þæt
healreced
hātan wolde .
Beowulf
tō hand-bonan (-banan), 460, 1331.
hand-gemōt, st. n. , _hand-to-hand conflict, battle_: gen. pl. (ecg) þolode
ǣr fela hand-gemōta, 1527; nō þæt lǣsest wæs hond-gemōta, 2356.
hand-gesella, w. m. , _hand-companion, man of the retinue_: dat. pl.
hond-gesellum, 1482.
hand-gestealla, w. m. , _(one whose position is near at hand), comrade,
companion, attendant_: dat. sg. hond-gesteallan, 2170; nom. pl.
hand-gesteallan, 2597.
hand-geweorc, st. n. , _work done with the hands_, i. e. achievement in
battle: dat. sg. for þæs hild-fruman hondgeweorce, 2836.
hand-gewriðen, pret. part. _hand-wreathed, bound with the hand. _ acc. pl.
wælbende . . . hand-gewriðene, 1938.
hand-locen, pret. part. , _joined, united by hand_: nom. sg. (gūð-byrne,
līc-syrce) hondlocen (because the shirts of mail consisted of interlaced
rings), 322, 551.
hand-rǣs, st. m. , _hand-battle_, i. e. combat with the hands: nom. sg.
hond-rǣs, 2073.
hand-scalu, st. f. , _hand-attendance, retinue_: dat. sg. mid his hand-scale
(hond-scole), 1318, 1964.
hand-sporu, st. f. , _finger_ (on Grendel's hand), under the figure of a
spear: nom. pl. hand-sporu, 987.
hand-wundor, st. n. , _wonder done by the hand, wonderful handwork_: gen.
pl. hond-wundra mǣst, 2769.
hangan. See hōn.
hangian, w. v. , _to hang_: pres. sg. III. þonne his sunu hangað hrefne to
hrōðre, _when his son hangs, a joy to the ravens_, 2448; pl. III. ofer þǣm
(mere) hongiað hrīmge bearwas, _over which frosty forests hang_, 1364; inf.
hangian, 1663; pret. hangode, _hung down_, 2086.
hatian, w. v. w. acc. , _to hate, to be an enemy to, to hurt_: inf. hē þone
heaðo-rinc hatian ne meahte lāðum dǣdum (_could not do him any harm_),
2467; pret. sg. hū se gūð-sceaða Gēata lēode hatode and hȳnde, 2320.
hād, st. m. , _form, condition, position, manner_: acc. sg. þurh hǣstne hād,
_in a powerful manner_, 1336; on gesīðes hād, _in the position of follower,
as follower_, 1298; on sweordes hād, _in the form of a sword_, 2194. See
under on.
hādor, st. m. , _clearness, brightness_: acc. sg. under heofenes hādor, 414.
hādor, adj. , _clear, fresh, loud_: nom. sg. scop hwīlum sang hādor on
Heorote, 497.
hādre, adv. , _clearly, brightly_, 1572.
hāl, adj. , _hale, whole, sound, unhurt_: nom. sg. hāl, 300. With gen.
heaðo-lāces hāl, _safe from battle_, 1975. As form of salutation, wes . . .
hāl, 407; dat. sg. hālan līce, 1504.
hālig, adj. , _holy_: nom. sg. hālig god, 381, 1554; hālig dryhten, 687.
hām, st. m. , _home, residence, estate, land_: acc. sg. hām, 1408; Hrōðgāres
hām, 718. Usually in adverbial sense: gewāt him hām, _betook himself home_,
1602; tō hām, 124, 374, 2993; fram hām, _at home_, 194; æt hām, _at home_,
1249, 1924, 1157; gen. sg. hāmes, 2367; acc. pl. hāmas, 1128. --Comp.
Finnes-hām, 1157.
hām-weorðung, st. f. , _honor_ or _ornament of home_: acc. sg. hām-weorðunge
(designation of the daughter of Hygelāc, given in marriage to Eofor), 2999.
hār, adj. , _gray_: nom. sg. hār hilde-rinc, 1308, 3137; acc. sg. under
(ofer) hārne stān, 888, 1416, 2554; hāre byrnan (i. e. iron shirt of mail),
2154; dat. sg. hārum hildfruman, 1679; f. on hēare hǣðe (on heaw . . . h . . .
