Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
HOLDE, _v._ keep, preserve, D 1144; hold, keep, B 41; continue, go on with,
T. ii. 965; restrain, 7. 309, 310; keep to (see PROCES), F 658; Holden,
_v._ hold, keep, F 763; keep, B 1. m 7. 11; F 1163; think, consider, L.
857; _do than holde herto_, keep to it then, 3. 754; Holde up, hold up, 2.
24; Holde his pees, hold his peace, B 4625; Holde, _1 pr. s._ consider,
deem, G 739; hold the opinion, believe, 3. 540; I holde me stille, I keep
myself silent, pass over in silence, B 2. p 3. 20 (Lat. _praetereo_);
Holdest, _2 pr. s._ accountest, L. 326; Holdestow, deemest thou, B 2. p 1.
54; Halt, _pr. s._ holds, 11. 16; B 4. m 1. 19; T. v. 348; A. i. 14. 2; B
807, F 61, I 86; keeps, T. ii. 37; iii. 1007, 1747, 1764, B 721; holds
fast, T. iii. 1636; has, B 2. p 7. 18; considers, R. 8; HF. 630; G 921;
(with _men_) consider, B 4. m. 1. 33; esteems, D 1185; performs, 3. 621;
remains firm, 10. 38; Holt, _pr. s._ holds, T. iii. 1374; Holden, _2 pr.
pl._ keep, L. 2500; Holde, _2 pr. pl._ esteem, deem, T. v. 1339; _pr. s.
subj._ keep, take, E 287; Heeld, _1 pt. s._ considered, E 818; Heeld, _pt.
s._ held, A 175, 337, 2894, B 1760, 3374; took part, A 3847; esteemed, C
625; held, possessed, ruled, B 3518; Held, _pt. s._ considered, A 182;
Helde, _pt. pl._ held, B 3506; considered, E 426; Holden, _pp._ esteemed,
held, A 141; considered, E 205, 828; kept, observed, F 1587; esteemed, L.
1709, 1870; D 944, 946, F 934; accounted, B 2655; obliged, bound, T. ii.
241; B 2893, I 517; considered, made to be, C 958; Holde, _pp._ esteemed, A
1307; 15. 10; indebted, L. 763; bound, L. 1447; T. iii. 1259; D 135; held,
gone, F 1306; considered, R. 1008; kept, D 1024; accounted, D 523;
considered to be, F 70; _bet for thee have holde_, better for thee to have
held, 5. 572; Hold up, _imp. pl._ hold up, A 783; Holdeth, _imp. pl._ keep,
B 37. F 1064; consider, A 1868; Holdinge, _pres. pt._ lasting, B 3. m 7. 5.
See HALDE, HELDE.
HOLDERE, _s._ holder, T. ii. 644.
HOLDINGE IN HONDES, cajolery, HF. 692.
HOLE, _s._ hole, R. 516, 524; 3. 943; A 3440; (of the body), A 3732; Holes,
_pl._ HF. 2110.
HOLE; see HOOL.
HOLILY, _adv._ holily, D 2286.
HOLIN, _for_ Holm, 5. 178 _n_.
HOLLY, _adv._ wholly, T. iii. 145. See HOOLLY.
HOLM, _s._ holm-oak, evergreen oak, 5. 178, A 2921.
HOLOUR, _s._ lecher, fornicator, adulterer, D 254, I 626, 878; Holours,
_pl._ I 857. O.F. _holier_, 'd['e]bauch['e], libertin'; Godefroy.
HOLOWE, _pl._ HF. 1035. See HOLWE.
HOLOWNESSE, _s._ concavity, T. v. 1809.
HOLPE, -N; see HELPE.
HOLSOM, _adj._ wholesome, T. i. 947, iii. 1746; sound, B 1. p 6. 19;
healing, 5. 206.
HOLT, _s._ wood, plantation, A 6; Holtes, _pl._ T. iii. 351. A.S. _holt_.
HOLT, _pr. s._ holds, T. iii. 1374. See HOLDE.
HOLWE, _adj._ hollow, G 1265; Holwe, _pl._ L. 2193; A 1363; Holowe, _pl._
HF. 1035.
HOLWE, _adv._ hollow, A 289.
HOLY, _adj._ holy, A 17, 178, 479, 515; 1. 93, 114.
H[=O]M, _adv._ homewards, F 635. See HOOM.
HOM['A]GE, _s._ homage, 3. 770; Hommage, I 314.
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