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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Husel], sb. the sacrifice of the Eucharist, S; housel, CM; hosel, MD.—AS. húsel.

[ Huslen], v. to administer the Eucharist, MD; hoseli, S2; hoslen, S; houselen, CM; huseled, pp., houseled, S; hosled, S; y-housled, S2.

[ Hus-lewe], sb. house-shelter, S; see [Hous].

[ Huyre], sb.; see [Hure].

[ Hy], adj. high; see [Heigh].

[ Hye], sb. haste, S2, S3, CM, C3; hie, MD; heye, MD; hegh, H.

[ Hyen], v. to hasten, S3, PP; see [Hiȝen].

[ Hyne], sb. domestic, servant, hind, S2, P, C3, W; hine (used of the Virgin Mary), MD; hind, Sh.; hine, pl., S, S2; hinen, S.—Cp. AS. hína man, a man of the domestics. Hína, also written híwna, gen. pl. of híwan, domestics. See [Hewe].

I (vowel).

[For words in which initial I has the sound of J, see under [I (consonant)] below.]