ārum healdan, _to keep well your
vessel_, 296; wearde healdan, 319; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan,
3168; pres.
vessel_, 296; wearde healdan, 319; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan,
3168; pres.
Beowulf
, _bold in battle, brave_: nom.
sg.
, 689; dat.
pl.
heaðo-dēorum, 773.
heaðo-fyr, st. n. , _battle-fire, hostile fire_: gen. sg. heaðu-fȳres,
2523; instr. pl. heaðo-fȳrum, 2548, of the drake's fire-spewing.
heaðo-grim, adj. , _grim in battle_, 548.
heaðo-helm, st. m. , _battle-helmet, war-helmet_: nom. sg. , 3157(? ).
heaðo-lāc, st. n. , _battle-play, battle_: dat. sg. æt heaðo-lāce, 584; gen.
sg. heaðo-lāces hāl, 1975.
heaðo-mǣre, adj. , _renowned in battle_: acc. pl. -mǣre, 2803.
heaðo-rǣs, st. m. , _storm of battle, attack in battle, entrance by force_:
nom. sg. , 557; acc. pl. -rǣsas, 1048; gen. pl. -rǣsa, 526.
heaðo-rēaf, st. n. , _battle-dress, equipment for battle_: acc. sg.
heaðo-rēaf hēoldon (_kept the equipments_), 401.
heaðo-rinc, st. m. , _battle-hero, warrior_: acc. sg. þone heaðo-rinc
(Hrēðel's son, Hæðcyn), 2467; dat. pl. þǣm heaðo-rincum, 370.
heaðo-rōf, adj. , _renowned in battle_: nom. sg. , 381; nom. pl. heaðo-rōfe,
865.
heaðo-scearp, adj. , _sharp in battle, bold_: n. m. pl. (-scearde, MS. ),
2830.
heaðo-sēoc, adj. , _battle-sick_: dat. sg. -sīocum, 2755.
heaðo-stēap, adj. , _high in battle, excelling in battle_: nom. sg. in weak
form, heaðo-stēapa, 1246; acc. sg. heaðo-stēapne, 2154, both times of the
helmet.
heaðo-swāt, st. m. , _blood of battle_: dat. sg. heaðo-swāte, 1607; as
instr. , 1461; gen. pl. hātost heaðo-swāta, 1669.
heaðo-sweng, st. m. , _battle-stroke_ (blow of the sword): dat. sg. æfter
heaðu-swenge, 2582.
heaðo-torht, adj. , _loud, clear in battle_: nom. sg. stefn . . . heaðo-torht,
_the voice clear in battle_, 2554.
heaðo-wǣd, st. f. , _battle-dress, coat of mail, armor_: instr. pl.
heaðo-wǣdum, 39.
heaðo-weorc, st. n. , _battle-work, battle_: acc. sg. , 2893.
heaðo-wylm, st. m. , _hostile (flame-) wave_: acc. pl. hāte heaðo-wylmas,
2820; gen. pl. heaðo-wylma, 82.
heaf, st. n. , _sea_: acc. pl. ofer heafo, 2478. See Note.
heafola. See hafela.
heal, st. f. , _hall, main apartment, large building_ (consisting of an
assembly-hall and a banqueting-hall): nom. sg. heal, 1152, 1215; heall,
487; acc. sg. healle, 1088; dat. sg. healle, 89, 615, 643, 664, 926, 1010,
1927, etc. ; gen. sg. [healle], 389. --Comp. : gif-, meodo-heal.
heal-ærn, st. n. , _hall-building, hall-house_: gen. sg. heal-ærna, 78.
heal-gamen, st. n. , _social enjoyment in the hall, hall-joy_: nom. sg. ,
1067.
heal-reced, st. n. , _hall-building_: acc. sg. , 68.
heal-sittend, pres. part. , _sitting in the hall_ (at the banquet): dat. pl.
heal-sittendum, 2869; gen. pl. heal-sittendra, 2016.
