þæt him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte, lind
wið līge, _that a wooden shield could not help him, a linden shield against
flame_, 2341; þæt him īrenna ecge mihton helpan æt hilde, 2685; wutun
gangan to, helpan hildfruman, _let us go thitherto help the battle-chief_,
2650; w.
wið līge, _that a wooden shield could not help him, a linden shield against
flame_, 2341; þæt him īrenna ecge mihton helpan æt hilde, 2685; wutun
gangan to, helpan hildfruman, _let us go thitherto help the battle-chief_,
2650; w.
Beowulf
.
, 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. , _to conceal, to hide_: pret. part. be-holen, 414.
helm, st. m. : 1) _protection in general, defence, covering that protects_:
acc. sg. on helm, 1393; under helm, 1746. --2) _helmet_: nom. sg. , 1630;
acc. sg. helm, 673, 1023, 1527, 2988; (helo, MS. ), 2724; brūn-fāgne,
gold-fāhne helm, 2616, 2812; dat. sg. under helme, 342, 404; gen. sg.
helmes, 1031; acc. pl. helmas, 240, 2639. --3) _defence, protector_,
designation of the king: nom. sg. helm Scyldinga (Hrōðgār), 371, 456, 1322;
acc. sg. heofena helm _(the defender of the heavens_ = God), 182; helm
Scylfinga, 2382. --Comp. : grīm-, gūð-, heaðo-, niht-helm.
ofer-helmian, w. v. w. acc. , _to cover over, to overhang_: pres. sg. III.
ofer-helmað, 1365.
helm-berend, pres. part. , _helm-wearing_ (warrior): acc. pl. helmberend,
2518, 2643.
helpan, st. v. , _to help_: inf.
þæt him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte, lind
wið līge, _that a wooden shield could not help him, a linden shield against
flame_, 2341; þæt him īrenna ecge mihton helpan æt hilde, 2685; wutun
gangan to, helpan hildfruman, _let us go thitherto help the battle-chief_,
2650; w. gen. ongan . . . mǣges helpan, _began to help my kinsman_, 2880; so,
pret. sg. þǣr hē his mǣges (MS. mægenes) healp, 2699.
help, m. and f. , _help, support, maintenance_: acc. sg. helpe, 551, 1553;
dat. sg. tō helpe, 1831; acc. sg. helpe, 2449.
hende, _-handed_: in comp. īdel-hende.
hēr, adv. , _here_, 397, 1062, 1229, 1655, 1821, 2054, 2797, etc. ; _hither_,
244, 361, 376.
here (Goth, harji-s), st. m. , _army, troops_: dat. sg. on herge, _in the
army, on a warlike expedition, 1249; in the army, among the fighting men_,
2639; as instr. herge, 2348. --Comp. : flot-, scip-, sin-here.
here-brōga, w. m. , _terror of the army, fear of war_: dat. sg. for
here-brōgan, 462.
here-byrne, w. f. , _battle-mail, coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 1444.
here-grīma, w. m. , _battle-mask_, i. e. helmet (with visor): dat. sg.
-grīman, 396, 2050, 2606.
here-net, st. n. , _battle-net_, i. e. coat of mail (of interlaced rings):
nom. sg. , 1554.
here-nīð, st. m. , _battle-enmity, battle of armies_: nom. sg. , 2475.
here-pād, st. f. , _army-dress_, i. e. coat of mail, armor: nom. sg. , 2259.
here-rinc, st. m. , _army-hero, hero in battle, warrior_: acc. sg. here-rinc
(MS. here ric), 1177.
here-sceaft, st. m. , _battle-shaft_, i. e. spear: gen. pl. here-sceafta
hēap, 335.
here-spēd, st. f. , _(war-speed), luck in war_: nom. sg. , 64.
here-strǣl, st. m. , _war-arrow, missile_: nom. sg. , 1436.
here-syrce, w. f. , _battle-shirt, shirt of mail_: acc. sg. here-syrcan,
1512.
here-wǣd, st. f. , _army-dress, coat of mail, armor_: dat. pl. (as instr. )
here-wǣdum, 1898.