ðe, MS. ), 2213; gen. sg. hāres, _of the old man_, 2989. --Comp. un-hār.
hāt, adj. , _hot, glowing, flaming_ nom sg. , 1617, 2297, 2548, 2559, etc. ;
wyrm hāt gemealt, _the drake hot_ (of his own heat) _melted_, 898; acc.
sg. , 2282(? ); inst. sg. hātan heolfre, 850, 1424; g. sg. heaðu-fȳres
hātes, 2523; acc. pl. hāte heaðo-wylmas, 2820. --Sup. : hātost heaðo-swāta,
1669.
hāt, st. n. , _heat, fire_: acc. sg. geseah his mondryhten . . . hāt þrowian,
_saw his lord endure the_ (drake's) _heat_, 2606.
hata, w. m. , _persecutor_; in comp. dǣd-hata.
hātan, st. v. : 1) _to bid, to order, to direct_, with acc. and inf. , and
acc. of the person: pres. sg. I. ic maguþegnas mīne hāte . . . flotan ēowerne
ārum healdan, _I bid my thanes take good care of your craft_, 293; imp. sg.
II. hāt in gān . . . sibbegedriht, 386; pl. II. hātað heaðo-mǣre hlǣw
gewyrcean, 2803; inf.
þæt healreced hātan wolde . . . men gewyrcean, _that he
wished to command men to build a hall-edifice_, 68. Pret. sg. heht: heht
. . . eahta mēaras . . . on flet tēon, _gave command to bring eight horses into
the hall_, 1036; þonne ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good
that one with gold_, 1054; heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan,
_ordered the combat to be announced at the hedge_(? ), 2893; swā se snottra
heht, _as the wise_ (Hrōðgār) _directed_, 1787; so, 1808, 1809. hēt: hēt
him ȳðlidan gōdne gegyrwan, _ordered a good vessel to be prepared for
him_, 198; so, hēt, 391, 1115, 3111. As the form of a wish: hēt hine wēl
brūcan, 1064; so, 2813; pret. part. þā wæs hāten hraðe Heort innan-weard
folmum gefrætwod, _forthwith was ordered Heorot, adorned by hand on the
inside_ (i. e. that the edifice should be adorned by hand on the inside),
992. --2) _to name, to call_: pres. subj. III. pl. þæt hit sǣlīðend . . .
hātan Bīowulfes biorh, _that mariners may call it Bēowulf's grave-mound_,
2807; pret. part. wæs se grimma gæst Grendel hāten, 102; so, 263, 373,
2603.
ge-hātan, _to promise, to give one's word, to vow, to threaten_: pres. sg.
I. ic hit þē gehāte, 1393; so, 1672; pret. sg. hē mē mēde gehēt, _promised
me reward_, 2135; him fægre gehēt lēana (gen. pl. ), _promised them proper
reward_, 2990; wēan oft gehēt earmre teohhe, _with woe often threatened the
unhappy band_, 2938; pret. pl. gehēton æt hærgtrafum wīg-weorðunga, _vowed
offerings at the shrines of the gods_, 175; þonne wē gehēton ūssum hlāforde
þæt . . . , _when we promised our lord that_. . . , 2635; pret. part. sīo gehāten
[wæs] . . . gladum suna Frōdan, _betrothed to the glad son of Froda_, 2025.
hātor, st. m. n. , _heat_: in comp. and-hātor.
hæft, adj. , _held, bound, fettered_: nom. sg. , 2409; acc. sg. helle hæftan,
_him fettered by hell_ (Grendel), 789.
hæft-mēce, st. m. , _sword with fetters_ or _chains_ (cf. fetel-hilt): dat.
sg. þǣm hæft-mēce, 1458. See Note.
hæg-steald, st. m. , _man, liegeman, youth_: gen. pl. hæg-stealdra, 1890.
hæle, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. , 1647, 1817, 3112; acc. sg. hæle, 720; dat.
pl. hǣlum (hǣnum, MS. ), 1984.
hæleð, st. m. , _hero, fighter, warrior, man_: nom. sg. , 190, 331, 1070;
nom. pl. hæleð, 52, 2248, 2459, 3143; dat. pl. hæleðum 1710, 1962, etc. ;
gen. pl. hæleða, 467, 497, 612, 663, etc.
hærg. See hearg.
hǣð, st. f. , _heath_: dat. sg. hǣðe, 2213.
hǣðen, adj. , _heathenish_; acc. sg. hǣðene sāwle, 853; dat. sg. hǣðnum
horde, 2217; gen. sg. hǣðenes, _of the heathen_ (Grendel), 987; gen. pl.
