Part 17

Fere, _n._ S. companion, wife, 1214. Sir Tr. p. 157. K. Horn, Web., R. Gl., R. Br., Minot, Chauc. _Feir_, Sc. V. Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Ferlike, _n._ S. wonder, 1258. _Ferlik_, 1849. Sir Tr. p. 21. Originally in all probability an _adj._

Ferþe, _adj._ S. fourth, 1810.

Feste, _n._ Fr. feast, 2344, &c.

Feste, _v._ Fr. to feast, 2938.

Festen, _v._ S. to fasten, 1785; (used passively) 82. _Fest_, _pa. t._ fastened, 144.

Fet. _See_ Fot.

Fete, _v._ S. to fetch, bring, 642, 912, 937, &c. Used passively, 316, 2037. _Fetes_, _pr. t. s._ fetch, 2341. V. Pegge’s Anecd. of Engl. Lang. p. 135.

Fetere, _v._ S. to fetter, chain, 2758. Used passively.

Feteres, _n. pl._ S. fetters, 82, 2759.

Fey, _n._ Fr. faith, 255, 1666. _Feyth_, 2853.

Fiht, _n._ S. fight, 2668, 2716.

Fikel, _adj._ S. fickle, inconstant, 1210, 2799.

File, _n._ vile, worthless person, 2499.

Men seth ofte a muche _file_, They he serue boten a wile, Bicomen swithe riche.

_Hending the hende_, MS. Digb. 86.

So in R. Br. p. 237.

David at that while was with Edward the kyng, Ȝit auanced he that _file_ vntille a faire thing.

It is used for _coward_ by Minot, pp. 31, 36. Cf. Du. _vuil_, foul, malicious.

Finden, _v._ S. to find, 1083. _Finde_, 220. _Fynde_, 42. _Funden_, _pa. t. pl._ found, 602. _Funde_, _part. pa._ found, 2376. _Funden_, 1427.

Fir, _n._ S. fire, 585, 1162, &c. _Fyr_, 915.

Firrene, _adj._ S. made of fir, 2078. _Firron_, Doug. Virg. 47. 34.

Flaunes, _n. pl._ Fr. custards, or pancakes, 644. _See_ Way’s note in Prompt. Parv.

Fledden, _pa. t. pl._ S. fled, 2416.

Flemen, _v._ S. to drive away, banish, 1160. R. Gl., R. Br., Chauc., Rits. A. S. So in Sc. V. Jam.

Flete, _pres. subj._ S. float, swim, 522. Sir Tr. p. 27; K. Horn, 159; Chauc. _Fleit_, Sc. V. Jam.

Fleye, _v._ S. to fly, 1791, 1813, 1827, 2751. _Fley_, _pa. t._ flew, 1305.

Flo, _v._ S. to flay, 612, 2495. K. Horn, 92. _Flow_, _pa. t._ flayed, 2502. _Flowe_, _pa. t. pl._ 2433.

Flok, _n._ S. flock, troop, 24. _See_ Trome.

Flote, _n._ S. boat, 738. A.S. _flóta_, a ship; Icel. _floti_, (1) a ship, (2) a fleet; cf. Laȝam. 4530.

Flour, _n._ Fr. flower, 2917.

Fnaste, _v._ S. to breathe, 548. Cf. A.S. _Fnæstiað_, the wind-pipe, _Fnæstan_, puffs of wind. _Fnast_ = breath in _Owl and Nightingale_, l. 44.

Fo, _n._ S. foe, 1363, 2849; _pl._ foos, 67.

Fol, _n._ Fr. fool, 298. _Foles_, pl. 2100.

Folc, Folk, _n._ S. men collectively, people, 89, 438, &c.

Folwes, _imp._ S. follow ye, 1885, 2601.

Fonge, _v._ S. to take, receive, 763; _2 p. pres. subj._ 856. In common use from Laȝam. to Chauc. and much later.

For, _prep._ S. _For to_ is prefixed to the inf. of verbs in the same manner as the Fr. _pour_, or Sp. _por_. It is so used in all the old writers, and in the vulgar translation of the Scriptures, and is still preserved in the North of England. Cf. 17, &c. _For_ = on account of, 1670. Sir Tr. p. 62.