here-wǣsma, w. m. , _war-might, fierce strength in battle_: dat. pl. an
here-wǣsmum, 678. --Leo.
here-wīsa, w. m. , _leader of the army_, i. e. ruler, king: nom. sg. , 3021.
herg, hearg, st. m. , _image of a god, grove where a god was worshipped_,
hence to the Christian a wicked place(? ): dat. pl. hergum geheaðerod,
_confined in wicked places_ (parallel with hell-bendum fæst), 3073.
herigean, w. v. w. dat. of pers. , _to provide with an army, to support with
an army_: pres. sg. I. ic þē wēl herige, 1834. --Leo.
hete, st. m. , _hate, enmity_: nom. sg. 142, 2555. --Comp. : ecg-, morðor-,
wīg-hete.
hete-līc, adj. , _hated_: nom. sg. , 1268.
hetend, hettend, (pres. part. of hetan, see hatian), _enemy_, hostis: nom.
pl. hetende, 1829; dat. pl. wið hettendum, 3005.
hete-nīð, st. m. , _enmity full of hate_: acc. pl. hete-nīðas, 152.
hete-sweng, st. m. , _a blow from hate_: acc. pl. hete-swengeas, 2226.
hete-þanc, st. m. , _hate-thought, a hostile design_: dat. pl. mid his
hete-þancum, 475.
hēdan, ge-hēdan, w. v. w. gen. : 1) _to protect_: pret. sg. ne hēdde hē þæs
heafolan, _did not protect his head_, 2698. --2) _to obtain_: subj. pret.
sg. III. gehēdde, 505.
herian, w. v. w. acc. , _to praise, to commend_: with reference to God, _to
adore_: inf. heofena helm herian ne cūðon, _could not worship the defence
of the heavens_ (God), 182; nē hūru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eotena trēowe,
_had no need to praise the fidelity of the Eotens_, 1072; pres. subj. þæt
mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge, 3177.
ge-heaðerian, w. v. , _to force, to press in_: pret. part. ge-heaðerod,
3073.
heaðo-byrne, w. f. , _battle-mail, shirt of mail_: nom. sg. , 1553.
heaðo-dēor, adj. , _bold in battle, brave_: nom. sg. , 689; dat. pl.
heaðo-dēorum, 773.
heaðo-fyr, st. n.
[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. , _to conceal, to hide_: pret. part. be-holen, 414.
helm, st. m. : 1) _protection in general, defence, covering that protects_:
acc. sg. on helm, 1393; under helm, 1746. --2) _helmet_: nom. sg. , 1630;
acc. sg. helm, 673, 1023, 1527, 2988; (helo, MS. ), 2724; brūn-fāgne,
gold-fāhne helm, 2616, 2812; dat. sg. under helme, 342, 404; gen. sg.
helmes, 1031; acc. pl. helmas, 240, 2639. --3) _defence, protector_,
designation of the king: nom. sg. helm Scyldinga (Hrōðgār), 371, 456, 1322;
acc. sg. heofena helm _(the defender of the heavens_ = God), 182; helm
Scylfinga, 2382. --Comp. : grīm-, gūð-, heaðo-, niht-helm.
ofer-helmian, w. v. w. acc. , _to cover over, to overhang_: pres. sg. III.
ofer-helmað, 1365.
helm-berend, pres. part. , _helm-wearing_ (warrior): acc. pl. helmberend,
2518, 2643.
helpan, st. v. , _to help_: inf.
þæt him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte, lind
wið līge, _that a wooden shield could not help him, a linden shield against
flame_, 2341; þæt him īrenna ecge mihton helpan æt hilde, 2685; wutun
gangan to, helpan hildfruman, _let us go thitherto help the battle-chief_,
2650; w. gen. ongan . . . mǣges helpan, _began to help my kinsman_, 2880; so,
pret. sg. þǣr hē his mǣges (MS. mægenes) healp, 2699.
help, m. and f. , _help, support, maintenance_: acc. sg. helpe, 551, 1553;
dat. sg. tō helpe, 1831; acc. sg. helpe, 2449.
hende, _-handed_: in comp. īdel-hende.
