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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Hure], sb. hire, S, S2, G, PP; huire, S, S2, P; huyre, P.—AS. hýr.

[ Huren], v. to hire, MD; huyre, ger., G; hyre, G; hurede, pt. s., S; hyred, pp., C2; huyred, P; ihuret, S2.—AS. hýrian.

[ Hurkelen], v. to stoop down, crouch, rest, MD; hurkle, HD; hurkled, pt. s., S2.

[ Hurlen], v. to rush, dash against, hurl, S2, C3, W2; hurlle, PP; hurliden, pt. pl., threw down, W.

[ Hurne], sb. corner, S, S2; see [Herne].

[ Hurrok], sb. oar (?), S2, MD.—Cp. orruck-holes, oar-drawing holes (?), in the Norfolk dialect, cited in MD.

[ Hurte], sb. hurt, collisio, Cath.; hurt, PP, C2; hortis, pl., S3.

[ Hurten], v. to dash against, push, injure, MD, Prompt., PP; horten, MD; hirten, W, W2; y-hurt, pp., S2, S3.—OF. hurter.

[ Hurtlen], v. to dash against, rattle, dash down, C, W, W2.

[ Huschen], v. to hush, MD; hussen, MD; hussht, pp., MD; hoscht, MD; hust, pp., C.