For, Foren. _See_ Faren.

Forbere, _v._ S. spare, abstain from, 352. Chauc. Rom. R. 4751. _Forbar_, _pa. t._ spared, abstained from, 764, 2623.

Forfaren, _v._ S. to perish, 1380. R. Br. _Forfard_ (_p. p._) Ly Beaus Desc. 1484. The inf. is also used in Web., P. Plowm., Chauc. In Sc. _Forfair_. V. Compl. of Scotl. p. 100, and Gl. Lynds.

Forgat, _pa. t._ S. forgot, 2636, &c. _Foryat_, 249.

For-henge, _v._ to kill by hanging, 2724. Cf. Du. _verhangen zich_, to hang one’s self.

Forlorn, _part. pa._ S. utterly lost, 770, 1424. _Forloren_, 580. R. Br., Rits. M. R., Chauc. Used actively, Sir Tr. p. 35.

Forþi, _adv._ S. on this account, therefore, because, 1194, 1431, 2043, 2500, 2578. Sir Tr. p. 14, and in all the Gloss.

Forthwar, _adv._ S. forthward; i.e. as we go on, 731.

Forw, _n._ S. furrow, 1094.

Forward, _n._ S. promise, word, covenant, 486. _Forwarde_, 554. Laȝam. l. 4790. Sir Tr. p. 13. Rits. M. R., Web., R. Gl., R. Br., Minot, Chauc.

Fostred, _part. pa._ S. nourished, 1434, 2239.

Fot, _n._ S. _Euerilk fot_, 2432, every foot, or man. _Fet_, _pl._ 616, 1022, 1303, 2479. _Fote_, 1054, 1199.

Fouhten. _See_ Fyht.

Fourtenith, _n._ S. fortnight, 2284.

Fremde, _adj._ (used as a _n._) S. stranger, 2277.

Vor hine willeth sone uorgiete Tho _fremde_ and tho sibbe.

MS. Digb. 4.

Ther ne myhte libbe The _fremede_ ne the sibbe.

_K. Horn_, 67.

See also R. Gl. p. 346; Chron. of Eng. 92; P. Plowm., Chau., Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Freme, _v._ S. to perform, 441.

Fri, _adj._ S. free, liberal, 1072. Chauc.

Frie, _v._ to blame, 1998. Icel. _fryja_, to blame. Cf. _freles_, blameless. _Allit. Poems_, ed. Morris, A. 431.

Fro, _prep._ S. from, 265, &c.

Frusshe. _See_ To-frusshe.

Ful, _adv._ S. very, much, completely, 6, 82, &c. _Ful wo_, 2589, much sorrow.

Ful, Fule, _adj._ S. foul, 506, 555, 626, 965, &c. _Foule_, 1158.

Fulike, _adv._ S. foully, shamefully, 2749.

Fulde, _part. pa._ S. filled, complete, 355.

Funde, Funden. _See_ Finde.

Fyht, _v._ S. to fight, 2361. _Fauth_, _pa. t._ fought, 1990. _Fouhten_, _pa. t. pl._ fought, 2661.

Fyn, _n._ Fr. Lat. ending, 22. R. Br., Minot, Chauc., &c.

Ga, _v._ S. to go. _See_ Ouer-ga.

Gad, _n._ S. goad, 279. _Gaddes_, _pl._ 1016. In Gl. Ælfr. among the instruments of husbandry occur _Gad_, stimulus, and _Gadiron_, aculeus. So in _The Fermeror and his Docter_, printed by Laing:

Quhen Symkin standis quhisling with ane quhip and ane _gaid_, Priking and ȝarkand ane auld ox hide.

V. Jam. in v. _Gade_, 4. and Nares.

Gadred, _part. pa._ S. gathered, 2577.

Gadeling, _n._ S. an idle vagabond, low man, 1121.

Þa wes æuer alc cheorl Al swa bald alse an eorl, & alle þa _gadelinges_ Alse heo weoren sunen kinges.

_Laȝam._ l. 12333.