hēr, adv. , _here_, 397, 1062, 1229, 1655, 1821, 2054, 2797, etc. ; _hither_,
244, 361, 376.
here (Goth, harji-s), st. m. , _army, troops_: dat. sg. on herge, _in the
army, on a warlike expedition, 1249; in the army, among the fighting men_,
2639; as instr. herge, 2348. --Comp. : flot-, scip-, sin-here.
here-brōga, w. m. , _terror of the army, fear of war_: dat. sg. for
here-brōgan, 462.
here-byrne, w. f. , _battle-mail, coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 1444.
here-grīma, w. m. , _battle-mask_, i. e. helmet (with visor): dat. sg.
-grīman, 396, 2050, 2606.
here-net, st. n. , _battle-net_, i. e. coat of mail (of interlaced rings):
nom. sg. , 1554.
here-nīð, st. m. , _battle-enmity, battle of armies_: nom. sg. , 2475.
here-pād, st. f. , _army-dress_, i. e. coat of mail, armor: nom. sg. , 2259.
here-rinc, st. m. , _army-hero, hero in battle, warrior_: acc. sg. here-rinc
(MS. here ric), 1177.
here-sceaft, st. m. , _battle-shaft_, i. e. spear: gen. pl. here-sceafta
hēap, 335.
here-spēd, st. f. , _(war-speed), luck in war_: nom. sg. , 64.
here-strǣl, st. m. , _war-arrow, missile_: nom. sg. , 1436.
here-syrce, w. f. , _battle-shirt, shirt of mail_: acc. sg. here-syrcan,
1512.
here-wǣd, st. f. , _army-dress, coat of mail, armor_: dat. pl. (as instr. )
here-wǣdum, 1898.
here-wǣsma, w. m. , _war-might, fierce strength in battle_: dat. pl. an
here-wǣsmum, 678. --Leo.
here-wīsa, w. m. , _leader of the army_, i. e. ruler, king: nom. sg. , 3021.
herg, hearg, st. m. , _image of a god, grove where a god was worshipped_,
hence to the Christian a wicked place(? ): dat. pl. hergum geheaðerod,
_confined in wicked places_ (parallel with hell-bendum fæst), 3073.
herigean, w. v. w. dat. of pers. , _to provide with an army, to support with
an army_: pres. sg. I. ic þē wēl herige, 1834. --Leo.
hete, st. m. , _hate, enmity_: nom. sg. 142, 2555. --Comp. : ecg-, morðor-,
wīg-hete.
hete-līc, adj. , _hated_: nom. sg. , 1268.
hetend, hettend, (pres. part. of hetan, see hatian), _enemy_, hostis: nom.
pl. hetende, 1829; dat. pl. wið hettendum, 3005.
hete-nīð, st. m. , _enmity full of hate_: acc. pl. hete-nīðas, 152.
hete-sweng, st. m. , _a blow from hate_: acc. pl. hete-swengeas, 2226.
hete-þanc, st. m. , _hate-thought, a hostile design_: dat. pl. mid his
hete-þancum, 475.
hēdan, ge-hēdan, w. v. w. gen. : 1) _to protect_: pret. sg. ne hēdde hē þæs
heafolan, _did not protect his head_, 2698. --2) _to obtain_: subj. pret.
sg. III. gehēdde, 505.
herian, w. v. w. acc. , _to praise, to commend_: with reference to God, _to
adore_: inf. heofena helm herian ne cūðon, _could not worship the defence
of the heavens_ (God), 182; nē hūru Hildeburh herian þorfte Eotena trēowe,
_had no need to praise the fidelity of the Eotens_, 1072; pres. subj. þæt
mon his wine-dryhten wordum herge, 3177.
ge-heaðerian, w. v. , _to force, to press in_: pret. part. ge-heaðerod,
3073.
heaðo-byrne, w. f. , _battle-mail, shirt of mail_: nom. sg. , 1553.
heaðo-dēor, adj. , _bold in battle, brave_: nom. sg. , 689; dat. pl.
heaðo-dēorum, 773.
heaðo-fyr, st. n.
