Halfe, n. Sax. a side, a part; a' Goddes half, 15632, Du. 370, on God's part, with God's favour; a' this balfe God, T. L. i. 325, b. on this side of God; four halves, 3481, four fides. Hali, pr. n. 433, an Arabian physician, Fabric. Bibl. Gr. t. xiii. p. 17. Halke, n. Sax. a corner, 11432, 15779. Halpe, pa. t. of help, v. Sax. 14052; R. 1911. Hals, n. Sax. the neck, 4493. Halfe, v. Sax. See the n. on ver. 13575 Halt, pa. t. of bold, v. Sax. held or kept, 5141. Halte, v. Fr. to go lamely, Du. 622. Hame, for home, n. Sax. 4030. Hamele, v. Sax. to hamstring, to cut off, T. ii. 964. Hamers, n. pl. Sax. hammers, Du. 1164. Han, inf. m. of have, v. Sax. 754, 1048, 2109. pr. t. pl. 931, 1022, 7581. Hanfelines, P. 184, l. 17, appears from the context to mean a fort of breeches. Happe, n. Sax. chance, 13168; Bo. v. pr. 1. Happe, v. to happen, 587, 6467. Hard, adj. Sax. hard; barde grace, 7810, 16133, miffortune. See Grace. It is ufed adverbially, 9879, 13133. Harde, v. Sax. to make hard, 10559. Hardely, (bardily) adv. Fr. boldly, 10147; adv. Sax. certainly, 7867, 7901, 9186; T. v. 673. Harding, n. Sax. hardening, 10557 Harie, v. Fr. to hurry; to barie and drawe, P. 151. Haried, part. pa. hurried, 2728; ils feroient hariez en grand manere, Froiffart, v. i. c. 225. Harlot, n. See the n. on ver. 649. Harlotries, n. pl. ribaldries, 563. Harneis, n. Fr. armour, 1615; furniture, 5718. Harneife, v. Fr. to drefs, R. 2648. Harow, interj. Fr. See the n. on ver. 3286. Harpour, n. Fr. a harper, T. ii. 1030. In the act of refumption, 28 H. VI. there is a provifo in favour of John Turges, harpour with the queen, for the reverfion of an annuity of 10 marks, after the death of William Langton minstrel. Harwed, p. t. of harwe, v. Sax. See the n. on ver. 3512. Hafardour, n. Fr. a player athazard, a gamester, 12530. Hafardrie, n. Fr. gaming in general, 12524. Hofelwade, Tiii. 892, v. 585, 1174. All these paffages plainly allude to the fame proverbial saying, which appears to have been used in fcorn or derifion of any improbable hope or expectation; why it was fo ufed is beyond my reach to discover: it may be proper however to mention that in T. iii. 892, mf. Harl. 3943, reads Hafelwode is shaken and that the paffage, T. v. 1174, is an imitation of the following in the Filoftrato. [See Effay, &c. n. 62.] Ma Pandero feco tacitamente Hafif, adj. Fr. hafty, 3545 Hafifly, adv. haftily, 13546. Hate, v. Sax. to be named, R. 38. Hauberk, n. Fr. a coat of mail, 13792. Haunce, v. Fr. to raise, to enhance, B. K. 431. Haunte, v. Fr. to practife, P. 233. Haunteden, pa. t. pl. 12398, practised, frequented. Havtein, adj. Fr. haughty, R. 3739-loud, 12264--a bautein faucon, L. W. 1118, a highflying hawk, faulcon haultain, Fr. Haven, inf. m. of háve, v. Sax. Bo. iv. pr. 2; it is more commonly abbreviated into ban. Havoir, for avoir, n. Fr. wealth, R. 4720. Hawe, n. Sax. a hawthorn berry, 6241; T. iii. 856a farmyard, 12789-a churchyard, P. 236. Harebake, 4515. See the note. He, pron. Sax. is often prefixed in all its cafes to proper names emphatically, according to the Saxon ufage; be Moises, 10564; be Tityus, T. i. 787. See the n. on ver. 9594. He is alfo frequently used for it in all cafes, 7550, 7838, 9737. See the n. on ver. 9594. Hed, n. Sax. head; on his bed, 1346, on pain of losing his head. See the note. Hedde, for