Cf. K. Alisaund. 1733, 4063. _Gadlyng_, Rob. of Cicyle, MS. Harl. 1701. R. Gl. p. 277, 310. Chauc. Rom. Rose, 938. The word originally meant _Vir generosus_. _See_ Beowulf, l. 5227.

Gaf. _See_ Yeue.

Galwe-tre, _n._ S. the gallows, 43, 335, 695. Le Bone Fl. 1726. Erle of Tol. 657. _Galues_, _Galwes_, _Galewes_, 687, 1161, 2477, 2508. R. Br., Chauc. Cf. Ihre Gl. Suiog. in v. _galge_, ab Isl. _gayl_, ramus arboris.

Gamen, _n._ S. game, sport, 980, 1716, 2135, 2250, 2577; joy, 2935, 2963. _Gamyn_, Barb. iii. 465. V. Jam.

Gan, _pa. t._ S. began, 2443. V. Jam.

Gangen, _v._ S. to go, walk, 370, 845, &c. _Gange_, 796. _Gongen_, 855. _Gonge_, 1185, 1739, &c. _Gonge_, _pr. t. 2 p._ goest, 690, 843. _Gangande_, _part. pr._ on foot, walking, 2283. Wynt. V. Jam.

Garte, _pa. t._ S. made, 189, 1857, &c. _Gart_, 1001, 1082. _Gert_, Sir Tr. p. 147. V. Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Gat, Gaten. _See_ Geten.

Gate, _n._ S. (1) way, road, 846, 889. Sir Tr. p. 27; (2) manner, fashion (_see_ þus-gate), 783, 2419, 2586.

Genge, _n._ S. family, company, 786, 1735; retinue, 2353, 2362, 2383.

þe king of þan londe Mid muchelere _genge_.

_Laȝam._ l. 6156.

Hence _Gang_. V. Todd’s Johns.

Gent, _adj._ Fr. neat, pretty, 2139. Sir Tr. p. 87, R. Br., Chauc.

Gere. _See_ Messe-gere.

Gest, _n._ Fr. tale, adventure, 2984. _See_ Note in Warton’s Hist. E. P., V. I. p. 69. Ed. 1840.

Gete, _v._ to guard, watch, keep, 2762, 2960. Icel. _gæta_, to guard. Cf. _Ormulum_, 2079. [Suggested by Garnett.]

Geten, _v._ S. to get, take, 792. _Gete_, 1393. _Gat_, _pa. t._ begot, got, 495, 730. _Gaten_, _Geten_, _pa. t. pl._ begot, 2893, 2934, 2978. _Getes_, _f. t. 2 p._ shalt get, 908.

Ghod _for_ Good, 255.

Gisarm, _n._ Fr. a bill, 2553. _See_ Gl. Rits. M. R., Spelm. in v., Jam. Dict., and Merrick’s Gl. in v. _Gesa_, _Gesum_. [“Distinguished from other weapons of the axe kind by a spike rising from the back. There were two kinds, viz. the _glaive-gisarme_, with a sabre-blade and spike; and the _bill-gisarme_, in shape of a hedging-bill with a spike.” Godwin’s Archæol. Handbook, p. 254.]

Giue. _See_ Yeue.

Giue, _n._ S. gift, 2880. _Gyue_, 357. _Yeft_, 2336.

Giueled, piled up, 814. [The O.Fr. _gavelé_ means piled up, heaped together. To _gavel_ corn (_see_ Halliwell) is to put it into heaps, and a _gavel_ is a heap of corn. But this may very well be derived from _gable_, since a heap takes the shape of a peaked end of a house; and the O.Fr. term is probably originally Teutonic, and connected, as _gable_ is, with Mœso-Goth. _gibla_, a pinnacle, with which compare German _giebel_, Du. _gevel_, and hence our word would be taken from a verb _givelen_, to pile up. The fish in Havelok’s basket would be what the Dutch call _gevelvormig_, or formed like a gable, or like the peaked end of a _stack_ of hay or corn, whence the author’s expression--_giueled als a stac_, piled up in the shape of a stack. Other explanations are _flayed_, from Du. _villen_, to flay; or _filed_, ranged in rows upon a stick, where _stick_ is represented by _stac_. But the latter supposition would require the reading _on_ rather than _als_; not to mention the fact that if fish are carried _in a pannier_ they would not resemble fish carried _on a stick_. Nor is it quite satisfactory to say that _giueled_ is put for _gefilled_, filled; for this is not elucidated by the expression _als a stac_, any more than the explanation _flayed_ is. _Gable_ is Icel. _gafl_, Sw. _gafvel_, Dan. _gavl_, Du. _gevel_, Ger. _giebel_, _gipfel_, &c. Its forked shape seems to give rise to Ger. _gabel_, Sw. _gaffel_, a fork; respecting which set of words see _Gaff_ in Wedgwood.]

