A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Ho-bestez], sb. pl. she-beasts, S2. See [Heo].

[ Hobie], sb. a kind of hawk, Manip.; hoby, Voc., Cath.; hobby, HD; hobies, pl., S3.—Cp. OF. hobreau (Cotg.).

[ Hod], sb. hood, S2, S3, PP; hode, C2, P; see [Hood].

[ Hoddy-peke], sb. a hood-pick, HD; see [Huddy-peke].

[ Hohful], adj. anxious, MD; hohfulle, S.—AS. hohful, from hogu, care.

[ Hoise], v. to hoist, lift up, WW; hoyse, S3; hyce, Palsg.; hyse, Palsg.; hoighced, pp., WW.—Cp. ODu. hyssen, G. hissen, Du. hijschen, also F. hisser.

[ Hok], sb. hook, MD; hoc, S2; hokes, pl., P.—AS. hóc.

[ Hoked], adj. provided with a hook, P; i-hoked, hooked, S.

[ Hoker], sb. mockery, scorn, MD; hokere, dat., S; hokeres, pl., S.—AS. hócor.

[ Hoker-lahter], sb. the laughter of scorn, S.