hǣðenra, 179.
hǣð-stapa, w. m. , _that which goes about on the heath_ (stag): nom. sg. ,
1369
hǣl, st. f. : 1) _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. him hǣl ābēad, 654; mid
hǣle, 1218. --2) _favorable sign, favorable omen_: hǣl scēawedon, _observed
favorable signs_ (for Bēowulf's undertaking), 204.
hǣlo, st. f. , _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. hǣlo ābēad heorð-genēatum,
2419. --Comp. un-hǣlo.
hǣst (O. H. G. haisterā hantī, manu violenta; heist, ira; heistigo,
iracunde), adj. , _violent, vehement_: acc. sg. þurh hǣstne hād, 1336.
hē, fem. hēo, neut. hit, pers. pron. , _he, she, it_; in the oblique cases
also reflexive, _himself, herself, itself_: acc. sg. hine, hī, hit; dat.
sg. him, hire, him; gen. sg. his, hire, his; plur. acc. nom. hī, hig, hīe;
dat. him; gen. hira, heora, hiera, hiora. --he omitted before the verb, 68,
300, 2309, 2345.
hebban, st. v. , _to raise, to lift_, w. acc. : inf. siððan ic hond and rond
hebban mihte, 657; pret. part. hafen, 1291; hæfen, 3024.
ā-hebban, _raise, to lift from, to take away_: wæs . . . icge gold āhafen of
horde, _taken up from the hoard_, 1109; þā wæs . . . wōp up āhafen, _a cry of
distress raised_, 128
ge-hegan [ge-hēgan], w. v. , _to enclose, to fence_: þing gehegan, _to mark
off the court, hold court_. Here figurative: inf. sceal . . . āna gehegan
þing wið þyrse (_shall alone decide the matter with Grendel_), 425.
hel, st. f. , _hell_: nom. sg. , 853; acc. sg. helle, 179; dat. sg. helle,
101, 589; (as instr. ), 789; gen. sg. helle, 1275.
hel-bend, st. m. f. _bond of hell_: instr. pl. hell-bendum fæst, 3073.
hel-rūna, w. m. , _sorcerer_: nom. pl. helrūnan, 163.
be-helan, st. v.
hand-gemōt, st. n. , _hand-to-hand conflict, battle_: gen. pl. (ecg) þolode
ǣr fela hand-gemōta, 1527; nō þæt lǣsest wæs hond-gemōta, 2356.
hand-gesella, w. m. , _hand-companion, man of the retinue_: dat. pl.
hond-gesellum, 1482.
hand-gestealla, w. m. , _(one whose position is near at hand), comrade,
companion, attendant_: dat. sg. hond-gesteallan, 2170; nom. pl.
hand-gesteallan, 2597.
hand-geweorc, st. n. , _work done with the hands_, i. e. achievement in
battle: dat. sg. for þæs hild-fruman hondgeweorce, 2836.
hand-gewriðen, pret. part. _hand-wreathed, bound with the hand. _ acc. pl.
wælbende . . . hand-gewriðene, 1938.
hand-locen, pret. part. , _joined, united by hand_: nom. sg. (gūð-byrne,
līc-syrce) hondlocen (because the shirts of mail consisted of interlaced
rings), 322, 551.
hand-rǣs, st. m. , _hand-battle_, i. e. combat with the hands: nom. sg.
hond-rǣs, 2073.
hand-scalu, st. f. , _hand-attendance, retinue_: dat. sg. mid his hand-scale
(hond-scole), 1318, 1964.
hand-sporu, st. f. , _finger_ (on Grendel's hand), under the figure of a
spear: nom. pl. hand-sporu, 987.
hand-wundor, st. n. , _wonder done by the hand, wonderful handwork_: gen.
pl. hond-wundra mǣst, 2769.
hangan. See hōn.
hangian, w. v. , _to hang_: pres. sg. III. þonne his sunu hangað hrefne to
hrōðre, _when his son hangs, a joy to the ravens_, 2448; pl. III. ofer þǣm
(mere) hongiað hrīmge bearwas, _over which frosty forests hang_, 1364; inf.
hangian, 1663; pret. hangode, _hung down_, 2086.
hatian, w. v. w. acc. , _to hate, to be an enemy to, to hurt_: inf. hē þone
heaðo-rinc hatian ne meahte lāðum dǣdum (_could not do him any harm_),
2467; pret. sg. hū se gūð-sceaða Gēata lēode hatode and hȳnde, 2320.