bidde, (hidden) L. W. 208. Heifugge, A. F. 612, curruca, a little bird which is fuppofed to hatch the cuckoo's egg, and to be destroyed by the young cuckoos, Sp. Hele, v. Sax. helan, to hide, 6531; R. 6882. Heleles, adj. helplefs, T. v. 1592. Helmed, part. pa. Fr. armed with an helmet, 14376; Helorvis, pr. n. 6259, Eloifa the mistress of Abelard. -See a fummary of their history in Rom. de la Rofe, ver. 9172-9247. Hem, obl. c. pl. of be, them. See Him, and Essay, &c. n. 28. Hemfelf, hemfelve, hemselven. See Self. Henchmen, n. pl. pages, F. L. 252. See a note on The Midfummer Night's Dream of Shakespeare, act. ii. fc. 2. last edit. Hende, bendy, adj. Sax. civil, courteous, 6868, 3199. Henen, 4031,benne,2358, 3887; hennes, R. 4922 ; hens, 12621; adv. Sax. hence. Heng, pa. t. and part. of hang, v. Sax. 360,678,9757Hennes forth, adv. Sax. henceforth, 10972. Hente, v. Sax. to take hold of, to catch, 906, 7082. Hent, pa. t. & part. 700, 6899, 1583. Hepe, n.Sax. a heap; to hepe, T.iii. 1770; Bo. iv. pr. 6; together, in a heap-the fruit of the dogrofe,13677. Heraud, n. Fr. a herald, 2535. Herbergage, n. Fr. lodging, 4327. Herbergeours, n. pl. Fr. providers of lodgings, harbingers, 5417. Herberwe, n. Sax. an inn, a lodging, 767, 4143-the place of the fun, 11347; in ver. 405 [fee the note,] it rather means, I think, a harbour-herber, T. ii. 1705, F. L. 49, an arbour. Herbertve, v. Sax. to lodge, R. 6145. Herd, bierde, n. Sax. a keeper, 605, 15660-berdegromes, F. iii. 135, thepherd-boys. Herdes, n. pl. coarfe flax; berde, fibra lini, Kilian; R. 1233; That not of hempe ne heerdis was. So this ver. is written in mf. Hunter; the orig. has only-elle ne fut de bourras. Here, for bire, pron. 2059, 3691, 4880, and in other places, for the fake of the rhyme. Here, adv. Sax. in this place. Here, in compofition, fignifies this, without including any idea of place; hereagaines, 3041, against this; berebeforn, 1586, before this. Here, v. Sax. to hear, 2347-Herd, herde, pa. t. & part. 221, 955, 1597-Herden, pa. t. pl. 15382. Here, n. Sax, hair, 677. Heren, adj. made of hair, 12670. Herking, part. pr. of berke, v. Sax. hearkening, 10392. Hermes, pr. n. 16902; a chymical treatise under his name is extant in the Theat. Chemic. t. iv. See Fabr. Bibl. Gr.l.i. c. 10. Hermes Ballenus, F. iii. 183,whether a different person from him just mentioned I cannot tell. Herne, n. Sax. a corner, 11433, 16126. Heronere, n. Fr. a hawk made to fly only at the heron, T. iv. 413; L. W. 1118. Heronfewes, n. pl. Fr. young herons, 10382. See the note. Herte, for burt, v. Sax. Du. 883. Herte, n. Sax. heart; berte-blood, 6300, 12836, heart's blood; berte-fpone. See the n. on ver. 2608. Herteles, adj. without courage, 14914. Hertly, adj. hearty, 10319. Hery, v. Sax. to praise, 8492, 13548. Hefie, n. Sax. command, 12574---promise, R. 4475,7 Hetheneffe, n. Sax. country of Heathens, 49, 5532. Hething, n. Sax. contempt, 4108; all is thy bething fallen upon thee, P. L. 273. Heve, v. Sax. to heave, to raise, 552.---v. neut: to labour, T. ii. 1289. Heved, n. Sax. head; F. ii. 42, every virtue in my beved; fo I apprehend this line should be read, instead of in me beved. Heven-quene, n. Sax. the queen of heaven, the Virgin Mary, 16557. Hew of Lincoln, pr. n. 13614. See Difcourfe, &c.§ 32. Hewe, v. Sax. to cut, 1424.v. neut. C. L. 980; |