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
H[`O][`O]L, _adj._ whole, T. i. 961, iv. 1374; A 3006, E 861; sound, D
1370; unwounded, F 1111; perfect, G 111, 117; whole, well, restored to
health, 3. 553; L. 2468; C 357, F 161; all, entire, 3. 554, 1224; Hole,
_def._ whole, A. ii. 9. 3; Hole, _dat._ A 533; Hole, _pl._ whole, B 4. p 1.
34; B 1150; healthy, B 4. p 6. 140. A.S. _h[=a]l_.
H[`O][`O]L, _adj. as adv._ wholly, 3. 991; 6. 60; 22. 87; T. i. 1053; _al
hool_, entirely, T. iii. 1013.
HOOLLY, _adv._ wholly, R. 1163; 3. 15, 115, 688; T. iii. 145; A 599, 1818;
B 2915, D 211; Holly, T. iii. 145.
HOOLNESSE, _s._ soundness, integrity, B 4. p 6. 127; completeness, B 5. P
4. 91.
HOOLSOME, _adj._ wholesome, B 2285.
HOOLSOMNESSE, _s._ health, B 2303.
H[`O][`O]M, _s. as adv._ home, homewards, 3. 1029; L. 1619; A 400, B 173,
385, 603, 3548; (went) home, T. i. 126. A.S. _h[=a]m_.
HOOM-COMINGE, _s._ coming home, return, A 884, B 765; Hoom-coming, return,
L. 2100.
HOOMLINESSE, _s._ homeliness, domesticity, E 429; Homlinesse, familiarity,
B 2876.
HOOMLY, _adj._ belonging to one's household, E 1785, 1792; homely, D 1843;
native, R. 1373.
HOOMLY, _adv._ in a homely way, A 328; Hoomlich, familiarly, B 3. p 12.
135.
HOOMWARD, _adv._ homeward, 3. 1315; T. iii. 621; Homward, A 2956, B 1739;
on the way home, A 794.
H[`O][`O]R, _adj._ hoary, white-haired, grey-headed, T. v. 1284; A 3878, C
743, E 1269, 1400; Hore, _pl._ 16. 31; B 1. m 1. 11. A.S. _h[=a]r_.
HOORS, _adj._; see HORS.
HOOST, _s._ army, A 874. O.F. _host_.
H[`O][`O]T, _adj._ hot, L. 914; A 420, 687, B 2226, D 1436, G 887; fervent,
I 117; _as s._ 5. 380; Hote, _def._ hot, 5. 266, 20. 2; A 394; voracious,
5. 362; (as epithet of Aries, which induced heat of blood), F 51; _pl._ 5.
246. A.S. _h[=a]t_.
HOPE, _s._ hope, 1. 33; 6. 132; A 88, D 994, F 488; expectation, G 870.
A.S. _hopa_.
HOPE, _v._; Hope, _1 pr. s._ fear (see note), A 4029.
HOPER, _s._ hopper, A 4036, 4039.
HOPPE, _v._ dance, A 4375; Hoppe, _1 pr. s._ T. ii. 1107; Hoppen, _1 pr.
pl._ A 3876.
HOPPESTERES, _pl._ dancers; _used as adj._, dancing, A 2017.
HORD, _s._ hoard, treasure, C 775; store (of apples), A 3262, 4406;
treasure-house, I 821; hoarding, avarice, 13. 3; Horde, 26. 28 (see vol.
iv. p. xxx). A.S. _hord_.
HORE, _pl._ of Hoor, _adj._
HORN, _s._ horn, 3. 182, 346; T. ii. 642; (musical instrument, used
metaphorically), H 90; Horne, _dat._ 3. 376; Hornes, _pl._ horns, T. i.
300, iii. 624; F 1191; drinking-horns, A 2279; horns (of the moon), B 3. m
6. 4; T. v. 652.
HORNED, _pp._ provided with horns, T. v. 650.
_Horoscopo_; _in horoscopo_, within that part of the sky considered as the
ascendent, A. ii. 4. 9; see note on p. 192. Gk. [Greek: horoskopos],
observing hours; also, as sb., a nativity, a horoscope.
_Horoscopum_, horoscope, A. ii. 4. 38. See above.
HOROWE, _adj. pl._ foul, scandalous, 4. 206. See note. Cf. A.S. _horig_,
filthy; _horu_ (gen. _horwes_), filth.
HORR['I]BLE, _adj._ horrible, L. 1838, 1868.
HORROUR, _s._ horror, I 223, 224.
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