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
HILD, _pt. s._ bent, inclined, 3. 393. A.S. _heldan_, _hyldan_, to incline;
pt. t. _helde_, _hylde_. Apparently confused with A.S. _healdan_, to hold,
pt. t. _h[=e]old_.
HIM; see HE.
HIMSELF, _pron._ himself, A 219; he himself, 10. 25; itself, T. i. 745;
(applied to the moon), A. ii. 34. 13; Him-selven, himself, 4. 98; A 184, B
44; for himself, A 528; Himselve, itself, 3. 419, HF. 797.
HIM-WARD, TO, towards him, B 5. p 6. 99.
HINDE, _s._ hind, 3. 427; 5. 195; Hindes, _pl._ B 3. m 12. 7.
HINDRE, _v._ hinder, R. 1039; _ger._ B 2386.
HINDRESTE, _superl._ hindmost, A 622. A double form; in _hind-r-est_, _-r-_
represents a comparative, and _-est_ a superlative form.
HIPES, _pl._ hips, A 472; Hippes, 3. 957; B 3904. A.S. _hype_.
HIR, (1), _pers. pron. dat. and acc._, to her, her, A 126, B 162, &c.; to
her, 3. 1226; 4. 39; for her, 4. 293; _acc._ (applied to a star), A. ii. 3.
30.
HIR, (2), _poss. pron._ her, 5. 304, 305, 371; A 120, B 164, F 835, &c. And
see HERE, HIRES.
HIR, (3), _gen. pl._ of them; Hir aller, of them all, A 586; Hir bothe, of
them both, of both of them, 4. 52; T. iii. 453; B 221. A.S. _hira_.
HIR, (4), _poss. pron._ their, R. 412; 3. 174, 175, 176, 404, 1086; 4. 205,
220, 221; 5. 9, 82, 191, 294, 308, 488, 530, 668; A 11, B 140, 221, 373,
&c.; Her, B 3536, &c.
HIR THANKES, with their good will, willingly, A 2114.
HIR[:E]S, hers, 5. 482, 588; T. i. 889, iii. 1608, iv. 444; B 227. See HIR
(1).
HIRNIA, _s._ hernia, I 423.
HIRS, _pron._ theirs, B 3. p 11. 97. See HIR (4).
HIRSELVEN, _acc._ herself, 4. 118; F 1415; Hirselve, F 384.
HIS, _gen. masc._ his, A 47, 50, &c.; _neut._ its, 1. 178; T. iii. 1088, v.
1379; A. i. 2. 3; D 350, 1128, 1149, 1845, E 263, F 405; _in phr._ Mars his
= of Mars, L. 2593. See HE, HIT.
HIS THANKES, with his good will, willingly, A 2107.
HISE, _poss. pron. pl._ his, A 527 _n_; I 86. (Common in MS. E. as a
_plural_ form.)
HISTORIAL, _adj._ historical, C 156.
HIT, _pron._ it, 2. 117; 3. 308, &c.; A. i. 2. 2; Hit am I, it is I, 3.
186, L. 314; Hit weren, they were, HF. 1323. See HIS.
HIT, _pr. s._ hides, F 512. _Hit_ is a contracted form, equivalent to
_hideth_. It also appears as _hut_; as in 'yef me _hut_ ant heled it,' if
one hides and conceals it; St. Marharete, p. 15. See HYDE.
HITTE, _v._ hit; Hitte, _1 pt. s._ D 808; _pt. s._ A 2647; Hit, _pp._ T. i.
867.
HO, _interj._ hold! stop! T. iii. 190, iv. 1242; B 3957. See Stratmann.
HO, _s._ exclamation commanding silence, A 2533; stop, cessation, T. ii.
1083.
HOCHEPOT, _s._ hotch-potch, mixture, B 2447.
HODE, _dat. of_ Hood.
HOGGES, _gen._ hog's, C 955; Hogges, _pl._ B 4575.
HOKE, _dat. of_ Hook.
HOKER, _s._ scorn, frowardness, A 3965. A.S. _h[=o]cor_.
HOKERLY, _adv._ scornfully, I 584.
HOLD, _s._ possession, B 4064, D 1607, E 1305; grasp F 167; keeping, D 599;
fort, castle, B 507; Holde _dat._ hold, possession, R. 401.
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