heal-þegn, st. m. , _hall-thane_, i. e. a warrior who holds the hall: gen.
sg. heal-þegnes, of Grendel, 142; acc. pl. heal-þegnas, of Bēowulfs band,
720.
heal-wudu, _hall-wood_, i. e. hall built of wood: nom. sg. , 1318.
healdan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to hold, to hold fast; to support_: pret. pl.
hū þā stānbogan . . . ēce eorðreced innan hēoldon (MS. healde), _how the
arches of rock within held the everlasting earth-house_, 2720. Pret. sg. ,
with a person as object: hēold hine to fæste, _held him too fast_, 789; w.
the dat. hē him frēondlārum hēold, _supported him with friendly advice_,
2378. --2) _to hold, to watch, to preserve, to keep_; reflexive, _to
maintain one's self, to keep one's self_: pres. sg. II. eal þū hit geþyldum
healdest, mægen mid mōdes snyttrum, _all that preservest thou continuously,
strength and wisdom of mind_, 1706; III. healdeð hige-mēðum hēafod-wearde,
_holds for the dead the head-watch_, 2910; imp. sg. II. heald forð tela
nīwe sibbe, _keep well, from now on, the new relationship_, 949; heald
(heold, MS. ) þū nū hrūse . . . eorla ǣhte, _preserve thou now, Earth, the
noble men's possessions_, 2248; inf. sē þe holmclifu healdan scolde, _watch
the sea-cliffs_, 230; so, 705; nacan . . .
ārum healdan, _to keep well your
vessel_, 296; wearde healdan, 319; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan,
3168; pres. part. drēam healdende, _holding rejoicing_ (i. e. thou who art
rejoicing), 1228; pret. sg. hēold hine syððan fyr and fæstor, _kept himself
afterwards afar and more secure_, 142; ǣgwearde hēold, _I have (hitherto)
kept watch on the sea_, 241; so, 305; hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleða brego,
_preserved high love_, 1955; ginfæstan gife . . . hēold, 2184; gold-māðmas
hēold, _took care of the treasures of gold_, 2415; hēold mīn tela,
_protected well mine own_, 2738; þonne . . . sceft . . . nytte hēold, _had
employment, was employed_, 3119; hēold mec, _protected_, i. e. brought me
up, 2431; pret. pl. heaðo-rēaf hēoldon, _watched over the armor_, 401; sg.
for pl. hēafodbeorge . . . walan ūtan hēold, _outwards, bosses kept guard
over the head_, 1032. --Related to the preceding meaning are the two
following: 3) _to rule and protect the fatherland_: inf. gif þū healdan
wylt maga rice, 1853; pret. hēold, 57, 2738. --4) _to hold, to have, to
possess, to inhabit_: inf. lēt þone brego-stōl Bēowulf healdan, 2390;
gerund. tō healdanne hlēoburh wera, 1732; pret. sg. hēold, 103, 161, 466,
1749, 2752; lyftwynne hēold nihtes hwīlum, _at night-time had the enjoyment
of the air_, 3044; pret. pl. Gēata lēode hreāwic hēoldon, _the Gēatas held
the place of corpses_ (lay dead upon it), 1215; pret. sg. þǣr hēo ǣr mǣste
hēold worolde wynne, _in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly
joy_, 1080. --5) _to win, to receive_: pret. pl. I. heoldon hēah gesceap,
_we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us_, 3085.
be-healdan, w. acc. : 1) _to take care of, to attend to_: pret. sg. þegn
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668. --2) _to
hold_: pret. sg. sē þe flōda begong . . . behēold, 1499. --3) _to look at, to
behold_: þrȳðswȳð behēold mǣg Higelāces hū . . . , _great woe saw H. 's
kinsman, how . . . _, 737.
for-healdan, w. acc. , _(to hold badly), to fall away from, to rebel_: pret.
