[hof], st. n., enclosed space, court-yard, estate, manor-house: acc. sg. hof (Hrôðgâr's residence), [312]; dat. sg. tô hofe sînum (Grendel's home in the sea), [1508]; tô hofe (Hygelâc's residence), [1975]; acc. pl. beorht hofu, [2314]; dat. pl. tô hofum Geáta, [1837].

[hogode]. See [hycgan].

[hold], adj., inclined to, attached to, gracious, dear, true: nom. sg. w. dat. of the person, hold weorod freán Scyldinga, a band well disposed to the lord of the Scyldings, [290]; mandrihtne hold, [1230]; Hygelâce wäs ... nefa swýðe hold, to H. was his nephew (Beówulf) very much attached, [2171]; acc. sg. þurh holdne hige, from a kindly feeling, with honorable mind, [267]; holdne wine, [376]; holdne, [1980]; gen. pl. holdra, [487].

[a]hold]. See [healdan].

[holm], st. m., deep sea: nom. sg., [519], [1132], [2139]; acc. sg., [48], [633]; dat. sg. holme, [543], [1436], [1915]; acc. pl. holmas, [240].—Comp. wæg-holm.

[holm-clif], st. n., sea-cliff: dat. sg. on þam holm-clife, [1422]; from þäm holmclife, [1636]; acc. pl. holm-clifu, [230].

[holm-wylm], st. m., the waves of the sea: dat. sg. holm-wylme, [2412].

[holt], st. n., wood, thicket, forest. acc. sg. on holt, [2599]; holt, [2847].—Comp.: äsc-, fyrgen-, gâr-, Hrefnes-holt.

[holt-wudu], st. m., forest-wood: 1) of the material: nom. sg., [2341].—2) = forest: acc. sg., [1370].

[hord], st. m. and n., hoard, treasure: nom. sg., [2284], [3085]; beága hord, [2285]; mâðma hord, [3012]; acc. sg. hord, [913], [2213], [2320], [2510], [2745], [2774], [2956], [3057]; sâwle hord, [2423]; þät hord, [3127]; dat. sg. of horde, [1109]; for horde, on account of (the robbing of) the hoard, [2782]; hæðnum horde, [2217]; gen. sg. hordes, [888].—Comp.: beáh-, breóst-, word-, wyrm-hord.