanging over the gray rocks_, 1416.
hlēo, st. m. , _shady, protected place; defence, shelter_; figurative
designation of the king, or of powerful nobles: wīgendra hlēo, of Hrōðgār,
429; of Sigemund, 900; of Bēowulf, 1973, 2338; eorla hlēo, of Hrōðgār,
1036, 1867; of Bēowulf, 792; of Hygelāc, 2191.
hlēo-burh, st. f. , _ruler's castle_ or _city_: acc. sg. , 913, 1732.
hlēoðor-cwyde, st. m. , _speech of solemn sound, ceremonious words_, 1980.
hlēor, st. n. , _cheek, jaw_: in comp. fǣted-hlēor (adj. ).
hlēor-bera, w. m. , _cheek-bearer_, the part of the helmet that reaches down
over the cheek and protects it: acc. pl. ofer hlēor-beran (_visor_? ), 304.
hlēor-bolster, st. m. , _cheek-bolster, pillow_: nom. sg. , 689.
hlēotan, st. v. w. acc. , _to obtain by lot, to attain, to get_: pret. sg.
feorh-wunde hlēat, 2386.
hlīfian, w. v. , _to rise, to be prominent_: inf. hlīfian, 2806; pret.
hlīfade, 81, 1800, 1899.
hlið, st. n.
, _cliff, precipice of a mountain_: dat. sg. on hlīðe, 3159;
gen. sg. hlīðes, 1893; pl. hliðo in composition, stān-hliðo; hleoðu in the
compounds fen-, mist-, næs-, wulf-hleoðu.
hlin-bed (Frisian hlen-bed, Richthofen 206^28, for which another text has
cronk-bed), st. n. , κλινίδιον, _bed for reclining, sick-bed_: acc. sg.
hlim-bed, 3035.
tō-hlīdan, st. v. , _to spring apart, to burst_: pret. part. nom. pl.
tō-hlidene, 1000.
hlūd, adj. , _loud_: acc. sg. drēam . . . hlūdne, 89.
hlyn, st. m. , _din, noise, clatter_: nom. sg. , 612.
hlynnan, hlynian, w. v. , _to sound, to resound_: inf. hlynnan (of the
voice), 2554; of fire, _to crackle_: pret. sg. hlynode, 1121.
hlynsian, w. v. , _to resound, to crash_: pret. sg. reced hlynsode, 771.
hlytm, st. m. , _lot_: dat. sg. næs þā on hlytme, hwā þæt hord strude, _it
did not depend upon lot who should plunder the hoard_, i. e. its possession
was decided, 3127.
hnāh, adj. : 1) _low, inferior_: comp. acc. sg. hnāgran, 678; dat. sg.
hnāhran rince, _an inferior hero, one less brave_, 953. --2) _familiarly
intimate_: nom. sg. næs hīo hnāh swā þēah, _was nevertheless not familiarly
intimate_ (with the Gēatas, i. e. preserved her royal dignity towards them),
(_niggardly_? ), 1930.
hnǣgan, w. v. w. acc. , (for nǣgan), _to speak to, to greet_: pret. sg. þæt
hē þone wīsan wordum hnǣgde frēan Ingwina, 1319.
ge-hnǣgan, w. acc. , _to bend, to humiliate, to strike down, to fell_: pret.
sg. ge-hnǣgde helle gāst, 1275; þǣr hyne Hetware hilde gehnǣgdon, 2917.
hnitan, st. v. , _to dash against, to encounter_, here of the collision of
hostile bands: pret. pl. þonne hniton (hnitan) fēðan, 1328, 2545.
hoðma, w. m. , _place of concealment, cave_, hence, _the grave_: dat. sg. in
hoðman, 2459.
hof, st. n. , _enclosed space, court-yard, estate, manor-house_: acc. sg.
hof (Hrōðgār's residence), 312; dat. sg. tō hofe sīnum (Grendel's home in
the sea), 1508; tō hofe (Hygelāc's residence), 1975; acc. pl. beorht hofu,
2314; dat. pl. tō hofum Gēata, 1837.
hogode. See hycgan.
hold, adj. , _inclined to, attached to, gracious, dear, true_: nom. sg. w.
dat. of the person, hold weorod frēan Scyldinga, _a band well disposed to
the lord of the Scyldings_, 290; mandrihtne hold, 1230; Hygelāce wæs . . .
nefa swȳðe hold, _to H. was his nephew_ (Bēowulf) _very much attached_,
2171; acc. sg. þurh holdne hige, _from a kindly feeling, with honorable
mind_, 267; holdne wine, 376; holdne, 1980; gen. pl. holdra, 487.
