A Middle English Vocabulary, Designed for use with Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Heste, n.² violence, VII 142. [OE. hǣst (allit.). This form has hitherto escaped record (?); prob. distinct from Hast(e), q.v.]

Het(e), Hette, &c. See Hote, v.

Hete, n. heat, I 163, VI 194, VII 138, IX 13; Heite, VII 101. [OE. hǣtu.]

Heterly, adv. bitterly, violently, suddenly, V 223, 243, 249, VI 42. [Blend of OE. hete-līce, and ON. hatr-liga.]

Hethen, adv. hence, IV a 17. [ON. héðan.]

Heþ(e), n. heath, II 237, 243. [OE. hǣþ.]

Heþenisse, n. pagan lands, II 513. [OE. hǣþen-nes.]

Heu. See Hew(e).

Heue, v. to raise, exalt, V 220, VI 113 (2 sg.). [OE. hebban, hef-.]

Heued, n. head, VI 99, 105, XV g 13; ? leader, XIV d 8; Hade, II 391; Hed(e), V 75, 249, VIII a 322, XI b 136, &c.; on hed, on his head, II 149. [OE. hēafod, hē̆afd-.]