part. hæfdon hȳ forhealden helm Scylfinga, _had rebelled against the
defender of the Scylfings_, 2382.
ge-healdan: 1) _to hold, to receive, to hold fast_: pres. sg. III. sē þe
waldendes hyldo gehealdeð, _who receives the Lord's grace_, 2294; pres.
subj. fæder alwalda . . . ēowic gehealde sīða gesunde, _keep you sound on
your journey_, 317; inf. ne meahte hē . . . on þām frum-gāre feorh gehealdan,
_could not hold back the life in his lord_, 2857. --2) _to take care, to
preserve, to watch over; to stop_: imp. sg. hafa nū and geheald hūsa
sēlest, 659; inf. gehealdan hēt hilde-geatwe, 675; pret. sg. hē frætwe
gehēold fela missēra, 2621; þone þe ǣr gehēold wið hettendum hord and rīce,
_him who before preserved treasure and realm_, 3004. --3) _to rule_: inf.
folc gehealdan, 912; pret. sg. gehēold tela (brāde rīce), 2209.
healf, st. f. , _half, side, part_: acc. sg. on þā healfe, _towards this
side_, 1676; dat. sg. hæleðum be healfe, _at the heroes' side_, 2263; acc.
pl. on twā healfa, _upon two sides, mutually_, 1096; on bā healfa (healfe),
_on both sides_ (to Grendel and his mother), 1306; _on two sides, on both
sides_, 2064; gen. pl. on healfa gehwone, _in half, through the middle_,
801.
healf, adj. , _half_: gen. sg. healfre, 1088.
heals, st. m. , _neck_: acc. sg. heals, 2692; dat. sg. wið halse, 1567; be
healse, 1873. --Comp. : the adjectives fāmig-, wunden-heals.
heals-bēah, st. m. , _neck-ring, collar_: acc. sg. þone heals-bēah, 2173;
gen. pl. heals-bēaga, 1196.
heals-gebedde, w. f. , _beloved bedfellow, wife_: nom. sg. healsgebedde (MS.
healsgebedda), 63.
healsian, w. v. w. acc. , _to entreat earnestly, to implore_: pret. sg. þā
se þēoden mec . . . healsode hrēoh-mōd þæt. . . , _entreated me sorrowful,
that_. . . , 2133.
heard, adj. : 1) of persons, _able, efficient in war, strong, brave_: nom.
sg. heard, 342, 376, 404, 1575, 2540, etc. ; in weak form, se hearda, 401,
1964; se hearda þegn, 2978; þes hearda hēap, 432; nom. pl. hearde
hilde-frecan, 2206; gen. pl. heardra, 989. Comparative: acc. sg. heardran
hæle, 720. With accompanying gen. : wīges heard, _strong in battle_, 887;
dat. sg. nīða heardum, 2171. --2) of the implements of war, _good, firm,
sharp, hard_: nom. sg. (gūð-byrne, līc-syrce) heard, 322, 551. In weak
form: masc. here-strǣl hearda, 1436; se hearda helm, 2256; neutr. here-net
hearde, 1554; acc. sg. (swurd, wǣpen), heard, 540, 2688, 2988; nom. pl.
hearde . . . homera lāfe, 2830; heard and hring-mǣl Heaðobeardna gestrēon,
2038; acc. pl. heard sweord, 2639. Of other things, _hard, rough, harsh,
hard to bear_: acc. sg. hreðer-bealo hearde, 1344; nom. sg. wrōht . . .
heard, 2915; here-nīð hearda, 2475; acc. sg. heoro-sweng heardne, 1591;
instr. sg. heardan cēape, 2483; instr. pl. heardan, heardum clammum, 964,
1336; gen. pl. heardra hȳnða, 166. Compar. : acc. sg. heardran feohtan,
576. --Comp. : fȳr-, īren-, nīð-, regn-, scūr-heard.
hearde, adv. , _hard, very_, 1439.
heard-ecg, adj. , _sharp-edged, hard, good in battle_: nom. sg. , 1289.
