(a) A company of people, crowd, multitude, assembly; also, an abbey of monks; (b) a number of people, many people; the most ~, the greater number, the majority; (c) an army; a division of an army; a troop of warriors; (d) military strength, an army's forces; ~ was the worse (lesse, latere), the strength decreased; ~ was the more, the power increased; (e) one of the orders of angels; (f) a group of animals, birds, fish, plants, stars.

(a) A pile of dust, dirt, stones, grain, corpses, etc.; an ant hill; ~ over other, heap upon heap, in great heaps; amidhepes, dong ~, ston ~, q.v.; (b) a mound, a wall; (c) a mass of water or waves; ~ of waues, on hepes; (d) a measure of grain or malt; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.239].

(a) A large amount or quantity; of sins, virtues, oaths, names, etc.: a large number; on ~, to ~, ~ upon ~, in great quantity or number; (b) increase; to the ~ of, to increase; (c) ?interest on a loan; (d) the total of a set of numbers.

In phrases: (a) bi ~, on an ~, an ~, to ~, as a group, as a whole, collectively, together; (b) bringen to ~, to bring (sth.) about; comen to ~, come to pass; (c) ful bi ~, full to overflowing, heaped up; (d) on ~, on a(n ~, to ~, at (to) on ~, in one group or crowd, in a body, all at once, together; (e) on ~, on (upon) an ~, in or into a pile; also, in piles [quot.: a1325]; on hepes, into piles or heaps; to hepe, into a pile or piles; clateren on (upon) hepes, hurlen on ~, tomblen on hepes, to crash down in confused masses; rennen on (a) ~, flow into a mass, run together; (f) on a(n ~, to ~, upon an ~ (hepes), in proximity, together; together in time [last quot.]; (g) to ~, in union, into a union, united, together.