Old French Dictionary H

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Old French Dictionary (H)


 

   Many Old French words can be found by simply looking them up in any modern French dictionary. This glossary lists those words that are no longer a part of the modern French language. New words will be added just as soon as they become available.

 

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Habitans - (O.F. n. plur.) inhabitants

Hadrie - (O.F. n.) Adrians, Venetians

Hanix - (O.F. n.) difficult effort, grunting, extreme effort

Harangue - (O.F. n.) harangue

Hauste - (O.F. v.) hoist, raise, raise a glass (to drink)

Haut/Haute - (O.F. a.) high, lofty, safe

Hay - (O.F. a.) hated, disliked

Hecatombe - (O.F. n.) slaughter, holocaust

Hectique - (O.F. a.) burned, consumed by fire

Herault - (O.F. n.) master-at-arms

Hermes - (O.F. n.) Hermes

Herne - (O.F. n.f.) a gentile lady

Hesperie - (O.F. n.) West, Westerners, Americans, Dutchmen

Heur - (F. n.) hour

Heureux - (O.F. n.) happiness, contentment

Heurlements - (O.F. n. plur.) howls, moans

Hierarchie - (O.F. n.) hierarchy, leadership

Hister - (G. n.) Hitler
         note: Nostradamus' wordplay on Hitler, combining "Hitler" and "Ister" to give Hitler's name and birthplace.

Hoir - (O.F. n.) heir

Hom - (O.F. n.) Homage

Homme - (O.F. n.) man, mankind, human

Honneur - (O.F. n.) honor

Honny - (O.F. n.) shamed, disgraced

Honore - (O.F. a.) honored

Horrible - (O.F. a.) horrible, terrible

Horrifique - (O.F. a.) horrific

Hors - (O.F. p.) out of, without

Hosce - (O.F. p.) this, these

Hostaige - (O.F. n.) hostage

Hostera - (O.F. v. fut.) will capture, will take hostage

Huile/Huille - (O.F. n.) oil, stained as if by oil, a basic need

Huite/Huict - (O.F. n.) eight

Humains - (F. n.) humans, mankind, humanity

 

OLD FRENCH DICTIONARY

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   The Old French language included many words from Latin and Greek word roots and also regional dialects such as Provencal and and Catalan. You can also check under the classical "class." and figurative "fig." listings in larger modern French dictionaries. Old French can also differ from modern French, since words like "fleuve," which now means "river," also meant "route" or "course," in Old France because rivers were often used as the safest "route" or "course" when travelling between major cities, since roads were poorly maintained, and robbers often waited along these routes. Please keep in mind that many figures of speech such as the "oil and the wine," which does not seem to make much sense today, in those days meant the "good things."

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