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
HOUS, _s._ house, A 252, 343; _to hous_, to a reception by, L. 1546; Hous
and hoom, house and home, H 229; Hous by hous, to each house in order, D
1765; a household, F 24; a 'mansion' of a planet (in astrology), F 672; a
'house' or portion of the sky (in astrology), A. ii. 36. 5; B 304; T. ii.
681 (see note); Houses, _pl._ houses, homes, E 1802; 'mansions,' L. 2593;
'houses,' A. pr. 76. The whole celestial sphere was divided into twelve
equal portions, called _houses_, by six great circles passing through the
north and south points of the horizon; two of these circles being the
meridian and the horizon.
H['O]USBONDE, _s._ husband, B 2241, 3502, F 742; I 329; Housb['o]nde, T.
ii. 754; H['o]usbond, B 863, E 698; H['u]sbond, L. 1828; Husb['a]nd, L.
1238; Housbondes, _pl._ A 460, 936, B 272, D 6, 17, 1259. A.S.
_h[=u]sbonda_.
HOUSBONDRYE, _s._ economy, A 4077, B 4018, E 1296; household goods, D 288.
HOUSHOLDERE, _s._ householder, A 339.
HOUSHOLDING, _s._ keeping a household, R. 1132.
HOUSINGE, _s._ dwelling, abode, house, E 2026.
HOUSLED, _pp._ made a recipient of holy communion, I 1027. A.S. _h[=u]sel_,
the eucharist.
HOVE, _v._; hover, dwell, T. iii. 1427; Hoven, _pr. pl._ wait in readiness,
hover, L. 1196 (see note); Hoved, _pt. s._ waited about, T. v. 33.
HOW, _adv._ how, A 284, 766, &c.
HOW, _interj._ ho! A 3437, 3577; B 1174.
HOWLE, _v._; Howleth, _pr. s._ howls, B 4. m 3. 10; A 2817.
HOWNE, savage (?), T. iv. 210 (see note). See HERE.
HOWVE, _s._ hood, T. iii. 775, v. 469; Sette his howve, set (awry) his
hood, A 3911 (see note). A.S. _h[=u]fe_.
HUGE, _adj._ great, 3. 421, 447; T. iii. 656; vast, 4. 99.
HUMANITEE, _s._ kindness, E 92.
HUMBELY, _adv._ humbly, T. v. 1354. See HUMBLELY.
HUMBLEHEDE, _s._ (_apparently_ humility, _but probably a spurious form_), B
3862 _n_.
HUMBLELY, _adv._ humbly, T. ii. 1719; L. 156; Humbely, T. v. 1354.
(Trisyllabic.)
HUMBLESSE, _s._ humility, meekness, 1. 108; 4. 178; 7. 248; L. 2269; A
1781, B 165, 1660, 2426, F 544, 753.
HUMBLEST, _adj. sup._ 2. 57.
HUMBLING, _s._ low growl (lit. humming), HF. 1039.
HUMILITEE, _s._ humility, D 2098, E 1143, 1184; humiliation, I 109.
HUMME, _ger._ to hum, T. ii. 1199.
HUM['O]UR, _s._ humour, A 421.
HUNDRED, _num._ 7. 222; B 1371, 1377, 1391; Hondred, E 2111, F 1193.
HUNTE, _s._ huntsman, 3. 345; A 2018, 2628; Huntes, _pl._ 3. 361, 541.
HUNTEN, _v._ hunt, 3. 366; T. iii. 1780; Hunte, _ger._ E 81; Honten, _ger._
A 1674; Hunteth, _pr. s._ chases, L. 2414; Hunted, _pp._ A 1640.
HUNTER, _s._ huntsman, 5. 99; A 1638; Hunters, _pl._ A 178.
HUNTERESSE, _s. fem._ female hunter, HF. 229; L 971; A 2347.
HUNTING, _s._ hunting, 3. 350, 355, 374; A 191, B 3496, 3995, E 234; _an_
(or _on_) _hunting_, a-hunting, L. 1191; A 1687, E 234.
HURLE, _v._ hurl; Hurlest, _2 pr. s._ dost hurl, dost whirl round, B 297.
HURTE, _v._; Hurt, _pr. s._ hurteth, hurts, T. v. 350, I 577; Hurteth, _pr.
s._ R. 953; Hurte, _pt. s._ T. ii. 199; Herte, _pt. s._ 3. 883.
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