Gladlike, _adv._ S. gladly, 805, 906, 1760.

Glede, _n._ S. a burning coal, 91, 869. Rits. M. R., Web., R. Br., Chauc. _See_ Note on l. 91.

Gleiue, Gleyue, Fr. a spear, lance, 1770, 1844, 1981. _Gleiues_, _Gleyues_, _pl._ 267, 1748, 1864. Dr Merrick explains it, “A weapon composed of a long cutting blade at the end of a staff.” See R. Gl. p. 203; Guy of Warw. R. iii.; Chauc. Court of Love, 544; Percy, A. R.

Glem, _n._ S. gleam, ray, 2122. _See_ Stem.

Gleu, _n._ S. game, skill, 2332. Properly, says Sir W. Scott, the joyous science of the minstrels. Cf. Sir Tr. p. 24, 35, 150.

Gleymen, _n. pl._ S. gleemen, 2329. _Glewemen_, Sir Tr. p. 110.

Whar bin thi _glewmen_ that schuld thi _glewe_, With harp and fithel, and tabour bete.

_Disp. betw. the bodi & saul_, ap. Leyd. Compl. of Scotl.

Glotuns, _n. pl._ Fr. gluttons, wicked men, 2104.

Va, _Glutun_, envers tei nostre lei se defent.

_K. Horn_, 1633, MS. Douce.

Cf. K. Horn, 1124, ap. Rits., Yw. and Gaw. 3247; R. Cœur de L. 5953, and Chauc.

Gnede, _adj._ S. niggardly, frugal, 97. Nearly equivalent to _chinche_, l. 1763. Printed _guede_ in Sir Tr. p. 169. [Cf. _Gnede_ in Halliwell, and A.S. _gneadlícnes_, frugality.]

God, _n._ S. gain, wealth, goods, 797, 2034; _pl._ gode, 1221. R. Gl., R. Br., Chauc.

God, Gode, _adj._ S. good, excellent, 7, &c.

Goddot, Goddoth, _interj._ god wot! 606, 642, 796, 909, 1656, 2543; cf. 2527. It is formed probably in the same manner as _Goddil_, for God’s will, in Yorksh. and Lanc. V. Craven dialect, and View of Lanc. dialect, 1770, 8vo. The word before us appears to have been limited to Lincolnshire or Lancashire, and does not appear in the Glossaries. Other instances are in the _Cursor Mundi_, MS. Cott. Vesp. F. iii. fol. 87_b_, and in MS. Cott. Galba E. ix. fol. 61. It also occurs in a translation of a French Fabliau, written in the reign of Edw. I.

_Goddot!_ so I wille, And loke that thou hire tille, And strek out hire thes.

_La fablel & la cointise de dame Siriz_, MS. Digb. 86.

Grundtvig told me (adds Sir F. Madden) that it is “undoubtedly the same interjection spelled _Ioduth_ in the old Danish rime-chronicle.”

Gome, _n._ S. man, 7.

Gon, _v._ S. to go, walk, 113, 1045. _Goth_, _imp._ go ye, 1780. _Gon_, _part. pa._ gone, 2692.

Gonge, Gongen. _See_ Gange.

Gore, 2497. _See_ Grim.

Gos, _n._ S. goose, 1240. _Gees_, _pl._ 702.

Gouen. _See_ Yeue.

