hnâh, adj.: 1) _low, inferior_: comp. acc. sg. hnâgran, 678; dat. sg. hnâhran rince, _an inferior hero, one less brave_, 953.--2) _familiarly intimate_: nom. sg. näs hió hnâh swâ þeáh, _was nevertheless not familiarly intimate_ (with the Geátas, i.e. preserved her royal dignity towards them), (_niggardly_?), 1930. hnægan, w. v. w. acc., (for nægan), _to speak to, to greet_: pret. sg. þät he þone wîsan wordum hnægde freán Ingwina, 1319. ge-hnægan, w. acc., _to bend, to humiliate, to strike down, to fell_: pret. sg. ge-hnægde helle gâst, 1275; þær hyne Hetware hilde gehnægdon, 2917. hnitan, st. v., _to dash against, to encounter_, here of the collision of hostile bands: pret. pl. þonne hniton (hnitan) fêðan, 1328, 2545. hoðma, w. m., _place of concealment, cave_, hence, _the grave_: dat. sg. in hoðman, 2459. hof, st. n., _enclosed space, court-yard, estate, manor-house_: acc. sg. hof (Hrôðgâr's residence), 312; dat. sg. tô hofe sînum (Grendel's home in the sea), 1508; tô hofe (Hygelâc's residence), 1975; acc. pl. beorht hofu, 2314; dat. pl. tô hofum Geáta, 1837. hogode. See hycgan. hold, adj., _inclined to, attached to, gracious, dear, true_: nom. sg. w. dat. of the person, hold weorod freán Scyldinga, _a band well disposed to the lord of the Scyldings_, 290; mandrihtne hold, 1230; Hygelâce wäs ... nefa swýðe hold, _to H. was his nephew_ (Beówulf) _very much attached_, 2171; acc. sg. þurh holdne hige, _from a kindly feeling, with honorable mind_, 267; holdne wine, 376; holdne, 1980; gen. pl. holdra, 487. hold. See healdan. holm, st. m., _deep sea_: nom. sg., 519, 1132, 2139; acc. sg., 48, 633; dat. sg. holme, 543, 1436, 1915; acc. pl. holmas, 240.--Comp. wæg-holm. holm-clif, st. n., _sea-cliff_: dat. sg. on þam holm-clife, 1422; from þäm holmclife, 1636; acc. pl. holm-clifu, 230. holm-wylm, st. m., _the waves of the sea_: dat. sg. holm-wylme, 2412. holt, st. n., _wood, thicket, forest._ acc. sg. on holt, 2599; holt, 2847.--Comp.: äsc-, fyrgen-, gâr-, Hrefnes-holt. holt-wudu, st. m., _forest-wood_: 1) of the material: nom. sg., 2341.--2) = _forest_: acc. sg., 1370. hord, st. m. and n., _hoard, treasure_: nom. sg., 2284, 3085; beága hord, 2285; mâðma hord, 3012; acc. sg. hord, 913, 2213, 2320, 2510, 2745, 2774, 2956, 3057; sâwle hord, 2423; þät hord, 3127; dat. sg. of horde, 1109; for horde, _on account of_ (the robbing of) _the hoard_, 2782; hæðnum horde, 2217; gen. sg. hordes, 888.--Comp.: beáh-, breóst-, word-, wyrm-hord. hord-ärn, st. n., _place in which a treasure is kept, treasure-room_: dat. hord-ärne, 2832; gen. pl. hord-ärna, 2280. hord-burh, st. f., _city in which is the treasure_ (of the king's), _ruler's castle_: acc. sg., 467. hord-gestreón, st. n., _hoard-treasure, precious treasure_: dat. pl. hord-gestreónum, 1900; gen. pl. mägen-byrðenne hord-gestreóna, _the great burden of rich treasures_, 3093. hord-mâððum, st. m., _treasure-jewel, precious jewel_: acc. sg. (-madmum, MS.), 1199.