Middle English Dictionary Entry
hāten v.
Entry Info
Forms | hāten v. Also hatien, hati, hatiȝen, haite, heatien, hatte. Forms: sg. 3 hāteth, etc. & (?errors) hātiet, hātedh, hātiht, hāth; p.ppl. i)hāted, āted. |
Etymology | OE hatian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To feel hatred for (sb.); -- also intr.; ~ in (with) herte; ~ to deth, ~ dedli, have a mortal hatred for (sb.); (b) to hate (sth.), loathe; dislike (sth.) intensely; strongly disapprove of; ~ dedli, ~ in herte; (c) to have little regard for (sb. or sth.); despise, scorn, regard with contempt; (d) to be reluctant (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5041 : Þuss birrþ þe lufenn ec þatt mann Þatt hateþþ þe wiþþ herrte.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Þis is seo king þe wile wite, an alle his underþeode, wa hine lufeð and hwa hine hateð.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6878 : His aȝene heredmen hine to deaðe hateden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)11097 : Alle þa heȝe men..he hatede to dæðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14098 : Heo hatieð þe swiðe in to þan bare dæðe.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)29 : Wið þe hatiende man, he [the Devil] specð on his herte.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)299 : Husebondes hire [the fox] haten for hire harm dedes.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)60-1 : His breþren..gonnen hatie Iosep..his ten breþren þerfore hateden hine.
- a1350 Ne mai no lewed (Hrl 2253)40 : Hyrdmen hem hatieþ, ant vch mones hyne, for eueruch a parosshe heo polkeþ in pyne.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)8/28 : Þe ilke þet hateþ his broþer, he is manslaȝþe ase to his wylle.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.82 : Whon I mette him..þat I most hate, Ich heilede him as hendely his frend as I weore.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.935 : That thou wolt haten eny man, To that acorden I ne can.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.662 : I hate hym that my vices telleth me.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14545 : Þai hatted [Frf: loued] na man mare [Frf: les] on lijf.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15863 : Yee me hate al to þe ded.
- c1350 St.Greg.(Cleo D.9)116/726 : Ichab him ated seþþe ic was boren.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4993 : To-day þei loue, to-morwe hate.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5168 : For other must I love or hate.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.4.325 : We ne deme nat that they that ben sike of hir body ben worthy to ben hated but rather worthy of pite.
- a1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)148 : Þey wole a lord to wene þat he is byloued ther men hym hate.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)35.46 : Ȝe ben dedly hated Al Abowte.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12236 : Þai hatid in hert, as any hed fos.
- c1460 Cursor (LdMisc 416)16252 : Seist þou not how that they the hatyn to þe dede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)33/145 : And is it so? doth god þe love and hatyht me?
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2338 : Right dedely the tone hatid the toder.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5079 : Þe birrþ lufenn all þe god & hatenn all þe sinne..inn iwhillc oþerr mann.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)67/7 : Luue ða ȝekynde, and hate his euel!
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/467 : Þeo þe fondið ham meast..heatieð [Tit: hatied] þet ha hantið.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)91/24 : Spearewe haueð ȝet a cunde þet is bi-heue ancre, þah me hit heatie [Nero: hatie], þet is, þe fallinde uuel.
- c1275 Ken.Serm.(LdMisc 471)216/72-3 : We moue hatie þo ileke þinges þet he hatedh.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)416 : Muche worþ among ham loue yhated & goed dede.
- ?c1335 Elde makiþ me (Hrl 913)p.170 : Al we wilniþ to ben old -- wy is eld ihatid?
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)27/1 : Þe dyeuel ne hateþ bote oþres guod and ne loueþ bote oþres harm.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1484 : For he schold lese his lemman, his liif þan he hated.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.476 : We haten dedly thilke vice of pryde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.642 : Which is a synne that Crist hateth outrely.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.997 : What thing that the body hateth, The soule loveth and debateth.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.781 : They been so wikked and contrarious, They haten that hir housbondes loueth ay.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27575 : We..agh wel þair pride to hate.
- a1400 Ancr.Recl.(Pep 2498)112/16 : Summe he doþe so haty synne þat hij han ouer gret þouȝth of oþer men þat falleþ in synne.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.71 : Al þis I haue hated [C: yhated] in myne herte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.391b : Hir lif sche hateþ & curseþ eke fortune.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)23/15 : At te begining sal sho haite a-mendement of hir faute.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.11.187 : A man may be constreyned so..that his wille desireth and taketh the deeth which that nature hateth and dredeth ful sore.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)7 : Þey Sesar sakles wer, þat oft synne hatide.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)580 : Lat hym see me..That hate my dayes and my nyghtes!
