Middle English Dictionary Entry
hait n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hait n. |
| Etymology | OF hait, from Gmc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Merriment, revelry; sitten at (in) ~, to engage in merrymaking.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1959 : Whanne men in hare hayt [vr. sitteþ at here hait], vp hare ale-benche, And habbeþ þe pycher & þe coppe.
- a1500 SMChron.(Cmb Ff.5.48)77/326 : Quen þei were alle jsete, Þe kynge and hire men at þe mete..And weren in her best hait.