heáh, heá, adj., _high, noble_ (in composition, also primus): nom. sg. heáh Healfdene, 57; heá (Higelâc), 1927; heáh (sele), 82; heáh hlæw, 2806, 3159; acc. sg. heáh (segn), 48, 2769; heáhne (MS. heánne) hrôf, 984; dat. sg. in (tô) sele þam heán, 714, 920; gen. sg. heán hûses, 116.--_high, heavy_: acc. heáh gesceap (_an unusual, heavy fate_), 3085. heá-burh, st. f., _high city, first city of a country_: acc. sg., 1128. heáh-cyning, st. m., _high king, mightiest of the kings_: gen. sg. -cyninges (of Hrôðgâr), 1040. heáh-gestreón, st. n., _splendid treasure_: gen. pl. -gestreóna, 2303. heáh-lufe, w. f., _high love_: acc. sg. heáh-lufan, 1955. heáh-sele, st. m., _high hall, first hall in the land, hall of the ruler_: dat. sg. heáh-sele, 648. heáh-setl, st. n., _high seat, throne_: acc. sg., 1088. heáh-stede, st. m., _high place, ruler's place_: dat. sg. on heáh-stede, 285. heán, adj., _depressed, low, despised, miserable_: nom. sg., 1275, 2100, 2184, 2409. heáp, st. m., _heap, crowd, troop_: nom. sg. þegna heáp, 400; þes hearda heáp, _this brave band_, 432; acc. sg. here-sceafta heáp, _the crowd of spears_, 335; mago-rinca heáp, 731; dat. sg. on heápe, _in a compact body_, as many as there were of them, 2597.--Comp. wîg-heáp. heáwan, st. v., _to hew, to cleave_: inf., 801. ge-heáwan, _cleave_: pres. subj. ge-heáwe, 683. heoðu, st. f., _the interior of a building_: dat. sg. þät he on heoðe gestôd, _in the interior_ (of the hall, Heorot), 404. heofon, st. m., _heaven_: nom. sg., 3157; dat. sg. hefene, 1572; gen. sg. heofenes, 414, 576, 1802, etc.; gen. pl. heofena, 182; dat. pl. under heofenum, 52, 505. heolfor, st. n., _gore, fresh_ or _crude blood_: dat. instr. sg. hâtan heolfre, 850, 1424; heolfre, 2139; under heolfre, 1303. heolster, st. n., _haunt, hiding-place_: acc. sg. on heolster, 756. heonan, adv., _hence, from here_: heonan, 252; heonon, 1362. heor, st. m., _door-hinge_: nom. pl. heorras, 1000. heorde, adj. See wunden-heorde. heorð-geneát, st. m., _hearth-companion_, i.e. a vassal of the king, in whose castle he receives his livelihood: nom. pl. heorð-geneátas, 261, 3181; acc. pl. heorð-geneátas, 1581, 2181; dat. pl. heorð-geneátum, 2419. heorot, st. m., _stag_: nom. sg., 1370. heorte, w. f., _heart_: nom. sg., 2562; dat. sg. ät heortan, 2271; gen. sg. heortan, 2464, 2508.--Comp.: the adjectives blîð-, grom-, rûm-, stearc-heort. heoru, st. m., _sword_: nom. sg. heoru bunden (cf. under bîndan), 1286. In some of the following compounds heoro- seems to be confounded with here- (see here). heoro-blâc, adj., _pale through the sword, fatally wounded_: nom. sg. [heoro-]blâc, 2489. heoru-dreór, st. m., _sword-blood_: instr. sg. heoru-dreóre, 487; heoro-dreóre, 850. heoro-dreórig, adj., _bloody through the sword_: nom. sg., 936; acc. sg. heoro-dreórigne, 1781, 2721.