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
HENTE, _v._ catch, I 355; seize, A 3347, C 710; acquire, get, A 299;
circumvent, T. iv. 1371; _dide her for to hente_, caused her to be seized,
L. 2715; Hent, _pr. s._ seizes, catches, T. iv. 5; Hente, _pr. s. subj._
may seize, G 7; Hente, _pt. s._ caught, took, 4. 97; 5. 120, 154; HF. 543,
2028; T. i. 1045; A 957, 1300, B 1760, 3895, G 370, 1325; caught away, B
1144; seized, caught hold of, T. ii. 924, iii. 21, 1187; A 698, 4212, B
4525, D 1252, 1639, F 1391; grasped, C 255; took forcibly, E 534; took in
hunting, B 3449; lifted, G 205; Henten, _pt. pl._ seized, A 904; caught, R.
773; Hent, _pp._ caught, L. 2322; T. i. 509, A 1581, B 4249, D 1311, G 12;
seized, R. 1657, E 676; Hent, _imp. s._ seize, take, D 1553. A.S. _hentan_.
HENTERES, _s. pl._ filchers, B 1. p 3. 57. See above.
H['E]PE, _s._ hip, the fruit of the dog-rose, B 1937. A.S. _h[=e]ope_.
HEPE (h[`e][`e]p[*e]); see HEEP.
HEPE, _v._ heap; Hepen, _pr. pl._ augment, B 5. p 2. 28; Heped, _pp._
accumulated, T. iv. 236.
HER, HIR, _pron. poss._ their, B. 136, 138, 140, 221, 373, C 892, G 363,
1387, &c. A.S. _heora_, _hira_, of them; gen. pl. of _h[=e]_, he.
HERAFTERWARD, _adj._ hereafter, G 1168.
HER AND THER, hither and thither, B 5. p 5. 20. See HEER.
HERAUD, _s._ herald, A 2533; Heraudes, _pl._ HF. 1321, A 1017.
HERAUDE, _ger._ to herald, proclaim as a herald does, HF. 1576.
HERBE, _s._ herb, T. ii. 345; Herbes, _pl._ T. i. 947; E 226, F 470, 640.
HERBER, _s._ garden, T. ii. 1705; arbour, L. 203 (see note).
HERBERGAGE, _s._ a lodging, abode, A 4329, B 147, E 201; lodgings, B 4179.
From O.F. _herberge_ (F. _auberge_).
HERBERGEOURS, _s. pl._ harbingers, providers of lodgings, B 997. See above.
Hence the modern _harbinger_, with excrescent (inserted) _n_.
HERBERWE _or_ HERBERW, _s._ harbour, A 403; inn, A 765; lodging, shelter, A
4119, I 1031; dwelling, position, F 1035. Icel. _herbergi_.
HERBERWE, _ger._ to shelter, R. 491; Herberweden, _pt. pl._ lodged, B 2. p
6. 48; Herberwed, _pp._ dwelt, B 536 _n_.
HERBERWING, _s._ lodging, sheltering, A 4332.
HER-BIFORN, _adv._ before this time, L. 73; Herbeforn, 3. 1304; Her-before,
previously, 3. 1302; a while ago, 1136.
HER-BY, _adv._ with respect to this matter, D 2204; hence, HF. 263.
HERD, Herde; see HERE, _v._
HERDE, _s._ shepherd, T. iii. 1235; G 192; herd, keeper of cattle, A 603.
A.S. _heorde_, _hyrde_.
HERDE-GROMES, _pl._ servants who look after the herds, herdsmen, HF. 1225.
HERDES, _pl._ coarse flax, 'hards,' R. 1233. A.S. _heorde_, pl. _heordan_.
HERDESSE, _s._ shepherdess, T. i. 653. See HIERDESSE.
HERD-HERTED, _adj._ hard-hearted, B 2885.
HERE (h[`e]r[*e]), _pron._ her, R. 1260; 7. 120; T. iii. 34, 267, 1642, iv.
612; A 1421, 2057, B 460, E 887, F 790; HF. 1003. (Dissyllabic and final.)
HERE, _poss. pron._ her, T. i. 285.
HERE (h['e]['e]r[*e]), _adv._ here, in this place, on this spot, 3. 93; T.
v. 478. (Dissyllabic.) See HEER.
HERE (hair), Heres; see HEER.
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