(a) A natural elevation, hill, mountain; (b) in names of hills or mountains well known to literature; (c) hilles and dales (denes, valeies), hills and valleys; ~ and vale, dale and ~, doun and ~, etc.; bi dale and ~, bi dales (dounes, tounes) and hilles, bi hilles and bi plaines, in heldes and in ~, yond hilles and yond heldes, etc., in valley and hill, etc., everywhere; bi ~ ne bi vale, on ~ ne in valeie, anywhere; over dale(s and hille(s, over ~ and plain (dale, heth, holtes), over hilles and dales, over valeies (baches, bankes) and hilles, over valley and hill, etc., without stopping for anything; ne sparen ~ ne valeie, to stop for nothing; (d) in proverbs and sayings.

(a) A man-made hill or mound; a heap, pile; an ant hill; ampte ~, dong ~, muk ~, q.v.; (b) a small raised area on the palm of the hand or on the forehead.

Fig. An exalted place or condition; heven ~; an exalted person; something difficult to attain; ~ of cens, hill of incense, place of delight.

(a) In cpds. & combs.: hille(s cop, hilles top, a hilltop; ~ lond, a field on high ground; ~ side, a hillside; (b) in surnames; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.274-5].