Browse Glossary
Select a category and then a letter. Click your chosen headword for a concordance ordered by County and Estate.
Note that the General Glossary is selected by default: here we present the correspondences between the LangScape headword and the headwords in selected dictionaries (see Abbreviations); your search criteria will match with any of these. The display also shows how we have treated ‘compounds’ (eg. under ‘burh’, you will see that ‘burhware’ is treated as one LangScape headword but ‘eorþ+burg’ as two).
LangScape Headword |
OE Dictionaries (DOE/CH) |
PN Elements (PnEl/VEPN) |
Brief Translation |
Comments | See also ‘compounds’ |
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c | hund | - | hundred | ||
habban | habban | - | to have | ||
haca | haca | haca | hook | ||
hacele | hacele | - | (church) vestment | ||
hafoc | hafoc | hafoc | hawk | ||
haga2 | haga2 | haga2 | haw | Includes also hagu- (as in hagu-þorn) | hagu+þorn |
haga1 | haga1 | haga1 | enclosure, hedge | ||
*hagga | - | *hagga | haw | ||
hagosteald | hagosteald | - | young warrior | ||
halc | healoc | halc | hollow | ||
halga | hālga | hālga | saint | ||
halig | hālig | hālig | holy | ||
halignes | hālignes | - | holiness | ||
ham | hām | hām | homestead, village | hamsteall : hamstede : hamtun : wicham | |
hamm | hamm | hamm | enclosure, water meadow | See also Gelling&Cole; the primary meaning is 'land hemmed by a river bend' and no one translation can capture this sense | |
*hamol | - | *hamol | flat-topped | ||
hamor | hamor | hamor | hammer | Includes ON hamarr (listed under hamor in PnEl) | |
hamsteall | hāmsteall | hām-stall | homestead | ||
hamstede | hāmstede | hām-stede | homestead | ||
hamtun | - | hām-tūn | home farm | ||
han | hān | hān | stone | ||
hana | hana | hana | cock | ||
hand | hand | - | hand | Not in PnEl but included in Notts List | |
*hanga | -hanga | - | hanger | ||
hangian | hangian | - | to hang | ||
hangra | hangra | hangra | steep wood | See also Gelling&Cole | |
har | hār | hār | hoar, grey | ||
hara | hara | hara | hare | ||
*haraþ | - | *haraþ | wood | ||
hassuc | hassuc | hassuc | tussock | ||
hat | hāt | - | hot | Not in PnEl but included in Notts List | |
(ge)hatan | (ge)hātan | - | to command | ||
haugr | - | haugr | hill | ||
hæcc | hæcc | hæc(c) | hatch | *hæcc+geat | |
*hæcce | hæcce | *hæcce | fence | ||
hæfer | hæfer | hæfer | goat | ||
(ge)hæg | gehæg | (ge)hæg | enclosure, fence | ||
*hægen | - | *hægen | enclosure | ||
hægweard | hæg-weard | - | cattle keeper | ||
hælnes | hǣlnes | - | sanctuary | ||
hæme | - | hǣme | people | -hæma+tun | |
hæmed | hǣmed | hǣmed | household | ||
hær | hǣr | - | hair | ||
*hæs | - | *hǣs | brushwood | ||
hæsel | hæsel | hæsel | hazel | ||
hætt | hæt | hætt | hat | ||
hæþ | hǣþ | hǣþ | heath | See also Gelling&Cole under hæth | |
hæþen | hǣþen | hǣþen | heathen | ||
hæþiht | hǣþiht | hǣþiht | heathy | ||
he | he | - | he | NB 'hit' has been given a separate LangScape headword | |
heafod | hēafod | hēafod | head | See also Gelling&Cole | æcer+heafod : andheafod : *heafodland : heafod+stocc |
heafodland | hēafodlond | *hēafod-land | headland | ||
heah | hēah | hēah | high | ||