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)668/9 : He loved no fysshe, and bycause [he] was served with fysshe and hated hit, therefore he was nat myrry.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.16.10b : Þou scholdest arise in þin oune herte agains þi self, for to haten and demen in þi self alle manere of synne.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)138.21 : Perfit hateredyn is that we hate the wickidnes of men, noght the kynde.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/1,9 : Þe ðe his sawlæ hatæð on þissere weorulde, he healt hire soðlice on þam ecan life..Iseliȝe beoð þa ðe heora sawlæ hatiæð on þissere weorlde.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)59/18 : Godd heateð hire, & mon hire scarneð.
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)34 : Þenne miht i hengren [read: hongren] on heowe, in vch an hyrd ben hated ant forhaht.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)72/6 : Þet deden þe meste wyse of þise philosophes, þet þis lif zuo moche hateden, and þe wordle.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 14.26 : If ony cometh to me, and hatith [WB(2) gloss.: that is, lesse loueth hem than God] not his fadir and modir..and his lyf, he may not be my disciple.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.120 : If thou be poure, thy brother hateth thee, And alle thy freendes fleen from thee allas.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)10.190 : Al þat holy eremytes hateden and despisede, As rychesses and reuerences..lewede eremytes Coueyten þe contrarie.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)12/27 : Þe toþir maner o mekenes is..For to hate yure ahen propir wyll..but do godis wylle.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)213/404 : Oure olde lawes as nowe þei hatte.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2732 : Þa ere þe gaudis..þat all gods hatis [Dub: hatez].
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.42.26b : Ho so wile come after Me, forsake hym self and hate his oune sowle, þat is for to seyen, forsak al fleschli lofe, and hate his oune fleschli lif.
d
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)5903 : Seint dunston Hatede muche to crony him ȝif he it miȝte vorgon.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13832 : He hates to cum to vr bewist.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4565 : Tantalus..Hatyng to stryve where he saw no nede.
2.
(a) To show hatred toward (sb.); assail, punish, persecute; speak out against, revile; ?to fight, do battle [quot.: Tristrem]; henen and ~, humiliate (oppress) and assail; ppl. as noun: hatend, an enemy (to sb.); (b) to injure or destroy (sth.); (c) to shun (sth.), avoid; refrain from; (d) of things: to be naturally incompatible with (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)82/28 : He bið Almihtiȝ..he hatæð soðlice þa ðe unriht wurceæð, & eac fordeþ ðe leasunȝæ specæð.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5193 : Þu ne mahht nohht lufenn Godd & hatenn menn & werdenn.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)28871 : Folc hine gunnen hænen; folc hine gunne hatien.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29781 : For þan we hine hatiȝen wulleð.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)79 : Þe man..forbereð and ne wile seche after wreche and naðemore haten him þe him agilteð.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)45/481 : We wulleð meidenes a mare heanen & heatien [Roy: hatien].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)20/4 : He heaneð me & heateð [Roy: hateð].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)68/5 : Saul..him heatede & sohte to sleanne.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)159/6 : Al þet him luuede ȝeieð spi him on, ant heatieð [Nero: hatieð] him alle.
- c1300 SLeg.Toledo (Hrl 2277)1 : Gywes hatieþ oure leuedi moche, and hire suete sone also.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)413 : Ech shal bytraye oþer and hatye oþer al-so.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)3050 : Febli þou canst hayte [rime: waite], Þere man schuld menske do.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)67/2 : God hateþ moche zuych uolk.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)114/20 : Hit þe þingþ strang þing..uor to uoryeuene þin euel wyl to ham þet þe hatieþ.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)17.44 : Þou desparplist þe hatand me [L odientes me].
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)138.20 : Ich hated þe hatend þe [L qui oderunt Te..oderam].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.17.41 : The hatende me [WB(2): men hatynge me] thou scateredest.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 15.24 : Thei han seyn and hatid [vr. hatiden] me and my fadir.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.526 : Dooth bountee to hem that you haten!
