A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Herre, == higher. See High
Herring, _sb._ HD. 758. Alys. 6589
Hert, == heart? Wright's L. P. p. 31
Herte, == highest. See High
Herying, _sb._ == praise. Ps. cxliv. 21
Hest, _sb._ == command. RG. 493, 556; [hes]. M. Ode, 174
Hestris, _sb._ == condition. Alys. 7611. Fr. estre
Hete, _sb._ == hate. _q. v._
Hethe, _v. a._ == threaten. Wright's L. P. p. 37. ON. haeta. Sw. hota
Hethe, _v. a._ == command; pret. 'hettede.' HD. 551. AS. hatan
Hethele, _sb._ == hot iron. Body and Soul, 204. Cf. the Yorks.h.i.+re 'hottel'
Hething, _sb._ == contempt, scorn. Ps. lxxviii. 4. ON. haung
Heving. See Hoving
Heving, _sb._ == lifting up. Ps. cxl. 2
Hew, _v. a._ Wright's L. P. p. 110; 3 s. pres. 'ho?eth,' O. and N. 455.
AS. heawan
Hide, _v. a._ [hude]. Pol. S. 150; pret. 'hudde.' Alys. 2489; part.
'y-hud.' RG. 87; 'hyd.' Wright's L. P. p. 40
Hide, _sb._ == a skin. RG. 116, 404
---- == a measure of land. RG. 374; a field. Alys. 458. In Wright's L. P.
p. 31, 'in hyde' seems to mean 'in a hiding-place or retreat'
Hidel, _sb._ == hiding-place. Ps. xxvi. 5. AS. hidels
Hiding, _sb._ [huding] == concealment. 1381 B.
Hie, _v. n._ RG. 544; pret. 'hied.' RG. 387. AS. higan
High, _adj._ [heye]. RG. 367; [hoh]. HD. 1361; [he]. Fragm. Sci. 283.
Comp. 'herre.' RG. 473; sup. 'hexte.' RG. 6, 397; 'herte.' RG. 509
Highman, _sb._ [heyme], RG. 288
Highmaster, _sb._ Alys. 270
Highness, _sb._ == high thing. Ps. xli. 8
Hiht, == caught? Pol. S. 150. Dut. 'hechten,' apprehendere (Kil.)
Hill, _sb._ RG. 398
Hilt, _sb._ == handle of a s.h.i.+eld. Alys. 1270
Hind, _sb._ (animal). RG. 376
Hinder, _adj._ == posterior. 638
Hindforth, _adv._ == backwards. Alys. 4710
Hindward, _adv._ Ps. x.x.xix. 15
Hine, _sb._ == low fellow, servant. RG. 485, 540. AS. hina
Hinehed, _sb._ == society. Ps. xxi. 28; ciii. 14. AS. hynden
Hip, _sb._ (part of the body) [hupe]. RG. 322. AS. hyp
Hip, _sb._ == fruit of the wild rose. Alys. 4983. AS. heope
Hippopotamus, _sb._ [ypotamos]. Alys. 5166
Hird, _sb._ == shepherd. Wright's L. P. p. 96
Hire, _v. a._ 1173 B.
---- _sb._ HD. 908
Hire, _sb._ == hireling, man. HD. 997. AS. hra.
Hirmon, _sb._ == servant, domestic. Wright's L. P. p. 50. Pol. S. 157. AS.
hr-man
Hit, _v. a._ pret. 'hutte.' Alys. 2155
Hither, _adv._ 1329 B.
Hitherward, _adv._ RG. 505
Hi?te, _v. n._ == rejoice. O. and N. 436. AS. hyhtan
Hlad. O. and N. 1574. Perhaps a mistake for 'hald' or 'halt,' == holdeth
h.o.a.r, _v. n._ == become h.o.a.ry. Alys. 1597
