ge-hâtan, _to promise, to give one's word, to vow, to threaten_: pres. sg. I. ic hit þe gehâte, 1393; so, 1672; pret. sg. he me mêde gehêt, _promised me reward_, 2135; him fägre gehêt leána (gen. pl.), _promised them proper reward_, 2990; weán oft gehêt earmre teohhe, _with woe often threatened the unhappy band_, 2938; pret. pl. gehêton ät härgtrafum wig-weorðunga, _vowed offerings at the shrines of the gods_, 175; þonne we gehêton ûssum hlâforde þät ..., _when we promised our lord that_..., 2635; pret. part. sió gehâten [wäs] ... gladum suna Frôdan, _betrothed to the glad son of Froda_, 2025. hâtor, st. m. n., _heat_: in comp. and-hâtor. häft, adj., _held, bound, fettered_: nom. sg., 2409; acc. sg. helle häftan, _him fettered by hell_ (Grendel), 789. häft-mêce, st. m., _sword with fetters_ or _chains_ (cf. fetel-hilt): dat. sg. þäm häft-mêce, 1458. See Note. häg-steald, st. m., _man, liegeman, youth_: gen. pl. häg-stealdra, 1890. häle, st. m., _man_: nom. sg., 1647, 1817, 3112; acc. sg. häle, 720; dat. pl. hælum (hænum, MS.), 1984. häleð, st. m., _hero, fighter, warrior, man_: nom. sg., 190, 331, 1070; nom. pl. häleð, 52, 2248, 2459, 3143; dat. pl. häleðum 1710, 1962, etc.; gen. pl. häleða, 467, 497, 612, 663, etc. härg. See hearg. hæð, st. f., _heath_: dat. sg. hæðe, 2213. hæðen, adj., _heathenish_; acc. sg. hæðene sâwle, 853; dat. sg. hæðnum horde, 2217; gen. sg. hæðenes, _of the heathen_ (Grendel), 987; gen. pl. hæðenra, 179. hæð-stapa, w. m., _that which goes about on the heath_ (stag): nom. sg., 1369 hæl, st. f.: 1) _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. him hæl âbeád, 654; mid hæle, 1218.--2) _favorable sign, favorable omen_: hæl sceáwedon, _observed favorable signs_ (for Beówulf's undertaking), 204. hælo, st. f., _health, welfare, luck_: acc. sg. hælo âbeád heorð-geneátum, 2419.--Comp. un-hælo. hæst (O.H.G. haisterâ hantî, manu violenta; heist, ira; heistigo, iracunde), adj., _violent, vehement_: acc. sg. þurh hæstne hâd, 1336. he, fem. heó, neut. hit, pers. pron., _he, she, it_; in the oblique cases also reflexive, _himself, herself, itself_: acc. sg. hine, hî, hit; dat. sg. him, hire, him; gen. sg. his, hire, his; plur. acc. nom. hî, hig, hie; dat. him; gen. hira, heora, hiera, hiora.--he omitted before the verb, 68, 300, 2309, 2345. hebban, st. v., _to raise, to lift_, w. acc.: inf. siððan ic hond and rond hebban mihte, 657; pret. part. hafen, 1291; häfen, 3024. â-hebban, _raise, to lift from, to take away_: wäs ... icge gold âhafen of horde, _taken up from the hoard_, 1109; þâ wäs ... wôp up âhafen, _a cry of distress raised_, 128 ge-hegan [ge-hêgan], w. v., _to enclose, to fence_: þing gehegan, _to mark off the court, hold court_. Here figurative: inf. sceal ... âna gehegan þing wið þyrse (_shall alone decide the matter with Grendel_), 425. hel, st. f., _hell_: nom. sg., 853; acc. sg. helle, 179; dat. sg. helle, 101, 589; (as instr.), 789; gen. sg. helle, 1275.