Heels, see Lead.
Helpen, "he can be helpen thereof" (N[122],a), helped; also holpen. Still in use.
Hend, "to me full hend" (M[11],c), courteous, civil, polite. "So loveth she this hendy Nicholas."—Chaucer, Cant. Tales (1383), 3386.
Hey, "Hey nonny nonny, ho for money" (R[222],d), if not a popular song, a popular refrain. The words occur in many old writers, not infrequently with an obscene meaning or reference: see Slang and its Analogues, s.v. Nonny.
Hie, "Hie you forth lively" (M[17],d), probably a snatch of some old song, which, however, I have been unable to trace. A somewhat similar reference occurs in Misognus (Anon. Plays, 2 Ser., E.E.D.S., 185,d) during a dancing scene: "O lively with high, child, and turn thee; ah, this is good sport!" Although this does not settle the source of the saying, yet it adds force to Mankind's words.
High, "on high, on high" (JE[357],c), a duplication necessitated by the rhyme—Eli, Eli, but all the same a very striking one.
Hight, "Health I hight" (WH[277],a), am called, have for a name: the only passive verb in English: see other volumes of this series.
Hip, "have you on the hip" (R[215],c), to have or get an advantage: see Slang and its Analogues, s.v. Hip.
Hite, "when man is a little hite and wealthy" (WH[279],c) = idle: in original hit. I take the word to be akin to the northern hite, to run up and down idly (Halliwell). Still, this may be wrong, and the now obsolete sense of hit = to be fortunate or successful may be meant.
Ho (passim) is used in varying senses in all old writers. Thus Ho! = a command to stop, cease, or refrain from the continuance of any action. Hence, as verb = to cry out, shout, etc. Whence many colloquialisms. To be ho (JE[367],a) = to be restrained, stopped, delayed; out of all ho = out of all bounds or restraint; no ho with = restive of control, out of hand; let us ho = let us stop; and so forth. Ho, ho, ho! occurs in many old plays, being given to the devil or vice when making an entry.