hel-bend, st. m. f. _bond of hell_: instr. pl. hell-bendum fæst, 3073. hel-rūna, w. m., _sorcerer_: nom. pl. helrūnan, 163. be-helan, st. v., _to conceal, to hide_: pret. part. be-holen, 414. helm, st. m.: 1) _protection in general, defence, covering that protects_: acc. sg. on helm, 1393; under helm, 1746.--2) _helmet_: nom. sg., 1630; acc. sg. helm, 673, 1023, 1527, 2988; (helo, MS.), 2724; brūn-fāgne, gold-fāhne helm, 2616, 2812; dat. sg. under helme, 342, 404; gen. sg. helmes, 1031; acc. pl. helmas, 240, 2639.--3) _defence, protector_, designation of the king: nom. sg. helm Scyldinga (Hrōðgār), 371, 456, 1322; acc. sg. heofena helm _(the defender of the heavens_ = God), 182; helm Scylfinga, 2382.--Comp.: grīm-, gūð-, heaðo-, niht-helm. ofer-helmian, w. v. w. acc., _to cover over, to overhang_: pres. sg. III. ofer-helmað, 1365. helm-berend, pres. part., _helm-wearing_ (warrior): acc. pl. helmberend, 2518, 2643. helpan, st. v., _to help_: inf. þæt him holt-wudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið līge, _that a wooden shield could not help him, a linden shield against flame_, 2341; þæt him īrenna ecge mihton helpan æt hilde, 2685; wutun gangan to, helpan hildfruman, _let us go thitherto help the battle-chief_, 2650; w. gen. ongan ... mǣges helpan, _began to help my kinsman_, 2880; so, pret. sg. þǣr hē his mǣges (MS. mægenes) healp, 2699. help, m. and f., _help, support, maintenance_: acc. sg. helpe, 551, 1553; dat. sg. tō helpe, 1831; acc. sg. helpe, 2449. hende, _-handed_: in comp. īdel-hende. hēr, adv., _here_, 397, 1062, 1229, 1655, 1821, 2054, 2797, etc.; _hither_, 244, 361, 376. here (Goth, harji-s), st. m., _army, troops_: dat. sg. on herge, _in the army, on a warlike expedition, 1249; in the army, among the fighting men_, 2639; as instr. herge, 2348.--Comp.: flot-, scip-, sin-here. here-brōga, w. m., _terror of the army, fear of war_: dat. sg. for here-brōgan, 462. here-byrne, w. f., _battle-mail, coat of mail_: nom. sg., 1444. here-grīma, w. m., _battle-mask_, i.e. helmet (with visor): dat. sg. -grīman, 396, 2050, 2606. here-net, st. n., _battle-net_, i.e. coat of mail (of interlaced rings): nom. sg., 1554. here-nīð, st. m., _battle-enmity, battle of armies_: nom. sg., 2475. here-pād, st. f., _army-dress_, i.e. coat of mail, armor: nom. sg., 2259. here-rinc, st. m., _army-hero, hero in battle, warrior_: acc. sg. here-rinc (MS. here ric), 1177. here-sceaft, st. m., _battle-shaft_, i.e. spear: gen. pl. here-sceafta hēap, 335. here-spēd, st. f., _(war-speed), luck in war_: nom. sg., 64. here-strǣl, st. m., _war-arrow, missile_: nom. sg., 1436. here-syrce, w. f., _battle-shirt, shirt of mail_: acc. sg. here-syrcan, 1512. here-wǣd, st. f., _army-dress, coat of mail, armor_: dat. pl. (as instr.) here-wǣdum, 1898. here-wǣsma, w. m., _war-might, fierce strength in battle_: dat. pl. an here-wǣsmum, 678.--Leo. here-wīsa, w. m., _leader of the army_, i.e. ruler, king: nom. sg., 3021.