Halline, Ch. 82. Joy. C.
Hancelled, G. 49. Cut off, destroyed. C.
Han, AE. 734. Hath. q? [One of C.’s fundamental mistakes.]
Hanne, AE. 409. Had. particip. q?—AE. 685. Had. pa. t. sing. q?
Hantoned, AE. 1094. [A mistake for hancelled; hanten
in B.K. and
Speght means use, accustom.]
Harried, M. 82. Tost. C. [But in AE. 209 plainly=_hurried_.]
Hatched, p. 25. I. [Probably C. meant covered with a cloth exhibiting its rider’s coat of arms. Cf. Hatchments.]
[Hatchments, H. 2. 489. In heraldry, a coat of arms. (K.).]
Haveth, E. I. 17. Have. 1st perf. q?
Heafods, E. II. 7. Heads. C.
Heavenwere, G. 146. Heavenward. C.
Hecked, AE. 394. Wrapped closely, covered. C.
Heckled, M. 3. Wrapped. C.
Heie, E. II. 15. They. C.
Heiedeygnes, E. III. 77. A country dance, still
practised in the
North. C.
Hele, n. G. 127. Help. C.
Hele, v. E. III. 16. To help. C.
Hem, T. 24. A contraction of them. C.
[Hendie, H. 1. 95. ? Hand to hand; K. B. and Speght all have neat, fine, genteel, for this Chaucerian word.]
Hente, T. 175. Grasp, hold. C.
Hentyll, AE. 1161. [Evidently Custom; no explanation.]
[Herehaughte, M. 78. Herald.]
Herselle, AE. 279. Herself.
Herste, AE. 1182. [? Command.]
Hilted, Hiltren, T. 47. 65. Hidden. C.
Hiltring, Ch. 13. Hiding. C.
Hoastrie, E. I. 26. Inn, or publick house. C.
[Hocktide, H. 1. 25. A festival celebrated in England antiently in memory of the sudden death of King Hardicanute A.C. 1042 and the downfall of the Danes. B.]
Holtred, AE. 293. [? Hidden, from B.’s hulstred.]
Hommeur, AE. 1190. [? Honour.]
Hondepoint, AE. 273. [Sk. renders (every) moment; K.B. and Speght give no help.]
Hopelen, AE. 399. [Hopelessness—’I from a night of hopelessness am awakened.’]
Horrowe, M. 2. Unseemly, disagreeable. C.
Horse-millanar, Ch. 56. See C.’s note.
[According to Steevens a
Bristol tradesman in 1776 so described himself over
his shop-door.]
Houton, M. 93. Hollow. C.
Hulstred, M. 6. Hidden, secret. C.
Huscarles, AE. 922. 1194. House-servants.
Hyger, AE. 627. The flowing of the tide in the Severn was antiently called the Hygra. Gul. Malmesb. de Pontif. Ang. L. iv. [’The eagre or “bore” of the Severn is a large and swift tide-wave which sometimes flows in from the Atlantic Ocean with great force.’ Sk. II, p. 61, note.]