heard-fyrde, adj.
heaðo-dēorum, 773.
heaðo-fyr, st. n. , _battle-fire, hostile fire_: gen. sg. heaðu-fȳres,
2523; instr. pl. heaðo-fȳrum, 2548, of the drake's fire-spewing.
heaðo-grim, adj. , _grim in battle_, 548.
heaðo-helm, st. m. , _battle-helmet, war-helmet_: nom. sg. , 3157(? ).
heaðo-lāc, st. n. , _battle-play, battle_: dat. sg. æt heaðo-lāce, 584; gen.
sg. heaðo-lāces hāl, 1975.
heaðo-mǣre, adj. , _renowned in battle_: acc. pl. -mǣre, 2803.
heaðo-rǣs, st. m. , _storm of battle, attack in battle, entrance by force_:
nom. sg. , 557; acc. pl. -rǣsas, 1048; gen. pl. -rǣsa, 526.
heaðo-rēaf, st. n. , _battle-dress, equipment for battle_: acc. sg.
heaðo-rēaf hēoldon (_kept the equipments_), 401.
heaðo-rinc, st. m. , _battle-hero, warrior_: acc. sg. þone heaðo-rinc
(Hrēðel's son, Hæðcyn), 2467; dat. pl. þǣm heaðo-rincum, 370.
heaðo-rōf, adj. , _renowned in battle_: nom. sg. , 381; nom. pl. heaðo-rōfe,
865.
heaðo-scearp, adj. , _sharp in battle, bold_: n. m. pl. (-scearde, MS. ),
2830.
heaðo-sēoc, adj. , _battle-sick_: dat. sg. -sīocum, 2755.
heaðo-stēap, adj. , _high in battle, excelling in battle_: nom. sg. in weak
form, heaðo-stēapa, 1246; acc. sg. heaðo-stēapne, 2154, both times of the
helmet.
heaðo-swāt, st. m. , _blood of battle_: dat. sg. heaðo-swāte, 1607; as
instr. , 1461; gen. pl. hātost heaðo-swāta, 1669.
heaðo-sweng, st. m. , _battle-stroke_ (blow of the sword): dat. sg. æfter
heaðu-swenge, 2582.
heaðo-torht, adj. , _loud, clear in battle_: nom. sg. stefn . . . heaðo-torht,
_the voice clear in battle_, 2554.
heaðo-wǣd, st. f. , _battle-dress, coat of mail, armor_: instr. pl.
heaðo-wǣdum, 39.
heaðo-weorc, st. n. , _battle-work, battle_: acc. sg. , 2893.
heaðo-wylm, st. m. , _hostile (flame-) wave_: acc. pl. hāte heaðo-wylmas,
2820; gen. pl. heaðo-wylma, 82.
heaf, st. n. , _sea_: acc. pl. ofer heafo, 2478. See Note.
heafola. See hafela.
heal, st. f. , _hall, main apartment, large building_ (consisting of an
assembly-hall and a banqueting-hall): nom. sg. heal, 1152, 1215; heall,
487; acc. sg. healle, 1088; dat. sg. healle, 89, 615, 643, 664, 926, 1010,
1927, etc. ; gen. sg. [healle], 389. --Comp. : gif-, meodo-heal.
heal-ærn, st. n. , _hall-building, hall-house_: gen. sg. heal-ærna, 78.
heal-gamen, st. n. , _social enjoyment in the hall, hall-joy_: nom. sg. ,
1067.
heal-reced, st. n. , _hall-building_: acc. sg. , 68.
heal-sittend, pres. part. , _sitting in the hall_ (at the banquet): dat. pl.
heal-sittendum, 2869; gen. pl. heal-sittendra, 2016.
heal-þegn, st. m. , _hall-thane_, i. e. a warrior who holds the hall: gen.
sg. heal-þegnes, of Grendel, 142; acc. pl. heal-þegnas, of Bēowulfs band,
720.