heald | heald | hald | sloping | ||
healdan | healdan | - | to hold, contain | ||
healf | healf | half | side, half | ||
healh | healh | halh | corner, nook, hollow | See also Gelling&Cole under halh | |
heall | heall | hall | hall | ||
*healor | - | *hēalor | hill, rupture | ||
heals | heals | hals | neck, ridge | ||
heard | heard | heard | hard | ||
hearpe | hearpe | hearpe | harp | ||
hecen | hēcen | - | kid | ||
hecg | hecg | hecg | hedge | ||
hege | hege | hege | hedge | Often difficult to distinguish from (ge)hæg | hege+ræw : hege+steall : rah+hege |
helm | helm | helm | helmet, summit | ||
hemman | hemman | - | to hem | ||
hengest | hengest | hengest | horse | ||
henn | henn | henn | hen, wild bird | ||
*hens | - | *hēns | poultry | ||
heope | hēope : hēopa | hēope | bramble, hip | heopa & heope listed separately in CH and NottsList but under heope in PnEl | |
heord | heord | heord | herd | heorde+wic | |
heorde | heorde | - | hards(of flax) | ||
heorot | heorot | heorot | hart | ||
*heortesecg | - | - | (a plant) | ||
heorþ | heorþ | - | hearth | ||
her | hēr | - | here | ||
here | here | here | army | *here+ford : herepæþ : herestræt : hereweg : herewic | |
herepæþ | herepæþ | here-pæþ | highway, military route | See also Gelling&Cole under herepæth | |
herestræt | herestrǣt | here-strǣt | highway, military street | ||
hereweg | hereweg | here-weg | highway, military way | ||
herewic | herewīc | here-wīc | military camp | ||
herto | hērtō | - | hereto | ||
hid | hīd | hīd | hide | ||
hidmælum | hīdmǣlum | - | by hides | ||
hig | hīg : hīeg | hēg | hay | hieg in CH but likely to be hig in DOE | |
higera | higera | higera | magpie? | ||
hind | hind | hind | hind | ||
hired | hīred | hīred | community | ||
hit | hē | - | it | 'hit' has its own LangScape headword; for all other 3rd pers. pronouns, see under 'he' | |
hiwan | hīwan | hīwan | community | ||
hiwisc | hīwisc | hīwisc | hide, community | ||
hlaford | hlāford | hlāford | lord | ||
hlafordleas | hlāfordlēas | - | lordless | ||
hlafordscipe | hlāfordscipe | - | lordship | ||
hlaw | hlǣw | hlāw | tumulus, mound | See also Gelling&Cole under hlaw | |
hlædrede | hlǣdrede | - | stepped | ||
*hlenc | - | *hlenc | hill-side | See also Gelling&Cole | |
hleo | hlēo | hlēo | shelter | ||
(ge)hleowan | (ge)hlēowan | - | to shelter | ||
hlid | hlid | hlid | lid, door | hlid+geat | |
*hlig | - | *hlīg | shelter | ||
hlinc | hlinc | hlinc | bank, lynchet | See also Gelling&Cole | |
hliþ | hliþ | hliþ : *hlid | slope | Includes PnEl's *hlid. See also Gelling&Cole under hlith | |
hlose | hlōse | hlōse | pigsty | ||
hlot | hlot | hlot | lot | ||
hloþ | hlōþ | - | troop | ||
hlud | hlūd | hlūd | loud | ||
*hlyde | hlӯde | *hlӯde | loud stream | ||
*hlyp | hlӯp : hlīep | *hlēp | leap | hliep in CH but likely to be hlyp in DOE | hlyp+geat |
hnæpp | hnæpp | hnæpp | bowl | ||
hnott | hnot | hnott | bare | ||
hnutu | hnutu | hnutu | nut | eorþhnutu | |
*hnybba | - | *hnybba | nib, peak | ||
hoc | hōc | hōc | hook, spur | ||
hocc | hocc | hocc | mallow | ||
hocede | hōced | hōced | hooked | ||
*hocer | - | *hocer | hump, hill | ||
*hociht | hōciht | - | bendy | ||
*hod2 | - | *hōd | shelter | ||
hod1 | hōd | hōd | hood | ||
