Staff H of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
[ᚹ] = widened meaning
| Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
| haff | heaf/hæf | n | ocean, sea, water |
| haft | hæft | n | taking, capture, holding; possession, having |
| haftdom | hæftdom | n | captivity, slavery |
| haften | hæftnian | vb | to take prisoner/captive, to detain |
| haftling | hæftling | n | prisoner, captive |
| halfclepend | healfclypigende | n | a semi-vowel |
| halftrindle | healftryndel | n | hemisphere |
| halse | hālsian | vb | to exorcise, implore, beseech |
| halsebigh | healsbēag | n | a torque, collar, necklace |
| halsebour | healsbeorg | n | a gorget, hauberk |
| halsend | hǣlsend | n | an augur |
| halser | hǣlsere/hālsere | n | a soothsayer, diviner, exorcist |
| halsing | hālsung | n | divination, augury, exorcism |
| handgang | handgang | n | laying on of hands; surrender, submission |
| handimoot | handgemōt | n | battle |
| handpriest | handprēost | n | chaplain |
| handsax | handseax | n | dagger, short sword |
| handsel | handgesella | n | close companion, comrade |
| hane | hana | n | rooster, cock |
| hardmood | heardmōd | adj | self-confident, stout-hearted, brave, obstinate |
| harfee | herefeoh | n | booty, spoils of war |
| harfolk | herefolc | n | people forming an army, army folk |
| hargang | heregang | n | military invasion; attack by an army, irruption |
| harhithe | herehȳþ | n | spoil, booty, plunder |
| harm | hearma | n | field-mouse, dormouse |
| harman | hereman | n | soldier, warrior, militant |
| harmqueath | hearmcweþan | vb | to revile, speak ill of |
| harmqueddle | hearmcwedelian | vb | to speak ill of, slander, calumniate |
| harmquid | hearmcwide | n | blasphemy, calumny, harmful speech |
| harpath | herepaþ | n | military road |
| harpsong | hearpsang | n | psalm |
| harreaf | hererēaf | n | spoil, plunder, booty , that which is reaved by an army |
| harrow | hearh/hearg | n | heathen temple; shrine; idol |
| harrower | hearwa | n | worshipper |
| harsithe | heresīþ | n | military expedition, the journey of an army |
| harspeed | herespēd | n | military success |
| harteamer | heretēma | n | leader of an army, general |
| harthreat | hereþrēat | n | troop, band of soldiers |
| Harvestmonth | hærfestmōnaþ | n(p) | September |
| harwoop | herewōp | n | the shout raised by an army, war-cry |
| hase | hasu/haso | adj | grey, gray, ashen, tawny |
| hatch | hæcce | n | a crosier |
| hathburn | heaþubyrne | n | battle-armour |
| hathdeer | heaþudēor | adj | brave in war |
| hather | heaþor | n | restraint, confinement, enclosure |
| hathfire | heaþufȳr | n | war-fire, hostile fire; explosion |
| hathgrim | heaþugrim | adj | fierce in war |
| hathelm | heaþuhelm | n | battle-helm |
| hathlock | heaþulāc | n | warplay, battle (poetic) |
| hathlind | heaþulind | n | linden war-shield |
| hathmere | heaþumǣre | adj | battle-famous, illustrious in war |
| hathrease | heaþurǣs | n | battle-rush, charge, onslaught |
| hathrink | heaþurinc | n | a warrior (poetic) |
| havel | hafela/heafola | n | head |
| haver | hæfer | n | male goat |
| haverbleat | hæferblǣte | n | bittern, snipe |
| haw | gehagian | vb | to please; to be within the means or power of a person |
| hawspind | hagospind | n | the cheek |
| hawstold | hagosteald | n | celibacy; unmarried person |
| haystold | hægsteald | n | bachelor, virgin (male) |
| headbone | hēafodbān | n | skull, cranium |
| headborough | hēafodburh | n | capital city, chief town |
| headedder | hēafodǣdre | n | cephalic vein |
| headleighter | hēafodleahter | n | chief error, capital offence, one of the seven deadly sins |
| headstool | hēafodstōl | n | chief seat, chief place, chief position [ᚹ] |
| headward | hēafodweard | n | chief guardian, chief officer |
| headwright | hēafodwyrhta | n | chief workman |
| healstone | healstān | n | a flat cake with a hard crust; a crust |
