, _to dash against, to encounter_, here of the
collision
of
hostile bands: pret.
Beowulf
), 1930.
hnǣgan, w.
v.
w.
acc.
, (for nǣgan), _to speak to, to greet_: pret.
sg.
þæt
hē þone wīsan wordum hnǣgde frēan Ingwina, 1319.
ge-hnǣgan, w.
acc.
, _to bend, to humiliate, to strike down, to fell_: pret.
sg.
ge-hnǣgde helle gāst, 1275; þǣr hyne Hetware hilde gehnǣgdon, 2917.
hnitan, st.
v.
, _to dash against, to encounter_, here of the
collision
of
hostile bands: pret.
pl.
þonne hniton (hnitan) fēðan, 1328, 2545.
hoðma, w.
m.
, _place of concealment, cave_, hence, _the grave_: dat.
sg.
in
hoðman, 2459.
hof, st.
n.
, _enclosed space, court-yard, estate, manor-house_: acc.
sg.
hof (Hrōðgār's residence), 312; dat.
sg.
tō hofe sīnum (Grendel's home in
the sea), 1508; tō hofe (Hygelāc's residence), 1975; acc.
pl.