hold. See healdan.
holm, st. m. , _deep sea_: nom. sg. , 519, 1132, 2139; acc. sg. , 48, 633;
dat. sg. holme, 543, 1436, 1915; acc. pl. holmas, 240. --Comp. wǣg-holm.
holm-clif, st. n. , _sea-cliff_: dat. sg. on þām holm-clife, 1422; from þǣm
holmclife, 1636; acc. pl. holm-clifu, 230.
holm-wylm, st. m. , _the waves of the sea_: dat. sg. holm-wylme, 2412.
holt, st. n. , _wood, thicket, forest. _ acc. sg. on holt, 2599; holt,
2847. --Comp. : æsc-, fyrgen-, gār-, Hrefnes-holt.
holt-wudu, st. m. , _forest-wood_: 1) of the material: nom. sg. , 2341. --2) =
_forest_: acc. sg. , 1370.
hop, st. n. , _protected place, place of refuge, place of concealment_, in
the compounds fen-, mōr-hop.
hord, st. m. and n. , _hoard, treasure_: nom. sg. , 2284, 3085; bēaga hord,
2285; māðma hord, 3012; acc. sg. hord, 913, 2213, 2320, 2510, 2745, 2774,
2956, 3057; sāwle hord, 2423; þæt hord, 3127; dat. sg. of horde, 1109; for
horde, _on account of_ (the robbing of) _the hoard_, 2782; hǣðnum horde,
2217; gen. sg. hordes, 888. --Comp. : bēah-, brēost-, word-, wyrm-hord.
hord-ærn, st. n. , _place in which a treasure is kept, treasure-room_: dat.
hord-ærne, 2832; gen. pl. hord-ærna, 2280.
hord-burh, st. f. , _city in which is the treasure_ (of the king's),
_ruler's castle_: acc. sg. , 467.
hord-gestrēon, st. n. , _hoard-treasure, precious treasure_: dat. pl.
hord-gestrēonum, 1900; gen. pl. mægen-byrðenne hord-gestrēona, _the great
burden of rich treasures_, 3093.
hord-māððum, st. m. , _treasure-jewel, precious jewel_: acc. sg. (-madmum,
MS. ), 1199.
hord-wela, w. m. , _treasure-riches, abundance of treasures_: acc. sg.
hord-welan, 2345.
hord-weard, st. m.
hilde-wīsa, w. m. , _leader in battle, general_: dat. sg. fore Healfdenes
hildewīsan, _Healfdene's general_ (Hnæf), 1065.
hild-freca. See hilde-freca
hild-fruma, st. m. , _battle-chief_: dat. sg. -fruma, 1679, 2650; gen. sg.
þæs hild-fruman, 2836.
hlld-lata, w. m. , _he who is late in battle, coward_: nom. pl. þā
hild-latan, 2847.
hilt, st. n. , _sword-hilt_: nom. gylden hilt, 1678; acc. sg. þæt hilt,
1669; hylt, 1668. Also used in the plural; acc. þā hilt, 1615; dat. pl, be
hiltum, 1575. --Comp. : fetel-, wreoðen-hilt.
hilte-cumbor, st. n. , _banner with a staff_: acc. sg. , 1023.
hilted, pret. part. , _provided with a hilt_ or _handle_: acc. sg. heard
swyrd hiked, _sword with a_ (rich) _hilt_, 2988.
hin-fūs, adj. , _ready to die_: nom. sg. hyge wæs him hinfūs (i. e. he felt
that he should not survive), 756.
hindema, adj. superl. , _hindmost, last_: instr. sg. hindeman sīðe, _the
last time, for the last time_, 2050, 2518.
hirde, hyrde, st. m. , (_herd_) _keeper, guardian, possessor_: nom. sg.
folces hyrde, 611, 1833, 2982; rīces hyrde, 2028; fyrena hyrde, _the
guardian of mischief, wicked one_, 751, 2220; wuldres hyrde, _the king of
glory, God_, 932; hringa hyrde, _the keeper of the rings_, 2246; cumbles
hyrde, _the possessor of the banner, the bearer of the banner_, 2506;
folces hyrde, 1850; frætwa hyrde, 3134; rīces hyrde, 3081; acc. pl. hūses
hyrdas, 1667. --Comp. : grund-hyrde.
hit (O. N. hita), st. f. (? ), _heat_: nom. sg. þenden hyt sȳ, 2650.
