Hleów

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hleów

Add; I. cover, shelter furnished by an object :-- Under hrōfes hleó, Rä. 28, 5. Hē holtes hleó gemēted, Ph. 429. II. Protection afforded by a person :-- Hē ācenned weard tō hleó and tō hrōdre hæleda cynne, An. 567: III. Hē (Alfred] becōm tō Ædelingēge, and on sumes swānes hūse hid hleów gernde (desired the protection of the swineherd) and eác swylce him and his yfele wīfe hērde, Shrn. 16, 13. II a. in a personal sense, a protector :-- Wīgendra hleó cwōm headolāces hāl tō hofe gongan, B. 1972. Þā cwæd wīgendra hleó, An. 1452. [N. E. D. lee.] hleow,-hleow