| heam | hǣman | vb | to shack up with, to have intercourse with; to marry |
| hean | hīenan/hȳnan | vb | to abase, humble; to humiliate, to degrade |
| heanmood | hēanmōd | adj | dejected, downcast, humiliated, depressed |
| heanspeedy | hēanspēdig | adj | scantily endowed, poor |
| heanth | hīenþ/hȳnþu | n | humiliation |
| heathglemb | hēaðuglemm | n | a wound sustained in battle, a war-injury |
| heathweed | hēaðuwǣd | n | warlike weeds, armour, military clothing |
| hedden | heden | n | a hood, chasuble; an overcoat, mantle, cloak |
| heedern | hēddern | n | a storehouse |
| heef | hēof | n | lamentation, grief, sorrow |
| heel | hēlan | vb | to slander, to calumniate |
| heerly | herelīc | adj | warlike, military |
| heeve | hēofan | vb | to lament, to grieve, to wail |
| heleth | hæleþ | n | hero; warrior; man (poetic) |
| helfry | heolfrig | adj | gory, bloody |
| heller | heolor | n | the scale of a balance, a balance [ᚹ]; balance [ᚹ] |
| Hellmere | hellemere | n(p) | the river Styx |
| hellrown | hellerūne/helrūn | n | a sorceress, a necromancer woman |
| hellwight | hellwiht | n | a creature of hell |
| helver | heolfor | n | blood from a wound, gore, cruor |
| hem | heom/him | pn | them |
| hemth | hemeþe | n | an undergarment with short sleeves, a shirt |
| herthen | herþan | n | testicles |
| hew | hīw | n | fortune |
| hewcouth | hīwcūþ | adj | familiar, well-known |
| hewen | hīwan | n | members of a household, a family |
| hewish | hīwisċ | n | family, household; a hide (of land) |
| hideyield | hīdgild | n | a land tax, tax paid on every hide |
| hidily | hygdiglīce | adv | chastely, modestly |
| hidiness | hygedignes | n | chastity, modesty |
| hidy | hygdig | adj | considerate, chaste, modest |
| hield | held/hyld | n | grace |
| highcleve | hēahclēofa | n | a principal chamber |
| highherd | hēahhirde | n | a chief pastor, an archimandrite |
| highseld | hēahseld | n | a throne |
| hild | hild | n | battle (poetic), war (poetic) |
| hildlate | hildlata | n | one sluggish in war, one slow to fight, a coward |
| hipwarch | hipwerc | n | pain in the hip, sciatica |
| hirst | hyrst | n | equipment, implements, trappings; armour; ornaments |
| hiss | hyse | n | a young man |
| hithe | hȳðan | vb | to despoil, to plunder, to lay waste to, to pillage, to ravage |
| hoad | hād | n | person; a sex; degree, rank; state, condition |
| hoam | hāma | n | a cricket |
| hoardloke | hordloca | n | a treasure chest, a coffer |
| holdend | healdend | n | a keeper, protector, guardian |
| holdfast | healdfæst | adj | safe, loyal |
| holdly | holdlíc | adj | friendly, faithful (?) |
| holdoath | holdāþ | n | an oath of fealty, loyalty |
| holdship | holdscipe | n | loyalty, fealty, allegiance |
| holdsome | healdsum | adj | protective, careful, chaste |
| hoose | hōs | n | escort, company, troop, band, party |
| hotheartness | hātheortnes | n | wrath, anger, rage, fervor, fury, mania, zeal |
| hothom | hoðma | n | darkness, the grave (?) |
| how | hāwian | vb | to survey, inspect, notice, view, observe, regard |
| howing | hāwung | n | observation, inspection |
| huy | hycgan | vb | to take thought, be mindful, consider; to intend |
| hy | hīe | pn | they |
| hyeblind | hygeblind | adj | blind of mind |
| hyeblithe | hygeblīþe | adj | glad at heart |
| hyecraft | hygecræft | n | mental power |
| hyefast | hygefæst | adj | prudent, firm of mind |
| hyefroover | hygefrōfor | n | comfort for the mind, peace of mind |
| hyegole | hygegāl | adj | light-minded, wanton |
| hyeless | hygelēas | adj | thoughtless, careless |
| hyerown | hygerūn | n | secret of the mind |
| hyesorrow | hygesorh | n | anxiety |
| hyethank | hygeþanc | n | thought |
| hyethankle | hygeþancol | adj | thoughtful |
| hyetrow | hygetrēow | n | faith deliberately pledged |
| hyeyeemer | hygegēomor | adj | sad in mind, mournful, sorrowful |