hladan, st. v. : 1) _to load, to lay_: inf. on bǣl hladan lēofne mannan,
_lay the dear man on the funeral-pile_, 2127; him on bearm hladan bunan and
discas, _laid cups and plates upon his bosom, loaded himself with them_,
2776; pret. part. þǣr wæs wunden gold on wǣn hladen, _laid upon the wain_,
3135. --2) _to load, to burden_: pret. part. þā wæs . . . sǣgēap naca hladen
herewǣdum, _loaded with armor_, 1898. --Comp. gilp-hlæden.
ge-hladan, w. acc. , _to load, to burden_: pret. sg. sǣbāt gehlōd (MS
gehleod), 896.
hlāford, st. m. , _lord, ruler_: nom. sg. , 2376; acc. sg. , 267; dat. sg.
hlāforde, 2635; gen. sg. hlāfordes, 3181. --Comp. eald-hlāford.
hlāford-lēas; adj. , _without a lord_: nom. pl. hlāford-lēase, 2936.
hlāw, hlǣw, st. m. , _grave-hill_: acc. sg. hlǣw, 2803, 3159, 3171; dat. sg.
for hlāwe, 1121. Also, _grave-chamber_ (the interior of the grave-hill),
_cave_: acc. sg. hlāw [under] hrūsan, 2277; hlǣw under hrūsan, 2412; dat.
sg. on hlǣwe, 2774. The drake dwells in the rocky cavern which the former
owner of his treasure had chosen as his burial-place, 2242-2271.
hlæst, st. n. , _burden, load_: dat. sg. hlæste, 52.
hlem, st. m. , _noise, din of battle, noisy attack_: in the compounds, ūht-,
wæl-hlem.
hlemma, w. m. , _one raging, one who calls_; see hilde-hlemma.
ā-hlehhan, st. v. , _to laugh aloud, to shout, to exult_: pret. sg. his mōd
āhlōg, _his mood exulted_, 731.
hleahtor, st. m. , _laughter_: nom. sg. , 612; acc. sg. , 3021.
hlēapan, st. v. , _to run, to trot, to spring_: inf. hlēapan lēton . . .
fealwe mēaras, 865.
ā-hleapan, _to spring up_: pret. āhlēop, 1398.
hleoðu. See hlið.
hleonian, w. v. , _to incline, to hang over_: inf. oð þæt hē . . .
fyrgen-bēamas ofer hārne stān hleonian funde, _till he found mountain-trees
hanging over the gray rocks_, 1416.
hlēo, st. m. , _shady, protected place; defence, shelter_; figurative
designation of the king, or of powerful nobles: wīgendra hlēo, of Hrōðgār,
429; of Sigemund, 900; of Bēowulf, 1973, 2338; eorla hlēo, of Hrōðgār,
1036, 1867; of Bēowulf, 792; of Hygelāc, 2191.
hlēo-burh, st. f. , _ruler's castle_ or _city_: acc. sg. , 913, 1732.
hlēoðor-cwyde, st. m. , _speech of solemn sound, ceremonious words_, 1980.
hlēor, st. n. , _cheek, jaw_: in comp. fǣted-hlēor (adj. ).
hlēor-bera, w. m. , _cheek-bearer_, the part of the helmet that reaches down
over the cheek and protects it: acc. pl. ofer hlēor-beran (_visor_? ), 304.
hlēor-bolster, st. m. , _cheek-bolster, pillow_: nom. sg. , 689.
hlēotan, st. v. w. acc. , _to obtain by lot, to attain, to get_: pret. sg.
feorh-wunde hlēat, 2386.
hlīfian, w. v. , _to rise, to be prominent_: inf. hlīfian, 2806; pret.
hlīfade, 81, 1800, 1899.
hlið, st. n.
, _cliff, precipice of a mountain_: dat. sg. on hlīðe, 3159;
gen. sg. hlīðes, 1893; pl. hliðo in composition, stān-hliðo; hleoðu in the
compounds fen-, mist-, næs-, wulf-hleoðu.
hlin-bed (Frisian hlen-bed, Richthofen 206^28, for which another text has
cronk-bed), st. n. , κλινίδιον, _bed for reclining, sick-bed_: acc. sg.
hlim-bed, 3035.
tō-hlīdan, st. v. , _to spring apart, to burst_: pret. part. nom. pl.
tō-hlidene, 1000.
hlūd, adj. , _loud_: acc. sg. drēam . . . hlūdne, 89.
hlyn, st. m. , _din, noise, clatter_: nom. sg. , 612.
hlynnan, hlynian, w. v. , _to sound, to resound_: inf. hlynnan (of the
voice), 2554; of fire, _to crackle_: pret. sg. hlynode, 1121.
hlynsian, w. v. , _to resound, to crash_: pret. sg. reced hlynsode, 771.