Goulen, _pr. t. pl. 2 p._ S. howl, cry, 454. _Gouleden_, _pa. t. pl._ howled, cried, 164.

An _yollen_ mote thu so heye, That ut berste bo thin ey.

_Hule and Nihtingale_, l. 970.

Used also by Wickliffe. In Scotland and the North it is still preserved, but in the South _Yell_ is used as an equivalent. _See_ Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Gram, _n._ S. grief, 2469.

Graten, _v._ S. [_grǽtan_] to weep, cry, cry out, 329. _Grede_, 96. _Grete_, _pres. pl._ 454, 2703. _Gret_, _pa. t._ cried out, wept, 615, 1129, 2159. _Gredde_, 2417. _Greten_, _pa. t. pl._ wept, 164, 415, 2796. _Grotinde_, _part. pr._ weeping, 1390. _Graten_, _part. pa._ wept, 241. _Igroten_, 285. _See_ Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Graue, _v._ S. to bury, 613. _Grauen_, _part. pa._ buried, 2528. Web., Sir Guy, Ii. iv., Chauc.

Greme, _v._ S. to irritate, grieve, 442. In R. Br. _Gram_ is used as a verb, in the same sense.

Grene, _n._ desire, lust, 996. It is simply the Mœso-Goth. _gairuni_, lust; Icel. _girni_, desire. V. Jam. in v. Grene. Halliwell suggests _sport_, _play_, to which it is _opposed_.

Gres, _n._ S. grass, 2698.

Gret, _adj._ S. great, heavy, loud, 807, 1860. _Greth_, 1025; _pl._ grete, 1437, 1862. _Grettere_, _comp._ greater, 1893.

Grete. _See_ Graten.

Greþede, 2003. Explained as _greeted_, _accosted_, by Sir F. Madden; but the use of þ (not th) renders this doubtful. May it not signify _treated_, _handled_ (lit. _arrayed_), from the _vb._ greyþe?

Grethet. _See_ Greyþe.

Greting, _n._ S. weeping, 166.

Grette, _pa. t._ S. accosted, greeted, 452, 1811, 2625. _Gret_, _part. pa._ accosted, greeted, 2290.

Greu, _pa. t._ S. grew, prospered, 2333; _pl._ grewe, 2975.

Greue, _v._ S. to grieve, 2953.

Greyþe, _v._ S. [gerǽdian] to prepare, 1762. _Greyþede_, _pa. t._ prepared, 706. _Greyþed_, _part. pa._ prepared, made ready, 714. _Grethet_, 2615. Laȝam. l. 4414. Sir Tr. p. 33. Sc. _Graith_. V. Jam. and Gl. Lynds.

Greyue, _n._ S. [_geréfa_] greave, magistrate, 1771. _Greyues_, _g. c._ greave’s, 1749. _Greyues_, _pl._ 266. V. Spelm. in v. _Grafio_, and Hickes, Diss. Epist. p. 21, n. p. 151.

Grim, _adj._ S. cruel, savage, fierce, 155, 680, 2398, 2655, 2761. R. Br., Rits. M. R. _See_ Beowulf, l. 204.

Grim, _n._ [smut, dirt, 2497. The explanation is that Godard, on being flayed, did not bear his sentence as one of rank and blood would have done, but began to roar out as if he were mere _dirt_ or _mud_, i.e. one of the dregs of the common herd. This curious expression is ascertained to have the meaning here assigned to it by observing (1) that _grim_ and _gore_ must be substantives, and (2) that they must be of like signification; but chiefly by comparing the line with others similar to it. Now the context, in the couplet following, repeats that “men might hear him roar, that _foul vile_ wretch, a mile off;” and in l. 682, Godard calls Grim “_a foul dirt_, a thrall, and a churl.” The author clearly uses _dirt_ and _churl_ as synonyms. The word _grim_ is the Danish _grim_, soot, lampblack, smut, dirt, answering to the English _grime_; see _grime_ in Atkinson’s Glossary of the Cleveland dialect. _Gore_ is the A.S. _gór_, wet mud, or clotted blood, in the latter of which senses it is still used. See “_Gore. Limus_” in Prompt. Parv., and Way’s note.]

