[healf], st. f., half, side, part: acc. sg. on þâ healfe, towards this side, [1676]; dat. sg. häleðum be healfe, at the heroes' side, [2263]; acc. pl. on twâ healfa, upon two sides, mutually, [1096]; on bâ healfa (healfe), on both sides (to Grendel and his mother), [1306]; on two sides, on both sides, [2064]; gen. pl. on healfa gehwone, in half, through the middle, [801].
[a]healf], adj., half: gen. sg. healfre, [1088].
[heals], st. m., neck: acc. sg. heals, [2692]; dat. sg. wið halse, [1567]; be healse, [1873].—Comp.: the adjectives fâmig-, wunden-heals.
[heals-beáh], st. m., neck-ring, collar: acc. sg. þone heals-beáh, [2173]; gen. pl. heals-beága, [1196].
[heals-gebedde], w. f., beloved bedfellow, wife: nom. sg. healsgebedde (MS. healsgebedda), [63].
[healsian], w. v. w. acc., to entreat earnestly, to implore: pret. sg. þâ se þeóden mec ... healsode hreóh-môd þät..., entreated me sorrowful, that..., [2133].
[heard], adj.: 1) of persons, able, efficient in war, strong, brave: nom. sg. heard, [342], [376], [404], [1575], [2540], etc.; in weak form, se hearda, [401], [1964]; se hearda þegn, [2978]; þes hearda heáp, [432]; nom. pl. hearde hilde-frecan, [2206]; gen. pl. heardra, [989]. Comparative: acc. sg. heardran häle, [720]. With accompanying gen.: wîges heard, strong in battle, [887]; dat. sg. nîða heardum, [2171].—2) of the implements of war, good, firm, sharp, hard: nom. sg. (gûð-byrne, lîc-syrce) heard, [322], [551]. In weak form: masc. here-stræl hearda, [1436]; se hearda helm, [2256]; neutr. here-net hearde, [1554]; acc. sg. (swurd, wæpen), heard, [540], [2688], [2988]; nom. pl. hearde ... homera lâfe, [2830]; heard and hring-mæl Heaðobeardna gestreón, [2038]; acc. pl. heard sweord, [2639]. Of other things, hard, rough, harsh, hard to bear: acc. sg. hreðer-bealo hearde, [1344]; nom. sg. wrôht ... heard, [2915]; here-nîð hearda, [2475]; acc. sg. heoro-sweng heardne, [1591]; instr. sg. heardan ceápe, [2483]; instr. pl. heardan, heardum clammum, [964], [1336]; gen. pl. heardra hýnða, [166]. Compar.: acc. sg. heardran feohtan, [576].—Comp.: fýr-, îren-, nîð-, regn-, scûr-heard.
hearde, adv., hard, very, [1439].
[heard-ecg], adj., sharp-edged, hard, good in battle: nom. sg., [1289].
[heard-fyrde], adj., hard to take away, heavy: acc. sg. hard-fyrdne, [2246].—Leo.