[hilted], pret. part., provided with a hilt or handle: acc. sg. heard swyrd hiked, sword with a (rich) hilt, [2988].
[hin-fûs], adj., ready to die: nom. sg. hyge wäs him hinfûs (i.e. he felt that he should not survive), [756].
[hindema], adj. superl., hindmost, last: instr. sg. hindeman sîðe, the last time, for the last time, [2050], [2518].
[hirde, hyrde], st. m., (herd) keeper, guardian, possessor: nom. sg. folces hyrde, [611], [1833], [2982]; rîces hyrde, [2028]; fyrena hyrde, the guardian of mischief, wicked one, [751], [2220]; wuldres hyrde, the king of glory, God, [932]; hringa hyrde, the keeper of the rings, [2246]; cumbles hyrde, the possessor of the banner, the bearer of the banner, [2506]; folces hyrde, [1850]; frätwa hyrde, [3134]; rîces hyrde, [3081]; acc. pl. hûses hyrdas, [1667].—Comp.: grund-hyrde.
[hit] (O.N. hita), st. f. (?), heat: nom. sg. þenden hyt sý, [2650].
[hladan], st. v.: 1) to load, to lay: inf. on bæl hladan leófne mannan, lay the dear man on the funeral-pile, [2127]; him on bearm hladan bunan and discas, laid cups and plates upon his bosom, loaded himself with them, [2776]; pret. part. þær wäs wunden gold on wæn hladen, laid upon the wain, [3135].—2) to load, to burden: pret. part. þâ wäs ... sægeáp naca hladen herewædum, loaded with armor, [1898].—Comp. gilp-hläden.
ge-hladan, w. acc., to load, to burden: pret. sg. sæbât gehlôd (MS gehleod), [896].
[hlâford], st. m., lord, ruler: nom. sg., [2376]; acc. sg., [267]; dat. sg. hlâforde, [2635]; gen. sg. hlâfordes, [3181].—Comp. eald-hlâford.
[hlâford-leás]; adj., without a lord: nom. pl. hlâford-leáse, [2936].
[hlâw, hlæw], st. m., grave-hill: acc. sg. hlæw, [2803], [3159], [3171]; dat. sg. for hlâwe, [1121]. Also, grave-chamber (the interior of the grave-hill), cave: acc. sg. hlâw [under] hrusan, [2277]; hlæw under hrusan, [2412]; dat. sg. on hlæwe, [2774]. The drake dwells in the rocky cavern which the former owner of his treasure had chosen as his burial-place, [2242-2271].