A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
Chapter 114 : +Hostellere+, _sb._ inn-keeper, P; see +Ostelere+.+Hostelrie+, _sb._ inn, C; see +Oste

+Hostellere+, _sb._ inn-keeper, P; see +Ostelere+.

+Hostelrie+, _sb._ inn, C; see +Ostelrie+.

+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; +whou?+, S3; +wou?+, S3.--AS. _hu_. Cf. +Hwi+. [[headword spelled +Whi+]]

+Houch-senous+, _sb. pl._ hock-sinews, S3; see +Hou?-senue+.

+Houge+, _adj._ huge, WW; see +Huge+.

+Hound+, _sb._ hound, dog, MD, C2; +hund+, S; +hunde+, _dat._, S.--AS.

_hund_.

+Hound-fle?e+, _sb._ dog-fly, _cinomia_, MD; +hund-fleghe+, H; +hundeflee+, Cath.; +hundfle+, H.--AS. _hundesfleoge_ (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. _h.o.r.e_ (_eure_, _ure_); Lat. _hora_.

+Hous+, _sb._ house, also a term in astrology, PP, S2, C2; +hus+, S.--AS. _hus_.

+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. _husbondi_.

+Housbonderye+, _sb._ economy, P; +housbondry+, C; +hosboundrie+, PP; +husbandry+, Sh.

+Hous-coppis+, _sb. pl._ house-tops, W2.

+Housel+, _sb._ the Eucharist, CM; see +Husel+.

+Houselen+, _v._ to housel, CM; see +Huslen+.

+House-wif+, _sb._ house-wife, PP; +hosewyues+, _pl._, W.

+Houten+, _v._ to hoot, PP; +howten+, Prompt.; +huten+, MD; +y-howted+, _pp._, PP.--Cp. OSwed. _huta_, with which is related OF. _huter_ (_huer_).

+Hou?-senue+, _sb._ hock-sinew, MD; +houchsenous+, _pl._, S3.--AS.

_hoh-sinu_; cp. Icel. _ha-sin_.

+Houe+, _sb._ hoof, _ungula_, MD; +hufe+, Cath., MD; +houys+, _pl._, MD; +hoeues+, S3.--AS. _hof_.

+Houe-daunce+, _sb._ a court-dance, HD, MD, Caxton (Reynard, p. 54). Cp.

ODu. _hofdans_.

+Houen+, _v._ to wait about, remain, S, S2, S3, P; +hufe+, S3.

+Howe+, _sb._ high hill, tumulus; +how+, H (p. 374), JD; +howis+, _pl._, H.--Icel. _haugr_.

+Howfe+, _sb._ hood, coif, _tena_, Cath.; +howue+, P, CM, C2 (p. 178); +houue+, PP; +houues+, _pl._, S2, P.--AS. _hufe_.

+Hoxterye+, _sb._ retail-dealing, S2, PP; see +Huksterie+.

+Huche+, _sb._ hutch, clothes-box, a chest, the ark of Israel, Prompt., H, MD; +hucche+, P, HD; +hutche+, Prompt.--OF. _huche_.

+Hud+, _sb._ hood, MD; see +Hood+.

+Huddy-peke+, _sb._ a hood-pick, one who thieves out of a man's hood, simpleton, S3; +hudpik+, S3 (p. 422); +hoddypeke+, S3 (p. 421), HD.

+Hude+, _sb._ hide, S; +hide+, MD; +hiden+, _pl._, S2.--AS. _hd_: OS.

_hud_; cp. Lat. _cutis_.

+Huden+, _v._ to hide, S, PP; +hiden+, S, PP; +huyden+, PP; +hyde+, C2; +huide+, S; +hud+, _imp. s._, S; +hit+, _pr. s._, C2; +hut+, MD; +hudde+, _pt. s._, PP; +hidde+, C2, PP; +y-hid+, _pp._, C3; +i-hud+, S; +hidd+, S; +hudde+, S.--AS. _hdan_.

+Hudinge+, _sb._ concealment, S2.

+Hue+, _sb._ a loud cry, SkD, Sh.--AF. _hu_. See +Houten+.

+Huerte+, _sb._ heart, S2; see +Herte+.

+Hufe+, _sb._ hoof, Cath., MD; see +Houe+.

+Hufe+, _v._ to hover about, S3; see +Houen+.

+Huge+, _adj._ huge, MD; +hoge+, MD; +hugie+, S3; +houge+, WW; +hogge+, HD, MD.

+Hugely+, _adv._, hugely, greatly, Cath.

+Huide+, _v._ to hide, S; see +Huden+.

+Huirnes+, _sb. pl._ corners, S2, PP; see +Herne+.

+Hukken+, _v._ to hawk, to retail, Voc.; +hucke+, Palsg.--Cp. ODu.

_huken_, to stoop down (Du. _heuken_, to retail).

+Hukker+, _sb._ a hawker, retailer of small articles, Voc.--Cp. Du.

_heuker_.

+Hukkerye+, _sb._ retail dealing, PP; +hokkerye+, PP.

+Hukster+, _sb._ huckster, Voc., MD, Cath.; +hukkester+, Voc.; +hokester+, MD.

+Huksterie+, _sb._ retail dealing; +huckustrye+, PP; +hoxterye+, S2, PP.

+Hul+, _sb._ hill, S2, PP, Voc.; +hil+, S; +hille+, _dat._, S; +hulle+, S; _pl._, S; +hulles+, S2, P; +hilles+, MD.--AS. _hyll_.

+Hulden+, _v._ to flay, MD, S2; +hild+, HD; +helden+, MD; +hylt+, _pp._, HD.--AS. _(be)hyldan_, to flay, skin; cp. Icel. _hylda_.

+Hule+, _sb._ a hull, husk, covering of grain or nuts, PP; +hole+, Prompt.; +hoole+, Prompt., SkD (p. 811).