heal-wudu, _hall-wood_, i. e. hall built of wood: nom. sg. , 1318.
healdan, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to hold, to hold fast; to support_: pret. pl.
hū þā stānbogan . . . ēce eorðreced innan hēoldon (MS. healde), _how the
arches of rock within held the everlasting earth-house_, 2720. Pret. sg. ,
with a person as object: hēold hine to fæste, _held him too fast_, 789; w.
the dat. hē him frēondlārum hēold, _supported him with friendly advice_,
2378. --2) _to hold, to watch, to preserve, to keep_; reflexive, _to
maintain one's self, to keep one's self_: pres. sg. II. eal þū hit geþyldum
healdest, mægen mid mōdes snyttrum, _all that preservest thou continuously,
strength and wisdom of mind_, 1706; III. healdeð hige-mēðum hēafod-wearde,
_holds for the dead the head-watch_, 2910; imp. sg. II. heald forð tela
nīwe sibbe, _keep well, from now on, the new relationship_, 949; heald
(heold, MS. ) þū nū hrūse . . . eorla ǣhte, _preserve thou now, Earth, the
noble men's possessions_, 2248; inf. sē þe holmclifu healdan scolde, _watch
the sea-cliffs_, 230; so, 705; nacan . . .
ārum healdan, _to keep well your
vessel_, 296; wearde healdan, 319; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan,
3168; pres. part. drēam healdende, _holding rejoicing_ (i. e. thou who art
rejoicing), 1228; pret. sg. hēold hine syððan fyr and fæstor, _kept himself
afterwards afar and more secure_, 142; ǣgwearde hēold, _I have (hitherto)
kept watch on the sea_, 241; so, 305; hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleða brego,
_preserved high love_, 1955; ginfæstan gife . . . hēold, 2184; gold-māðmas
hēold, _took care of the treasures of gold_, 2415; hēold mīn tela,
_protected well mine own_, 2738; þonne . . . sceft . . . nytte hēold, _had
employment, was employed_, 3119; hēold mec, _protected_, i. e. brought me
up, 2431; pret. pl. heaðo-rēaf hēoldon, _watched over the armor_, 401; sg.
for pl. hēafodbeorge . . . walan ūtan hēold, _outwards, bosses kept guard
over the head_, 1032. --Related to the preceding meaning are the two
following: 3) _to rule and protect the fatherland_: inf. gif þū healdan
wylt maga rice, 1853; pret. hēold, 57, 2738. --4) _to hold, to have, to
possess, to inhabit_: inf. lēt þone brego-stōl Bēowulf healdan, 2390;
gerund. tō healdanne hlēoburh wera, 1732; pret. sg. hēold, 103, 161, 466,
1749, 2752; lyftwynne hēold nihtes hwīlum, _at night-time had the enjoyment
of the air_, 3044; pret. pl. Gēata lēode hreāwic hēoldon, _the Gēatas held
the place of corpses_ (lay dead upon it), 1215; pret. sg. þǣr hēo ǣr mǣste
hēold worolde wynne, _in which she formerly possessed the highest earthly
joy_, 1080. --5) _to win, to receive_: pret. pl. I. heoldon hēah gesceap,
_we received a heavy fate, heavy fate befell us_, 3085.
be-healdan, w. acc. : 1) _to take care of, to attend to_: pret. sg. þegn
nytte behēold, _a thane discharged the office_, 494; so, 668. --2) _to
hold_: pret. sg. sē þe flōda begong . . . behēold, 1499. --3) _to look at, to
behold_: þrȳðswȳð behēold mǣg Higelāces hū . . . , _great woe saw H. 's
kinsman, how . . . _, 737.
for-healdan, w. acc. , _(to hold badly), to fall away from, to rebel_: pret.
part. hæfdon hȳ forhealden helm Scylfinga, _had rebelled against the
defender of the Scylfings_, 2382.
