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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Hope], sb. hope, MD; hoip, S3.—AS. hopa.

[ Hopen], v. to hope, MD; hope, to think, expect, H.

[ Hopper], sb. a seed-basket, HD; hoper, P; hopyr, corn-basket, Voc.; hoppyr, farricapsa molendini, Cath.

[ Hoppesteres], sb. pl. dancers (viz. the ships), MD, C.—AS. hoppestre.

[ Hord], sb. hoard, S2, C3; horde, S, PP.—AS. hord: Goth. huzd; cp. Lat. custos, see Brugmann, § 469.

[ Horde-hows], sb. treasury, HD.

[ Hordere], sb. treasurer, SD.—AS. hordere (Voc.)

[ Horder-wice], sb. the office of treasurer; horderwycan, S.

[ Hore], sb. whore, PP; hoore, W, W2; horis, pl., W; hooris, W.—Icel. hóra.

[ Horedom], sb. whoredom, PP; hordom, S, S2.—Icel. hórdómr.