Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
H[`E][`E]D, _s._ head, R. 356; 2. 24; 3. 628; 4. 205; T. ii. 844; A 198,
293, 455, 470, 1169, B 2060, 2073, F 411, 643, H 19; source, 16. 43;
beginning, F 1282; _on his h._, at the risk of his head, A 1725; _malgre
hir hede_, in spite of all they can do, 4. 220; _maugree hir heed_, in
spite of all she could do, D 887; _maugre thyn heed_, in spite of all thou
canst do, B 104; Hedes, _pl._ heads, 5. 215; G 398; L. 705; heads, or first
points of signs, A. i. 17. 12; Heedes, heads, F 203, 358; Hevedes, B 2032.
See HEVED.
HEEF, _pt. s. of_ Heve.
HEELD, _pt. s. of_ Holde.
HEELP, _pt. s. of_ Helpe.
HEENG, _pt. s. of_ Hange.
H[`E][`E]P, _s._ heap, i.e. crowd, host, A 575; great number, crowd, T. iv.
1281; A. ii. 3. 28; B 1687, E 2429, F 1493; H[`e]pe (_error for_ Heep),
quantity, R. 1656; H[`e]pe, _dat._ heap, number, crowd, 3. 295; HF. 2149;
_hence_ To hepe, _or_ To-hepe, all close together, A. i. 14. 5. See
TO-HEPE.
H[`E][`E]R, _s._ hair, R. 549; 3. 456, 855; HF. 1386; L. 215, 831, 870,
1672, 1747; A 589, 2834, 3314, 3691, 3976, G 812; Here, _dat._ R. 228; L.
1315; H[`e]res, _pl._ HF. 1390; L. 1829; 3. 394; 5. 267; T. v. 810, 999; A
555, 1388, 2134, 2883, 3870; &c.; Here (_error for_ Heer?), R. 327.
H['E]['E]R, _adv._ here, 5. 57, 63; B 1177, 1180, E 36; Heer and ther,
never long in one place, G 1174; _her and ther_, hither and thither, B 5. p
5. 20. See HERE.
HEER-AGAYNS, _prep._ against this, I 668.
HEER-BIFORN, _adv._ here-before, before this, 1. 34; L. 2454; B 613, 2452,
2906, F 1535.
HEER-FORTH, _adv._ in this direction, D 1001.
HEER-MELE, _s._ the thickness of a hair, a hair's breadth; lit. a
hair-part, A. ii. 38. 11. A.S. _m[=ae]l_, a portion.
HEER-TO, _adv._ hereto, B 2481.
HEER-UP-ON, _adv._ hereupon, hereon, E 190.
HEESTE, _s._ commandment, I 845. See HESTE.
HEET, _s._ heat, R. 1575. See HETE (the usual form).
HEET, _pt. s. of_ Hote.
H[`E][`E]TH, _s._ heath, A 6, 606; heather, A 3262.
HEGGE, _s._ hedge, R. 481, 1652; T. v. 1144; I 870; Hegges, _pl._ T. iii.
1236; B 4408.
HEIGH, _adj._ high, A 316, 522, 2167, B 162, 252, F 545; great, A 1798;
lofty, B 3192, F 36; learned, E 18; severe, B 795; Heighe, _def._ C 633, F
85, 98; (_def. form, therefore read_ the heighe), T. iii. 1027; _in h. and
lowe_, in both high and low things, i.e. in all things, wholly, A 817, B
993. See HY, HEYE.
HEIGHE, _adv._ high up, T. iv. 996; high, B 4607; _an heigh_, on high, F
849. See HYE.
HEIGHLY, _adv._ strongly, T. ii. 1733.
HEIGHTE, _s._ height, altitude, A. i. 1. 2; ii. 3. 13. See HEYGHTE.
HEIR, _s._ 14. 12, 15, 17, 20; T. v. 805; B 766, 3833; Heires, _pl._ B
3534. See HEYRE, EIR.
HELDE, _v._ hold, retain, D 272. See HOLDE (the usual form).
HELDE, _pt. pl._ poured out, HF. 1686. (Better than taking it as 'held').
See _helden_ in Stratmann; and see HIELDE.
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