hād, st. m. , _form, condition, position, manner_: acc. sg. þurh hǣstne hād,
_in a powerful manner_, 1336; on gesīðes hād, _in the position of follower,
as follower_, 1298; on sweordes hād, _in the form of a sword_, 2194. See
under on.
hādor, st. m. , _clearness, brightness_: acc. sg. under heofenes hādor, 414.
hādor, adj. , _clear, fresh, loud_: nom. sg. scop hwīlum sang hādor on
Heorote, 497.
hādre, adv. , _clearly, brightly_, 1572.
hāl, adj. , _hale, whole, sound, unhurt_: nom. sg. hāl, 300. With gen.
heaðo-lāces hāl, _safe from battle_, 1975. As form of salutation, wes . . .
hāl, 407; dat. sg. hālan līce, 1504.
hālig, adj. , _holy_: nom. sg. hālig god, 381, 1554; hālig dryhten, 687.
hām, st. m. , _home, residence, estate, land_: acc. sg. hām, 1408; Hrōðgāres
hām, 718. Usually in adverbial sense: gewāt him hām, _betook himself home_,
1602; tō hām, 124, 374, 2993; fram hām, _at home_, 194; æt hām, _at home_,
1249, 1924, 1157; gen. sg. hāmes, 2367; acc. pl. hāmas, 1128. --Comp.
Finnes-hām, 1157.
hām-weorðung, st. f. , _honor_ or _ornament of home_: acc. sg. hām-weorðunge
(designation of the daughter of Hygelāc, given in marriage to Eofor), 2999.
hār, adj. , _gray_: nom. sg. hār hilde-rinc, 1308, 3137; acc. sg. under
(ofer) hārne stān, 888, 1416, 2554; hāre byrnan (i. e. iron shirt of mail),
2154; dat. sg. hārum hildfruman, 1679; f. on hēare hǣðe (on heaw . . . h . . .
ðe, MS. ), 2213; gen. sg. hāres, _of the old man_, 2989. --Comp. un-hār.
hāt, adj. , _hot, glowing, flaming_ nom sg. , 1617, 2297, 2548, 2559, etc. ;
wyrm hāt gemealt, _the drake hot_ (of his own heat) _melted_, 898; acc.
sg. , 2282(? ); inst. sg. hātan heolfre, 850, 1424; g. sg. heaðu-fȳres
hātes, 2523; acc. pl. hāte heaðo-wylmas, 2820. --Sup. : hātost heaðo-swāta,
1669.
hāt, st. n. , _heat, fire_: acc. sg. geseah his mondryhten . . . hāt þrowian,
_saw his lord endure the_ (drake's) _heat_, 2606.
hata, w. m. , _persecutor_; in comp. dǣd-hata.
hātan, st. v. : 1) _to bid, to order, to direct_, with acc. and inf. , and
acc. of the person: pres. sg. I. ic maguþegnas mīne hāte . . . flotan ēowerne
ārum healdan, _I bid my thanes take good care of your craft_, 293; imp. sg.
II. hāt in gān . . . sibbegedriht, 386; pl. II. hātað heaðo-mǣre hlǣw
gewyrcean, 2803; inf.
þæt healreced hātan wolde . . . men gewyrcean, _that he
wished to command men to build a hall-edifice_, 68. Pret. sg. heht: heht
. . . eahta mēaras . . . on flet tēon, _gave command to bring eight horses into
the hall_, 1036; þonne ǣnne heht golde forgyldan, _commanded to make good
that one with gold_, 1054; heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan,
_ordered the combat to be announced at the hedge_(? ), 2893; swā se snottra
heht, _as the wise_ (Hrōðgār) _directed_, 1787; so, 1808, 1809. hēt: hēt
him ȳðlidan gōdne gegyrwan, _ordered a good vessel to be prepared for
him_, 198; so, hēt, 391, 1115, 3111. As the form of a wish: hēt hine wēl
brūcan, 1064; so, 2813; pret. part. þā wæs hāten hraðe Heort innan-weard
folmum gefrætwod, _forthwith was ordered Heorot, adorned by hand on the
inside_ (i. e. that the edifice should be adorned by hand on the inside),
992. --2) _to name, to call_: pres. subj. III. pl. þæt hit sǣlīðend . . .
hātan Bīowulfes biorh, _that mariners may call it Bēowulf's grave-mound_,
2807; pret. part. wæs se grimma gæst Grendel hāten, 102; so, 263, 373,
2603.
ge-hātan, _to promise, to give one's word, to vow, to threaten_: pres. sg.