Grip, _n._ griffin, 572. Web. _Graip_, Sc., V. Jam. The plural _gripes_ is in Laȝam. l. 28062, and K. Alisaund. 4880. Swed. _grip_.

Grip, _n._ S. [_græp_] ditch, trench, 2102. _Gripes_, _pl._ 1924. V. Jam. in v. _Grape_; and Skinner, v. _Groop_. Cf. Swed. _grop_.

Gripen, _pr. t. pl._ S. gripe, grasp, 1790. _Gripeth_, _imp._ gripe ye, 1882. _Grop_, _pa. t._ grasped, 1776, 1871, 1890, &c.

Grith, _n._ S. peace, 61, 511. _Grith-sergeans_, 267, legal officers to preserve the peace. These must not be confounded with the _Justitiarii Pacis_ established in the beginning of Edw. III. reign, and called _Gardiani Pacis_. V. Spelm. in v. Cf. Icel. _grið_.

Grom, _n._ male child, youth, 790; young man, 2472. Belgic _grom_ has the same sense of _boy_. Cf. Icel. _gromr_, homuncio. So in _Sir Degore_, A. iv.

He lyft up the shete anone And loked upon the lytle _grome._

It generally elsewhere signifies _lad_, _page_.

Gronge, _n._ Fr. grange, 764. [Halliwell says that, in _Lincolnshire_, a lone farm-house is still called a _grange_. In old English it is sometimes spelt _graunge_, which comes near the form here used. Cf. Fr. _grange_; Ital. _grangia_ (Florio), a country-farm.]

Grop. _See_ Gripen.

Grotes, _n. pl._ S. [_grót_] small pieces, grit, dust, 472, 1414.

Grotinde. _See_ Graten.

Grund, _adj. used as adv._ 1027. _See_ Grundlike.

Grunde, _n._ S. _dat. c._ ground, 1979, 2675.

Grunden, _part. pa._ S. ground, 2503. Yw. and Gaw. 676. _Grounden_, Chauc.

Grundlike, _adv._ heartily, 651, 2659; deeply, 2013, 2268, 2307, where it is equivalent to _Deplike_, q.v. The word is undoubtedly Saxon, but in the Lexicons we only find _Grundlinga_, funditus, from Ælf. Gl. It is used by Laȝamon, l. 9783.

Cnihtes heom gereden _Grundliche_ feire.

Gyue. _See_ Giue.

Hal, all, 2370. [_Hal_, more probably, is shortened from _half_, like _twel_ from _twelue_.]

Halde, _v._ S. to hold, take part, 2308. _Holden_, to keep or observe, 29, 1171. _Haldes_, _pr. t. 3 p._ holds, 1382. _Hel_, _pa. t._ held, 109. _Helden_, _pa. t. pl._ held, 1201. _Halden_, _part. pa._ held, holden, 2806.

Hals, _n._ S. neck, 521, 670, 2510. Sir Tr. p. 109.

Halue, _n._ S. side, part; _bi bothe halue_, 2682. _See_ Bi-halue.

Haluendel, _n._ S. the half part, 460. R. Gl. p. 5; R. Br.; K. Alisaund. 7116; Emare, 444; Chron. of Engl. 515; R. Hood, i. 68.

Handlen, _v._ S. to handle, 347. _Handel_, 586.

Hangen, _v._ S. to hang, 335, 695. _Hengen_, 43, &c. _Honge_, 2807. _Henged_, _part. pa._ hung, 1922, 2480. Cf. For-henge.

Harum _for_ Harm, 1983, 2408.

Hasard, _n._ Fr. game at dice, 2326. _See_ Note on l. 2320.

Hatede, _pa. t._ S. hated, 1188.

