A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Hetel], adj. hateful, cruel, horrible, MD.

[ Hetelifaste], adv. cruelly, S.

[ Heten], v. to promise, MD, S2, C3, H; see [Haten].

[ Heter], adj. rough, MD.

[ Heterly], adv. fiercely, violently, S2; hetterly, S2; heterliche, MD; hatterliche, S; heatterliche, S.

[ Heth], sb. heath, PP, CM; heethe, dat., C.—AS. hǽð; cp. Icel. heiðr.

[ Hethen], adj. heathen, S, S2, C3, PP; hathene, S; heaðene, S; hæðene, S.—AS. hǽðen.

[ Heðen], adv. hence, S, S2, S3, H; eðen, S.—Icel. héðan.

[ Hethenesse], sb. heathendom, S, C3, PP.—AS. hǽðennis.

[ Hethenlich], adv. in heathen manner. W.