I. ic hit þē gehāte, 1393; so, 1672; pret. sg. hē mē mēde gehēt, _promised
me reward_, 2135; him fægre gehēt lēana (gen. pl. ), _promised them proper
reward_, 2990; wēan oft gehēt earmre teohhe, _with woe often threatened the
unhappy band_, 2938; pret. pl. gehēton æt hærgtrafum wīg-weorðunga, _vowed
offerings at the shrines of the gods_, 175; þonne wē gehēton ūssum hlāforde
þæt . . . , _when we promised our lord that_. . . , 2635; pret. part. sīo gehāten
[wæs] . . . gladum suna Frōdan, _betrothed to the glad son of Froda_, 2025.
hātor, st. m. n. , _heat_: in comp. and-hātor.
hæft, adj. , _held, bound, fettered_: nom. sg. , 2409; acc. sg. helle hæftan,
_him fettered by hell_ (Grendel), 789.
hæft-mēce, st. m. , _sword with fetters_ or _chains_ (cf. fetel-hilt): dat.
sg. þǣm hæft-mēce, 1458. See Note.
hæg-steald, st. m. , _man, liegeman, youth_: gen. pl. hæg-stealdra, 1890.
hæle, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. , 1647, 1817, 3112; acc. sg. hæle, 720; dat.
pl. hǣlum (hǣnum, MS. ), 1984.
hæleð, st. m. , _hero, fighter, warrior, man_: nom. sg. , 190, 331, 1070;
nom. pl. hæleð, 52, 2248, 2459, 3143; dat. pl. hæleðum 1710, 1962, etc. ;
gen. pl. hæleða, 467, 497, 612, 663, etc.
hærg. See hearg.
hǣð, st. f. , _heath_: dat. sg. hǣðe, 2213.
hǣðen, adj. , _heathenish_; acc. sg. hǣðene sāwle, 853; dat. sg. hǣðnum
horde, 2217; gen. sg. hǣðenes, _of the heathen_ (Grendel), 987; gen. pl.
hǣðenra, 179.
hǣð-stapa, w. m. , _that which goes about on the heath_ (stag): nom. sg. ,
1369
hǣl, st. f. : 1) _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. him hǣl ābēad, 654; mid
hǣle, 1218. --2) _favorable sign, favorable omen_: hǣl scēawedon, _observed
favorable signs_ (for Bēowulf's undertaking), 204.
hǣlo, st. f. , _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. hǣlo ābēad heorð-genēatum,
2419. --Comp. un-hǣlo.
hǣst (O. H. G. haisterā hantī, manu violenta; heist, ira; heistigo,
iracunde), adj. , _violent, vehement_: acc. sg. þurh hǣstne hād, 1336.
hē, fem. hēo, neut. hit, pers. pron. , _he, she, it_; in the oblique cases
also reflexive, _himself, herself, itself_: acc. sg. hine, hī, hit; dat.
sg. him, hire, him; gen. sg. his, hire, his; plur. acc. nom. hī, hig, hīe;
dat. him; gen. hira, heora, hiera, hiora. --he omitted before the verb, 68,
300, 2309, 2345.
hebban, st. v. , _to raise, to lift_, w. acc. : inf. siððan ic hond and rond
hebban mihte, 657; pret. part. hafen, 1291; hæfen, 3024.
ā-hebban, _raise, to lift from, to take away_: wæs . . . icge gold āhafen of
horde, _taken up from the hoard_, 1109; þā wæs . . . wōp up āhafen, _a cry of
distress raised_, 128
ge-hegan [ge-hēgan], w. v. , _to enclose, to fence_: þing gehegan, _to mark
off the court, hold court_. Here figurative: inf. sceal . . . āna gehegan
þing wið þyrse (_shall alone decide the matter with Grendel_), 425.
hel, st. f. , _hell_: nom. sg. , 853; acc. sg. helle, 179; dat. sg. helle,
101, 589; (as instr. ), 789; gen. sg. helle, 1275.
hel-bend, st. m. f. _bond of hell_: instr. pl. hell-bendum fæst, 3073.
hel-rūna, w. m. , _sorcerer_: nom. pl. helrūnan, 163.
be-helan, st. v.
