hām-weorðunge
(designation of the daughter of Hygelāc, given in marriage to Eofor), 2999.
(designation of the daughter of Hygelāc, given in marriage to Eofor), 2999.
Beowulf
With the pres.
part.
are
formed the compounds: bord-, rond-hæbbend.
for-habban, _to hold back, to keep one's self_: inf. ne meahte wǣfre mōd
forhabban in hreðre, _the expiring life could not hold itself back in the
breast_, 1152; ne mihte þā for-habban, _could not restrain himself_, 2610.
wið-habban, _to resist, to offer resistance_: pret. þæt se wīnsele
wið-hæfde heaðo-dēorum, _that the hall resisted them furious in fight_,
773.
hafela, heafola, w. m. , _head_: acc. sg. hafelan, 1373, 1422, 1615, 1636,
1781; nā þū mīnne þearft hafalan hȳdan, 446; þonne wē on orlege hafelan
weredon, _protected our heads, defended ourselves_, 1328; se hwīta helm
hafelan werede, 1449; dat. sg. hafelan, 673, 1522; heafolan, 2680; gen. sg.
heafolan, 2698; nom. pl. hafelan, 1121. --Comp. wīg-heafola.
hafenian, w. v. , _to raise, to uplift_: pret. sg. wǣpen hafenade heard be
hiltum, _raised the weapon, the strong man, by the hilt_, 1574.
hafoc, st. m. , _hawk_: nom. sg. , 2264.
haga, w. m. , _enclosed piece of ground, hedge, farm-enclosure_: dat. sg. tō
hagan, 2893, 2961.
haga, w. m. See ān-haga.
hama, homa, w. m. , _dress_: in the comp. flǣsc-, fyrd-, līc-hama, scīr-ham
(adj. ).
hamer, st. m. , _hammer_: instr. sg. hamere, 1286; gen. pl. homera lāfe
(swords), 2830.
hand, hond, st. f. , _hand_: nom. sg. 2138; sīo swīðre . . . hand, _the right
hand_, 2100; hond, 1521, 2489, 2510; acc. sg. hand, 558, 984; hond, 657,
687, 835, 928, etc. ; dat. sg. on handa, 495, 540; mid handa, 747, 2721; be
honda, 815; dat. pl. (as instr. ) hondum, 1444, 2841.
hand-bana, w. m. , _murderer with the hand_, or _in hand-to-hand combat_:
dat. sg. 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.
formed the compounds: bord-, rond-hæbbend.
for-habban, _to hold back, to keep one's self_: inf. ne meahte wǣfre mōd
forhabban in hreðre, _the expiring life could not hold itself back in the
breast_, 1152; ne mihte þā for-habban, _could not restrain himself_, 2610.
wið-habban, _to resist, to offer resistance_: pret. þæt se wīnsele
wið-hæfde heaðo-dēorum, _that the hall resisted them furious in fight_,
773.
hafela, heafola, w. m. , _head_: acc. sg. hafelan, 1373, 1422, 1615, 1636,
1781; nā þū mīnne þearft hafalan hȳdan, 446; þonne wē on orlege hafelan
weredon, _protected our heads, defended ourselves_, 1328; se hwīta helm
hafelan werede, 1449; dat. sg. hafelan, 673, 1522; heafolan, 2680; gen. sg.
heafolan, 2698; nom. pl. hafelan, 1121. --Comp. wīg-heafola.
hafenian, w. v. , _to raise, to uplift_: pret. sg. wǣpen hafenade heard be
hiltum, _raised the weapon, the strong man, by the hilt_, 1574.
hafoc, st. m. , _hawk_: nom. sg. , 2264.
haga, w. m. , _enclosed piece of ground, hedge, farm-enclosure_: dat. sg. tō
hagan, 2893, 2961.
haga, w. m. See ān-haga.
hama, homa, w. m. , _dress_: in the comp. flǣsc-, fyrd-, līc-hama, scīr-ham
(adj. ).
hamer, st. m. , _hammer_: instr. sg. hamere, 1286; gen. pl. homera lāfe
(swords), 2830.
hand, hond, st. f. , _hand_: nom. sg. 2138; sīo swīðre . . . hand, _the right
hand_, 2100; hond, 1521, 2489, 2510; acc. sg. hand, 558, 984; hond, 657,
687, 835, 928, etc. ; dat. sg. on handa, 495, 540; mid handa, 747, 2721; be
honda, 815; dat. pl. (as instr. ) hondum, 1444, 2841.
hand-bana, w. m. , _murderer with the hand_, or _in hand-to-hand combat_:
dat. sg. 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.
