A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Hold, _v. a._ RG. 368; 3 s. pres. ‘hal’ == holds. RG. 289; ‘halt.’ RG. 12,
36; pret, ‘huld.’ RG. 367; part, ‘halle.’ Alys. 2327
---- _v. n._ == to hold with a person. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Holde, _sb._ == plenty. Ps. xviii. 11
Hole, _sb._ HD. 1813
Holer, _sb._ == adulterer, libertine. RG. 26. Fr. holier. See Roq.
Holiness, _sb._ RG. 332
Hollow, _adj._ RG. 131, 251
Holm, _sb._ == holm oak. Alys. 4945
Holy, _adj._ RG. 392, 503; comp. ‘holier.’ RG. 239
Holyday, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 62
Holyman, _sb._ RG. 255
Homage, _sb._ ‘do homage.’ RG. 388
Home, _sb._ RG. 375; [ham]. O. and N. 1529; [heom]. O. and N. 1532
Homeward, _adv._ RG. 260, 269
Honest, _adj._ == honourable. Alys. 158
Honey, _sb._ Cok. 44
Honour, _sb._ RG. 20
---- _v. a._ RG. 80, 367
Hood, _sb._ == state, person, or hypostasis. Creed of St Athan. 15. AS.
hád
Hood, _sb._ == covering for the head. Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Hooded, _adj._ [ihoded]. O. and N. 1175
Hook, _sb._ HD. 752
Hooked, _adj._ [i-hoked]. O. and N. 1673
Hop, _v. n._ == go [huppe], RG. 537. AS. hoppian
---- == hop; 3 s. pres. ‘hupth.’ O. and N. 379; pret. ‘hupte.’ O. and N.
1634; ‘hoppede.’ RG. 278
Hope, _sb._ RG. 404
---- _v. n._ pret. ‘hopede.’ RG. 182, 558
---- == to hope to, trust in. M. Ode, st. 15
Hopper, _sb._ == a large basket. Ps. lxxx. 7. From AS. hóp, an osier
Hore, _v. a._ == pray. Wright’s L. P. pp. 37, 50. Fr. horer.
Hori, _adj._ == filthy. Rel. Ant. ii. pp. 176, 191. AS. hórig
Horn, _sb._ HD. 700
Horned, _adj._ Ps. xcvii. 6
Horre, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177, possibly a filthy place, cavern. AS.
hóru
Horse, _sb._ RG. 375, 404
Horsebere, _sb._ == litter. RG. 163. AS. hors-bær
Horseknave, _sb._ == horseboy. Pol. S. 237
Horseman, _sb._ Pol. S. 189
Horwyla, _sb._ == groom, equerry. Cok. 34. AS. hors-weálh, an equerry
Hose, _sb._ RG. 390
Hosed, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111
Hospital, _sb._ 84 B.
Host, _sb._ == an army. RG. 387, 459. Lat. hostis
Host, _sb._ == an entertainer, landlord. 1188 B. Fr. hôte. Lat. hospes
Host, _v. a._ == to lodge a person; part. ‘y-osted.’ RG. 52
Hostage, _sb._ RG. 367, 563
Hostel, _sb._ == hospitality. Alys. 7171
Hot, _adj._ RG. 7, 531
Hote, _v. n._ == be called. RG. 93; 2 s. pres. ‘hattest.’ O. and N. 256;
pret. ‘het.’ RG. 556; ‘hatte.’ RG. 89; part. ‘y-hote.’ RG. 89. AS. hátan
Hote, _v. a._ == command. 479 B. O. and N. 777; pret. ‘het,’ RG. 381;
‘hat,’ Pol. S. 158; part. ‘ihote.’ 701 B. AS. hátan
---- _sb._ == a command. Ps. lv. 12
---- == a vow. Ps. lxiv. 2
Hotfoot, _adj._ == in hot haste. Body and Soul, 211
Houdsithe, _sb._ == outgoing journey. O. and N. 1584. AS. ut-sið
Hound, _sb._ RG. 275
Houndfly, _sb._ == locust. Ps. lxxvii. 45; pl. ‘hundflegh.’ Ps. civ. 31
Hour, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 71
House, _sb._ RG. 20, 370
---- _v. a._ RG. 21
Housel, _v. a._ == to administer the Sacrament to a person. RG. 392. AS.
húsl
Houue, _sb._ == cap. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. húfe. In Body and Soul,
123, ‘houue’ seems to mean ‘covering’ generally
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