ge-healdan: 1) _to hold, to receive, to hold fast_: pres. sg. III. sē þe
waldendes hyldo gehealdeð, _who receives the Lord's grace_, 2294; pres.
subj. fæder alwalda . . . ēowic gehealde sīða gesunde, _keep you sound on
your journey_, 317; inf. ne meahte hē . . . on þām frum-gāre feorh gehealdan,
_could not hold back the life in his lord_, 2857. --2) _to take care, to
preserve, to watch over; to stop_: imp. sg. hafa nū and geheald hūsa
sēlest, 659; inf. gehealdan hēt hilde-geatwe, 675; pret. sg. hē frætwe
gehēold fela missēra, 2621; þone þe ǣr gehēold wið hettendum hord and rīce,
_him who before preserved treasure and realm_, 3004. --3) _to rule_: inf.
folc gehealdan, 912; pret. sg. gehēold tela (brāde rīce), 2209.
healf, st. f. , _half, side, part_: acc. sg. on þā healfe, _towards this
side_, 1676; dat. sg. hæleðum be healfe, _at the heroes' side_, 2263; acc.
pl. on twā healfa, _upon two sides, mutually_, 1096; on bā healfa (healfe),
_on both sides_ (to Grendel and his mother), 1306; _on two sides, on both
sides_, 2064; gen. pl. on healfa gehwone, _in half, through the middle_,
801.
healf, adj. , _half_: gen. sg. healfre, 1088.
heals, st. m. , _neck_: acc. sg. heals, 2692; dat. sg. wið halse, 1567; be
healse, 1873. --Comp. : the adjectives fāmig-, wunden-heals.
heals-bēah, st. m. , _neck-ring, collar_: acc. sg. þone heals-bēah, 2173;
gen. pl. heals-bēaga, 1196.
heals-gebedde, w. f. , _beloved bedfellow, wife_: nom. sg. healsgebedde (MS.
healsgebedda), 63.
healsian, w. v. w. acc. , _to entreat earnestly, to implore_: pret. sg. þā
se þēoden mec . . . healsode hrēoh-mōd þæt. . . , _entreated me sorrowful,
that_. . . , 2133.
heard, adj. : 1) of persons, _able, efficient in war, strong, brave_: nom.
sg. heard, 342, 376, 404, 1575, 2540, etc. ; in weak form, se hearda, 401,
1964; se hearda þegn, 2978; þes hearda hēap, 432; nom. pl. hearde
hilde-frecan, 2206; gen. pl. heardra, 989. Comparative: acc. sg. heardran
hæle, 720. With accompanying gen. : wīges heard, _strong in battle_, 887;
dat. sg. nīða heardum, 2171. --2) of the implements of war, _good, firm,
sharp, hard_: nom. sg. (gūð-byrne, līc-syrce) heard, 322, 551. In weak
form: masc. here-strǣl hearda, 1436; se hearda helm, 2256; neutr. here-net
hearde, 1554; acc. sg. (swurd, wǣpen), heard, 540, 2688, 2988; nom. pl.
hearde . . . homera lāfe, 2830; heard and hring-mǣl Heaðobeardna gestrēon,
2038; acc. pl. heard sweord, 2639. Of other things, _hard, rough, harsh,
hard to bear_: acc. sg. hreðer-bealo hearde, 1344; nom. sg. wrōht . . .
heard, 2915; here-nīð hearda, 2475; acc. sg. heoro-sweng heardne, 1591;
instr. sg. heardan cēape, 2483; instr. pl. heardan, heardum clammum, 964,
1336; gen. pl. heardra hȳnða, 166. Compar. : acc. sg. heardran feohtan,
576. --Comp. : fȳr-, īren-, nīð-, regn-, scūr-heard.
hearde, adv. , _hard, very_, 1439.
heard-ecg, adj. , _sharp-edged, hard, good in battle_: nom. sg. , 1289.
heard-fyrde, adj.
