Hype

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hype

Add; -- Þeón vel hype femur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 18. 'Hæbbe eówer ǣlc his sweord be his dió (super femur suum)'. . . Is dearf dæt hē hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4. Þurh ꝥ swyrd þe him on hype hangode dā hē ādranc, Cht. Th. 208, 22. Þonne þū gyrder habban wylle, þonne sete þū þīne handa forewearde widneoþan þīnne nafolan and strīc tō þīnum twām hypum, Tech. ii. 119, 22. hype-,hype