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
HORS, _s._ horse, 7. 157; A 168, B 15, E 388; the 'horse,' a name for the
little wedge that passes through a hole in the end of the 'pyn,' A. i. 14.
4 (Arabic _alpheraz_, the horse); Horse, _dat._ T. v. 37; Hors (_for_
Horse, _before a vowel_), _dat._ A 94; Hors, _pl._ horses, B 2. m 1. 8; B
4. m 7. 28; 3. 349; HF. 952; A 74, 598, B 1823, 3294, D 285, 1559. A.S.
_hors_, pl. _hors_.
HORS, _adj._ hoarse, 3. 347; Hoors, T. iv. 1147. A.S. _h[=a]s_.
HORSLY, _adj._ horselike, like all that a horse should be, F 194.
HOSE, _s._ hose, covering for the feet and legs, A 3933, G 726; Hosen,
_pl._ A 456, 3955, B 1923; Hoses, _pl._ A 3319, I 423. A.S. _hose_.
HOSPITALIERS, _s. pl._ knights hospitallers, I 891.
HOSTE, _s._ host (of an inn), keeper of a lodging, A 747, 3501, B 1, 39,
1625, 3970, E 1; Host, H 56. Often spelt _oste_; see OSTE. O.F. _hoste_,
Lat. acc. _hospitem_.
HOSTEL, _s._ hostelry, HF. 1022.
HOSTELRYE, _s._ hostel, inn, A 23, 718, B 4184, D 1779, G 589;
lodging-house, A 3203; Hostelryes, _pl._ inns, A 2493; Hostelries, I 440.
H[`O]STESS[`E], _s._ hostess, L. 2496.
HOSTILER, _s._ innkeeper, A 241, B 4219; Hostileer, A 4360; Hostilers,
_pl._ servants at an inn, I 440.
HOTE, _adj._; see HOOT.
HOTE, _adv._ hotly, T. iii. 1650; L. 260 _a_; A 97, 1737.
HOTE, _v._ command, promise; _also_, be called, R. 38; Hoten, _v._ be
called, D 144; Hote, _1 pr. s._ command, HF. 1719; Hight, _pt. s. as pr.
s._ is called, L. 417; R. 7; 2. 70 (see note); 6. 27; HF. 663; Highte, B
3651, I 51; Highten, _pt. pl. as pr. pl._ are called, L. 423; A. i. 18. 2;
Hight, _pt. s._ was named, L. 725, 1245; A 1013, 4013; Highte, _pt. s._ was
called, was named, R. 588, 745, 1247; 3. 63, 65; A 860, 1428, 4014, B 3310,
3373, C 153, D 674, E 32, 210, 1772, F 30, 33, G 119, 550; L. 1705, 1397,
1398, 2248; _1 pt. s._ was called, A 4336; _1 pt. s._ promised, 17. 5;
Highte, _pt. s._ promised, T. v. 1636; Highte, _2 pt. pl._ promised, E 496;
Highten, _pt. pl._ promised, T. ii. 1623; Hatte, _pt. s. as pr. s._ is
called, is named, T. iii. 797; Hatte, _pt. pl._ were called, were named,
HF. 1303; Hette, _1 pt. s._ promised, 4. 185; Hette, _pt. s._ was called,
T. v. 319 _n_; Heet, _pt. s._ was named, HF. 1604; (who) was called, F
1388; Het[:e] (_for_ Heet), 3. 200, 948 (see note to 3. 199); Hoten, _pp._
called, A 3941; Hight, _pp._ promised, T. ii. 492, iv. 445; A 2472, D 1024,
F 1323, 1504, 1518; named, R. 1474; HF. 226. A.S. _h[=a]tan_. The parts of
the verb show great confusion; see _h[=a]ten_ in Stratmann.
HOTTES, _pl._ baskets carried on the back, HF. 1940. See note. O.F.
_hotte_.
HOUND, _s._ dog, T. iii. 764; L. 1121; I 138; Houndes, _pl._ 3. 349, 377;
L. 1194; A 146, 947, 2205, E 1095.
HOUNDFISH, _s._ dogfish, E 1825.
HOUPE, _v._; Houped, _pt. pl._ whooped, B 4590. O.F. _houper_.
HOURE, _s._ hour, A 2217, 2272; _h. after h._, A. ii. 40. 57; Houres, _pl._
A 416.
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