hlytm, st. m. , _lot_: dat. sg. næs þā on hlytme, hwā þæt hord strude, _it
did not depend upon lot who should plunder the hoard_, i. e. its possession
was decided, 3127.
hnāh, adj. : 1) _low, inferior_: comp. acc. sg. hnāgran, 678; dat. sg.
hnāhran rince, _an inferior hero, one less brave_, 953. --2) _familiarly
intimate_: nom. sg. næs hīo hnāh swā þēah, _was nevertheless not familiarly
intimate_ (with the Gēatas, i. e. preserved her royal dignity towards them),
(_niggardly_? ), 1930.
hnǣgan, w. v. w. acc. , (for nǣgan), _to speak to, to greet_: pret. sg. þæt
hē þone wīsan wordum hnǣgde frēan Ingwina, 1319.
ge-hnǣgan, w. acc. , _to bend, to humiliate, to strike down, to fell_: pret.
sg. ge-hnǣgde helle gāst, 1275; þǣr hyne Hetware hilde gehnǣgdon, 2917.
hnitan, st. v. , _to dash against, to encounter_, here of the collision of
hostile bands: pret. pl. þonne hniton (hnitan) fēðan, 1328, 2545.
hoðma, w. m. , _place of concealment, cave_, hence, _the grave_: dat. sg. in
hoðman, 2459.
hof, st. n. , _enclosed space, court-yard, estate, manor-house_: acc. sg.
hof (Hrōðgār's residence), 312; dat. sg. tō hofe sīnum (Grendel's home in
the sea), 1508; tō hofe (Hygelāc's residence), 1975; acc. pl. beorht hofu,
2314; dat. pl. tō hofum Gēata, 1837.
hogode. See hycgan.
hold, adj. , _inclined to, attached to, gracious, dear, true_: nom. sg. w.
dat. of the person, hold weorod frēan Scyldinga, _a band well disposed to
the lord of the Scyldings_, 290; mandrihtne hold, 1230; Hygelāce wæs . . .
nefa swȳðe hold, _to H. was his nephew_ (Bēowulf) _very much attached_,
2171; acc. sg. þurh holdne hige, _from a kindly feeling, with honorable
mind_, 267; holdne wine, 376; holdne, 1980; gen. pl. holdra, 487.
hold. See healdan.
holm, st. m. , _deep sea_: nom. sg. , 519, 1132, 2139; acc. sg. , 48, 633;
dat. sg. holme, 543, 1436, 1915; acc. pl. holmas, 240. --Comp. wǣg-holm.
holm-clif, st. n. , _sea-cliff_: dat. sg. on þām holm-clife, 1422; from þǣm
holmclife, 1636; acc. pl. holm-clifu, 230.
holm-wylm, st. m. , _the waves of the sea_: dat. sg. holm-wylme, 2412.
holt, st. n. , _wood, thicket, forest. _ acc. sg. on holt, 2599; holt,
2847. --Comp. : æsc-, fyrgen-, gār-, Hrefnes-holt.
holt-wudu, st. m. , _forest-wood_: 1) of the material: nom. sg. , 2341. --2) =
_forest_: acc. sg. , 1370.
hop, st. n. , _protected place, place of refuge, place of concealment_, in
the compounds fen-, mōr-hop.
hord, st. m. and n. , _hoard, treasure_: nom. sg. , 2284, 3085; bēaga hord,
2285; māðma hord, 3012; acc. sg. hord, 913, 2213, 2320, 2510, 2745, 2774,
2956, 3057; sāwle hord, 2423; þæt hord, 3127; dat. sg. of horde, 1109; for
horde, _on account of_ (the robbing of) _the hoard_, 2782; hǣðnum horde,
2217; gen. sg. hordes, 888. --Comp. : bēah-, brēost-, word-, wyrm-hord.
hord-ærn, st. n. , _place in which a treasure is kept, treasure-room_: dat.
hord-ærne, 2832; gen. pl. hord-ærna, 2280.
hord-burh, st. f. , _city in which is the treasure_ (of the king's),
_ruler's castle_: acc. sg. , 467.
hord-gestrēon, st. n. , _hoard-treasure, precious treasure_: dat. pl.
hord-gestrēonum, 1900; gen. pl. mægen-byrðenne hord-gestrēona, _the great
burden of rich treasures_, 3093.
hord-māððum, st. m. , _treasure-jewel, precious jewel_: acc. sg. (-madmum,
MS. ), 1199.
hord-wela, w. m. , _treasure-riches, abundance of treasures_: acc. sg.
hord-welan, 2345.
hord-weard, st. m.