Hauen, _v._ S. to have, 78, &c. _Hawe_, 1188. _Haue_, 1298. _Haues_, _Hauest_, _pr. t. 2 p._ hast, 688, 848. _Haues_, _Haueth_, _pr. t. 3 p._ haveth, hath, has, 1266, 1285, 1952, 1980, &c. _Hauet_, hath, 564. _Hauen_, _pr. t. pl._ have, 1227. _Hauenet_, have it, 2005. _Hauede_, _pa. t._ had, 649, 775, &c. _Hauedet_, 714, had it. _Haueden_, _pa. t. pl._ had, 238, &c. _Aueden_, 163. _Haue_, _Hauede_, _Haueden_, _subj._ would have, 1428, 1643, 1687, 2020, 2675.

Haui _for_ Haue I, 2002.

He, _pron._ S. Is often understood, as in ll. 869, 1428, 1777, and hence might perhaps have been designedly omitted in ll. 135, 860, 1089, 2311, though the metre seems to require _he_ in 135 and 1089. _He_, _pl._ they, 54, &c.

Heie, _n._ _See_ Eie.

Heie, _adj._ S. tall, 987. _Hey_, 1071, 1083; high, 1289. _Heye se_, 719. _Heye curt_, 1685. _Heye and lowe_, 2431, 2471, &c.

Hel, Helden. _See_ Halde.

Helde, Heldeste. _See_ Eld.

Helen, _v._ S. [_hǽlan_] to heal, 1836. _Hele_, 2058. _Holed_, _part. pa._ healed, 2039.

Helm, _n._ S. helmet, 379, 624, 1653, &c. _Helmes_, _pl._ 2612.

Helpen, _v._ S. to help, 1712. _Helpes_, _imp. pl._ help ye, 2595. _Holpen_, _part. pa._ helped, 901.

Hem, _pron._ S. them, 367, &c.

Hend. _See_ Hond.

Hende _for_ Ende, 247.

Hende, _n._ S. a duck, 1241. A.S. _ened_; Lat. _anas_ (_anat-is_); Du. _eend_; Icel. _önd_. “Ende mete, for dookelyngys, _Lenticula_;” and again, “Ende, dooke byrde, _Anas_.” Prompt. Parv.

Hende, _adj._ courteous, gentle, 1104, 1421, 1704, 2793, 2877, 2914; skilful, 2628. It certainly is the same word with _hendi_, _hendy_. _See_ Tyrwh. on C. T. 3199; Gl. R. Glouc.; Amis and Amil. 1393; Ly Beaus Desc. 333; Morte Arthur, ap. Ellis, M. R. V. I. p. 359, &c.; Dan. and Sw. _händig_, dexterous.

Hende, _adv._ S. near, handy, 359, 2275. Web.

Hendeleik, _n._ courtesy, 2793. Cf. _Allit. Poems_, ed. Morris, B. 860.

Henged, Hengen. _See_ Hangen.

Henne, _adv._ S. hence, 843, 1780, 1799. In the same manner is formed _Whenne_, K. Horn, 169, which Ritson thought a mistake for _whence_.

Henne, _n_, S. hen, 1240. _Hennes_, _pl._ 702.

Her. _See_ Er.

Her, _adv._ S. here, 689, 1058, &c. _Her offe_, 2585, hereof.

Her, _n._ S. hair, 1924. _Hor_, 235.

Herboru, _n._ S. habitation, harbour, lodging, 742. _Herberowe_, Web.; _Herbegerie_, R. Br.; _Harbroughe_, Sq. of Lowe Degre, 179; _Herberwe_, Chauc.; _Herbry_, Wynt.; _Herberye_, Lynds. Gl. q.v. and Jam.

Herborwed, _pa. t._ S. lodged, 742. Laȝam., Chauc., V. Jam. in v. _Herbery_.

Here, _pron._ S. their, 52, 465, &c.

Here, _n._ S. army, 346, 379, 2153, 2942. R. Br., K. Alisaund, 2101.

Here, Heren, _v._ S. to hear, 4, 732, 1640, 2279, &c. _Y-here_, 11. _Herd_, _Herde_, _pa. t._ heard, 286, 465, &c. _Herden_, _pa. t. pl._ 150.

Herinne, _adv._ S. herein, 458.

Herkne, _imp. s._ S. hearken, 1285. _Herknet_, _imp. pl._ hearken ye, 1.

Herles. _See_ Erl.

Hernes, _n._ Fr. armour, harness, 1917. R. Br., &c.