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)36b/b : Þey hatiþ & blameþ and schendiþ hire frendes and somtyme smytiþ and sleeþ hem.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1224 : Wit god and man þan was he hatted [Frf: hatet; Trin-C: at foul debate].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13902 : Selcut me thinc yee hatte me sua And saccles me sekes to sla.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1665 : And if I ne hadde endouted me To have ben hatid or assailed, My thankis, wolde I not have failed To pulle a rose of all that route.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6927 : Hym that oon hatith, hate we alle, And congecte hou to don hym falle.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)251/26 : Thow þu suffredist al þis world to vengyn þe on me & to hatyn me for I haue displesyd þe, þu dedist me no wrong.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)200 : Ther saugh I thee, cruel Juno..That hast yhated, al thy lyf, Al the Troianysshe blood.
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)395 : Þe synnes þat y loued now haten me; To Conscience þei adwiten me.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)13297 : Thow..Hast lyed vp-on Chastyte To make goode ffolk hyr haate, And ageyn hyr to debate.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)5 : Synners haten hym [God] by thaire werkes.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)37/28 : Ðe man ðe luueð unrihtwisnesse, he hateð his awene saule.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2254 : Þe kinges tueye..[came] wiþ gret poer..Of scottes & of picars, of Denemarch of norþweye, Þat euere abbeþ þis lond yhated, bote it were vor.eye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.204 : Who so that loueth wikkednesse, he hateth his soule.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1386 : No man hateth his flessh but in his lyf He fostreth it.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)293a/b : Þe wesel purseweþ & chaceþ serpentz and hateþ and eteþ mys.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17059 : He þatt ifell doþ Aȝȝ hateþþ lihht & leme.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/15 : Ne ðese wereȝede heaued-senne ic næure ne hatede ne ne scunede.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)33/2 : Tu luuedest rihtwisnesse and hatedest unrihtwisnesse.
- a1225 Lamb.Hom.Pater N.(Lamb 487)224 : Þu aȝest to hatien wel his sunne, þet ðu ne dele noht þer inne.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)44/24 : Bacbitunge & fikelunge..hu ahen ancren heatien [Nero: hatien] ham & schunien þet ha ham ne iheren.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)230 : Hit luueþ wuster [read: þuster] & hatiet [Jes-O: hateþ] liȝt.
- a1275 *St.Marg.(2) (Trin-C B.14.39)24 : Ho hatede muche sunne.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)14872 : Þe heaþene lawes..we solle hatie [Clg: sceonien] wile þat we libbeþ.
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)60/245 : Idel ne kepte he neuere beo; he ne louede no þin[g] so luyte, Ne hatede so muche ase he dude Aise and idelnesse and pruyte.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)703 : Nas non þat wald him hate, Bot welcom was he þare.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)76/16 : Þing þet me ne knauþ naȝt ne is yhated [Vices & V.(2): hated] ne ywylned.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)121/22 : Þet kueade beuly and hatie, ous deþ þe yefþe of drede.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)49.18 : Þou for-soþe hatedest [vr. hatyd] discipline.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3698 : An emperour moot nede Be vertuous and hate tirannye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.756 : And euerich hateth [vr. hath] hir compaignye.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)300a/a : The wonte..hateþ þe sonne and fleeþ light and may nouȝt longe lyue aboue erþe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)303a/b : Þe worme hateþ and voydeþ salte þynges and toucheþ nouȝt þynges þat beþ ybawmede wiþ bitter þinges.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)13832 : He hateþ oure counseles.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)6.52 : Þat þow be trewe of þi tonge and tales þat þow hatie.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Prov.1.29 : Thei hatiden teching.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)5/33 : Dicipline þu hatid, and keste mine wordis obac.
- c1432-a1500(c1390) Chaucer L.St.(Robinson)23 : Cherish thy folk and hate extorcioun.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)397 : Þu hates my techyng & my lare..And my wordes putes þou þe be-hinde.
- a1500 Religious pepille (BodPoet b.4)33 : Wommanhode hatyng oure aqueyntaunce; Freris to flatur han lost þere desire.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)199a/a : Djadocus..is þat stoon þat hateþ [L abhorret] and is squaymous of þing þat is ouercome wiþ deþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246a/a : Rue wil be ysowe..in heruest, and hateþ [L odit] wynter, dunge, and humour and liketh wel in druye weder.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)253b/a : Also þe vyne hateþ raphanus and alle maner caule, and hateþ also haseles.
3.
In surnames.
Associated quotations
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.2526 : Hugo Hatecrist.
- (1200) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.12199 : Ricardus Hatesalt.
- (1242-3) Bk.of Fees867 : Willelmus Hatecrist.