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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Hostery], sb. inn, MD; see [Ostery].

[ Hoten], v. to bid, promise, MD; see [Haten].

[ Hou], adv. how, S2, PP; hw, S; hwu, S; wu, S, S2; hu, S, S2; whou, S3; whouȝ, S3; wouȝ, S3.—AS. hú. Cf. [Hwi].

[ Houch-senous], sb. pl. hock-sinews, S3; see [Houȝ-senue].

[ Houge], adj. huge, WW; see [Huge].

[ Hound], sb. hound, dog, MD, C2; hund, S; hunde, dat., S.—AS. hund.

[ Hound-fleȝe], sb. dog-fly, cinomia, MD; hund-fleghe, H; hundeflee, Cath.; hundfle, H.—AS. hundesfléoge (Voc.).

[ Houre], sb. hour, MD; our, S2, S3; oware, S3; houres, pl., hours, devotions at certain hours (see Horae in Ducange), S2, P; oures, P; houris, orisons, songs of praise, S3; vres, S.—AF. houre, OF. hore (eure, ure); Lat. hora.

[ Hous], sb. house, also a term in astrology, PP, S2, C2; hus, S.—AS. hús.

[ Housbond], sb. the master of a house, husband, C2, C3, G; housebond, PP; hosebonde, farmer, PP; husband, S, S2, S3; husbonde, S; husebonde, S.—Icel. húsbondi.