hoh | hōh | hōh | hill-spur | See also Gelling&Cole | |
holc | holc | holc(a) | hollow, cavity | ||
holding- | holding- | - | slaughter-? | holding-stow is glossed as 'slaughter-house' in CH | holding+stow |
holegn | holen | holegn | holly | ||
holmr | - | holmr | island | See also Gelling&Cole | |
holt | holt | holt | wood | See also Gelling&Cole | |
hol2 | hol | hol2 | hollow (adj.) | ||
hol1 | hol | hol1 | hole, hollow | Includes potential weak forms | brocc+hol : fox+hol |
hop | -hop | hop | secluded valley | See also Gelling&Cole | |
*hopere | - | *hōpere | cooper | ||
hord | hord | hord | treasure | ||
hordere | hordere | - | treasurer | ||
horig | horig | horig | filthy | ||
horn | horn | horn | horn | ||
hors | hors | hors | horse | ||
horte | hortan | horte | whortleberry | ||
horu | horh | horu | filth | ||
hos | hos | hos(s) | shoot, tendril | ||
hraca | hrāca | hraca | throat, passage | ||
hragra | hrāgra | hrāgra | heron | ||
*hrama | - | *hrama | post | ||
hramsa | hramsa | hramsa | wild garlic | ||
hræfn | hræfn | hræfn | raven | ||
hreod | hrēod | hrēod | reed | ||
hreodig | hrēodig | hrēodig | reedy | Includes also hreodiht (cited under hreodig) in CH | |
hring | hring | hring | ring | ||
hris | hrīs | hrīs | brushwood | ||
*hrisen | - | *hrīsen | brushwood-grown | This includes *hrise | |
hriþer | hrīþer | hrīþer | ox, cattle | ||
hroc | hrōc | hrōc | rook | ||
*hrucge | - | *hrucge | woodcock | ||
hrum | hrūm | - | soot | ||
*hruna | - | *hruna | tree-trunk | ||
hrycg | hrycg | hrycg | ridge | See also Gelling&Cole | hrycg+weg |
*humol | - | *humol | hillock | ||
hund1 | hund | - | hundred | ||
hund2 | hund | hund | hound | ||
hune | hūne | hūne | hoarhound | ||
hungor | hungor | hungor | hunger | ||
hunig | hunig | hunig | honey | ||
hunta | hunta | hunta | hunter | ||
*huntere | - | *huntere | hunter | ||
hus | hūs | hūs | house | ||
hwa | hwā | - | who | ||
hwæte | hwǣte | hwǣte | wheat | ||
hwelp | hwelp : hwelpa | hwelp | whelp | ||
hweol | hwēol | hwēol : hweowol | wheel | ||
hwetstan | hwete- | hwet-stān | whetstone | ||
hwile | hwīle | - | while | ||
hwilum | hwīlum | - | once | ||
hwistlung | hwistlung | - | whistling | Not in PnEl, but included in Notts List | |
hwit | hwīt | hwīt | white | ||
hwon | hwōn | - | somewhat | ||
hwyrfel | hwyrfel | hwerfel | circle | ||
hylde | hylde : hielde | helde | slope | See also Gelling&Cole under helde | |
hyll | hyll | hyll | hill | See also Gelling&Cole | *tot+hyll |
*hylte | - | *hylte | wood | ||
hymele | hymele | hymele | hop plant | ||
hymlic | hymlic | hymlic | hemlock | ||
hype1 | hype | - | hip | ||
hype2 | hӯpe | - | heap | ||
hyran | hӯran : hīeran | - | to belong | ||
hyrde | hyrde : hierde | hirde | herdsman | ||
hyrdel | hyrdel | hyrdel | hurdle | ||
hyrne | hyrne | hyrne | corner | ||
*hyrse | - | *hyrse | mare | ||
hyrst | hyrst | hyrst | wooded hill | See also Gelling&Cole | |
(ge)hyrstan | (ge)hyrstan | - | to decorate | ||
*hyscen | - | *hӯscen | small house | ||
hyse | hyse | hys(s)e | shoot, plant | ||
hyþ | hӯþ | hӯþ | bank, landing-place | See also Gelling&Cole under hyth | |
ryding | hryding | *ryding | clearing | hryding in CH but likely to be under ryding in DOE |