Hernes, _n. pl._ S. brains, 1808.

Hern-panne, _n._ S. skull, 1991. Yw. and Gaw. 660; R. Cœur de L., 5293. _Hardynpan_, Compl. of Scotl. p. 241; V. Gl.

Hert, _n._ S. hart, deer, 1872.

Herte, _n._ S. heart, 479, 2054, &c. _Herte blod_, 1819. Laȝam. l. 15846; Sir Tr. p. 98; Chauc.

Hertelike, _adv._ S. heartily, 1347, 2748.

Het, _part._ S. hight, named, 2348. _Hoten_, _part. pa._ called, named, 106, 284.

Het, Hete, Heten. _See_ Ete.

Hetelike, _adv._ S. hotly, furiously, 2655.

And Guy hent his sword in hand, And _hetelich_ smot to Colbrand.

_Guy of Warw._ ap. Ellis, M. R. V. 2, p. 82.

In Sir Tr. p. 172, _Hethelich_ is explained _Haughtily_ by the Editor, and by Jam. _reproachfully_. Cf. _Hetterly_ in Gloss. to _Will. of Palerne_.

Hethede, _pa. t._ commanded, 551. A.S. _hetan_. The _th_ is here pronounced like _t_, as elsewhere.

Heþen. _See_ Eþen.

Heu, _n._ S. hue, colour, complexion, 2918. Very common. We may hence explain the “inexplicable phrase” complained of by Mr Ellis, Spec. E. E. P. V. I. p. 109. “On _heu_ her hair is fair enough” --occasioned by Ritson having inadvertently copied it _hen_, from the MS.; _see_ Anc. Songs, p. 25.

Heued, _n._ S. head, 624, 1653, 1701, 1759, &c. _Heuedes_, _pl._ 1907.

Heuere. _See_ Euere.

Heui, _adj._ S. heavy, 808; laborious, 2456.

Hew, _pa. t._ S. cut, 2729. Sir Tr. p. 20.

Hext, _adj. sup._ S. highest, tallest, 1080. _Haxt_, Laȝamon; _Hext_, K. Alisaund. 7961; R. Gl.; Chauc.

Hey, Heye. _See_ Heie.

Heye, _adv._ S. on high, 43, 335, 695, &c.

Heylike, _adv._ S. highly, honourably, 2319. _Heyelike_, 1329.

Heyman, _n._ S. nobleman, 1260. Sir Tr. p. 82. _Heymen_, _Heyemen_, _pl._ 231, 958.

Hi, Hic. _See_ Ich.

Hider, _adv._ S. hither, 868, 885, 1431.

Hides, _n. pl._ S. hides, skins, 918.

Hijs, _pron._ S. his, 47, 468. _Hise_, 34, &c. _Hyse_, 355. [The final _e_ is most used with _plural_ nouns.]

Hile, _v._ S. [_hélan_] to cover, hide, 2082. _Hele_, Sir Tr. p. 19, Web., Rits. M. R., Chauc. _Hilles_, Yw. and Gaw. 741. V. Jam. in v. _Heild._ --Somersetsh.

Him, _pron._ S. them, 257, 1169.

Hine, _n. pl._ S. hinds, bondsmen, 620. Web. _Hinen_, R. Gl., V. Jam. in v.

Hinne. _See_ Þer-inne.

Hire, _pron._ S. her, 127, &c. _Hire semes_, it beseems her, 2916.

His _for_ Is, 279, 1973, 2692.

Hise. _See_ Hijs.

Hof _for_ Of, 1976.

Hof, _pa. t._ S. heaved, 2750.

Hok, _n._ S. hook, 1102.

Hol, _adj._ whole, well, 2075.

Holi, _adj._ S. holy, 1361. [_Printed_ hoh _in the former edition_.]

Hold, _adj._ S. firm, faithful, 2781, 2816.

Ant suore othes _holde_, That huere non ne sholde Horn never bytreye.

_K. Horn_, 1259.

Cf. R. Glouc. p. 377, 383, 443; K. Alisaund. 2912; Chron. of Engl. 730.