A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Habundant, adj. abundant, C2.

Habundantly, adv. abundantly, C3.

Habunde, v. to abound, NED.—­OF. habonder, abunder; Lat. abundare.

Hac, conj. but, S; see Ac.

Hacche, sb. hatch, PP; hach, hatch of a ship, S2.—­Cp.  Dan. hA|kke.

Had, sb. state, order, rank, person (of Christ), S; pl. ranks (of angels), S.—­AS. hAid; cp.  OHG. heit.

HA|-; see under He-.

HA|hst, highest; see Heighest.

HA|leA deg. sb. warrior; see HeleA deg..

HA|ne, adj. pl. poor, S. See Heyne.

HA|rre, sb. lord, S. See Herre.

HA|3*e, adv. highly, S; see Heighe.

Haf, Hafst, HafA deg.; see Hauen.

Hafed, sb. head, S. See Heued.

Hafed-men, sb. pl. prelates, S.

Hage-faderen; see Heh-fader.

Hagge, sb. a hag, P; hegge, MD.

Hagt, sb. (?), S.

Hagt.  Dr. F. Holthausen suggests that this word means ’danger, peril,’ comparing this ME hagt with Icel. hA|tta which has the same meaning.  Kluge connects this hA|tta with Gothic ha*han, to hang, so that it may mean radically ‘a state of being in suspense.’  The word must have come into England in the form *_haht_, before the assimilation of ht to tt. [Addition]

Hah, adj. high, S; see Heigh.

Hail, sb. hail, PP; heal, S3; haille, PP; hayle, PP.—­AS. hagol.

Hail, adj. hale, whole, sound, S; hA|il, S; heil, S. Cf, Hool.

Haile, adv. wholly, S3; haill, S3.

Hailen, v. to greet, Cath., MD; heilen, MD, S2.

Hailsen, v. to greet, to say ‘hail,’ MD, Cath., P, S3; haylsen, S3; halsen, S2, S3.—­Icel. heilsa; cp.  AS. hAilsian, to greet, see Sievers, 411.

Hailsinge, sb. salutation, Cath.; halsing, S2.

Hailsum, adj. wholesome, S3.

Hakeney, sb. horse, nag, C3, PP; equillus, Voc.; mannus, Voc.—­AF. hakenai, hakeney.

Hakeney-man, sb. one who lets out horses, P; equiferus, Voc.; hakneyman, Voc.

Hal, sb. a secret place, MD; hale, dat., S.

Hal, adj. all, S2; see Al. [Addition]

Halde, pt. s. inclined, S. See Helden.

Halely, adv. wholly, S2; haly, S2.  See Hail.

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