A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 68

Horsebere, _sb._ == litter. RG. 163. AS. hors-baer

Horseknave, _sb._ == horseboy. Pol. S. 237

Horseman, _sb._ Pol. S. 189

Horwyla, _sb._ == groom, equerry. c.o.k. 34. AS. hors-wealh, 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. hote. 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. hatan

Hote, _v. a._ == command. 479 B. O. and N. 777; pret. 'het,' RG. 381; 'hat,' Pol. S. 158; part. 'ihote.' 701 B. AS. hatan

---- _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-si

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.

husl

Houue, _sb._ == cap. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. hufe. In Body and Soul, 123, 'houue' seems to mean 'covering' generally

Hove, _v. n._ == remain, stop, or hover. Fragm. Sci. 216. RG. 547, 172

---- == float? 368 See the Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ hovyn

Hoventinge, == encircling? (as a haven does s.h.i.+ps). O. and N. 999.

Probably another form of 'hovening' or 'havening,' a derivative of 'haven'

(cf. spene, spend; lene, lend). See Dahnert's Lexicon. _s. v._ havenung

Hoving, _sb._ == delay, remaining [hevyng]. Wright's L. P. p. 36

How, _adv._ [hou]. RG. 367; [hu]. O. and N. 728

How, _sb._ == hue, cry. Alys. 5306

Howe, _v. n._ == remove, go away. Wright's L. P. p. 23

Howe, _sb._ == care, anxiety. RG. 461; [ho?e]. O. and N. 701. AS. hoga

Howsoever, _adv._ 194 B.

Huckster, _sb._ [hokester]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dut. hucker

Hue, _sb._ == colour. HD. 2918; [hou]. O. and N. 619; [howe]. O. and N.

577. AS. hiw

Hued, _adj._ [ihewed]. 2223 B.

Huene, == wanton girl. St Kath. 97. AS. hunel

Hundred, _adj._ RG. 371. Pol. S. 189

Hunger, _sb._ RG. 404

---- _v. n._ == become hungry. Wright's L. P. p. 37

---- _vb. impers._ 'him hungrede.' HD. 654

Hungred, _sb._ == hunger. HD. 2454

Hunke, _p.r.o.n. dual._ == to us two. O. and N. 1731

Hunt, _v. a._ RG. 16, 564

Hunter, _sb._ 1099 B.

Hunteth, _sb._ == hunting. RG. 375, 418. AS. hunta