A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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
